‘I am Shah Rukh Khan, not BCCI’

Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shah Rukh Khan on Saturday hailed Sourav Ganguly's selection to the Test squad and said he was happy for the former Indian skipper.

"I feel happy for Sourav Ganguly," Khan said on the sidelines of his first meeting with the new Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) President Jagmohan Dalmiya.

"I am a Kolkata Knight Rider, so be it Sourav Ganguly, Ajantha Mendis or Brendon McCullum. It makes me happy when any of our players do well. We have already started our next season preparation in Australia, and we are upbeat about our good show next season," he added.

Asked if he sees Sourav's selection as some kind of a compromise formula, Khan quipped: "I am Shah Rukh Khan, not BCCI."

Calling himself a 'Kolkata-vaasi', the Bollywood star said he had become a resident of the city, the day he bought the KKR's franchise.

"I've become Kolkata-vaasi, the day we bought KKR. I've every reason to be here in during puja."

Khan added that Eden Gardens is there home ground and he has come to Kolkata to meet the members of the CAB and ‘say hello’ to Dalmiya.

Shah Rukh as Rizvan Khan

Dharma Productions’ Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol starrer - My Name is Khan, which is being directed by Karan Johar will go on floors on 15 December.

Well, this headline shouldn’t keep you guessing for a long time. Yup! ‘Syndrome’ seems to be more favorite word of Superstar Khans. Aamir Khan swayed with ‘Dyslexia Syndrome’ in ‘Taare Zameen Par’ that keeps winning him laurels from one or other end of globe. Of course, it’s the turn of King Khan to stride with ‘Asperger’s Syndrome’ in his forthcoming flick ‘My Name is Khan’. The most sensational combo Karan Johar-Shah Rukh-Kajol is back with this film that will start rolling from December 15 at Los Angeles.

Karan Johar in his recent blog had stated that entire star-casts for the film have been finalized and trio combo Shankar-Ehasaan-Loy has started tuning melodies. Karan and cinematographer Ravi K Chandran are on the verge of settling down with exotic locations for filming. Manish Malhotra and Shiraz Siddique would be designing costumes and Sharmishta Roy stands on the shoes of production designer.

Speaking on his venture of new theme, Karan says that he is quite nervous about handling the complex film and entering into a territory of new theme is a great challenge to accomplish. According to the script, Shah Rukh performs Rizvan Khan suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome and screenwriter Shibani Bhatija has been involved in backbreaking research work on this disorder.

“Getting Shah Rukh portrayed in such a role is so difficult” says Karan, who has a entrancing message that states ’strong support of humanity would alone get everyone’s lives elated’.

Hitting the floors of Los Angeles by mid of December, Karan Johar has plans to release the film in November 2009.