'Rab Ne Bana di Jodi' continues to be strong at BO in 2nd week: Yash Raj Films

Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'Rab Ne Bana di Jodi' has continued its successful run at the Box Office in the second week crossing the gross Rs
30 crore mark.

"After grossing a record breaking Rs 90 crore in its first week worldwide, the film has crossed beyond a phenomenal Rs 30 crore gross in its second weekend. This is by far the highest collection, even surpassing 'Dhoom 2' and 'Chak De India', both of which did outstanding business in their second week," a Yash Raj Films spokesperson said here today.

The total collections for 'Rab ne...' in India over the second weekend are Rs 24 crore gross, while the gross collections in the overseas market, where it continues with its tremendous opening week performance, during the same period are around Rs 7.5 crore (USD 1.5 million).

The gross figures for the first ten days are a staggering Rs 120 crore and more, making the film the biggest hit of 2008. With the long Christmas and New Year weekends ahead, the collections are expected to get a major boost, the spokesperson added

SRK’s ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ makes it to top ten of UK box office

Bollywood movie ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’, which stars Shah Rukh Khan, has made it to the top ten of the weekend UK box office.

The film is currently at the seventh position in the list, which has been topped by Teen vampire movie ‘Twilight’, reports the BBC.

The top ten are:

1. Twilight

2. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

3. Four Christmases

4. The Day The Earth Stood Still

5. The Tale of Despereaux

6. Inkheart

7. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

8. Changeling

9. Quantum of Solace

10. Transporter 3

I am still a man of the masses: SRK

Named in Newsweek’s 50 Most Powerful People of the World list, Shah Rukh Khan says, “I think 1.2 billion Indians deserve to be there before I make it on this list.” He is “humbled”, he says, and also realises “the power of Indians and Asians around the world… that just by their love for my work, they have changed the perception of an Indian actor around the world.”

Talking to HT City from the US, where he is shooting for My Name is Khan, SRK said, “I landed in America and woke up to this news. It feels surreal and amazing to me.” He maintains that he is ‘just a representative’ of the masses. “Newsweek feels I stand for all those billion people… so actually I believe I am just a representative of all of us.”

The actor has a unique definition of power: “Power means to be able to live a life of happiness on your own terms. It means to make people smile around you at will and to be unaffected by the negativity around you.”

On Sonia Gandhi, the other Indian on the list, he says, “Her and her family’s sacrifices in the line of duty make her most deserving… a lone woman in an alien land doing so much for her country.”

SRK awarded “My Amazing Actor” Award by Pogo channel

The star studded fifth edition of India’s first kids’ television award – POGO Amazing Kids Awards 2008 was a gala affair with the underlying theme of encouraging kids’ to ‘Dream Bigger’ to realize their latent talent. A POGO original production, the POGO Amazing Kids Awards 2008 upheld the network’s tradition of discovering and recognising astoundingly young talent (24 kids) and honouring contemporary kids’ icons (6) through a voting poll with kids’ across India.

Having always encouraged kids to voice their choice, the POGO Voice Awards, empower children with the right to vote for their favourite celebrity icons. The coveted title of My Amazing Actor is won by Shah Rukh Khan. Instituted by POGO in December 2004, POGO Amazing Kids Awards is India’s first-ever kids’ television award. The Awards recognise child prodigies and reward them for their outstanding achievements in multiple areas of excellence such as arts, leadership, sports, etc. Kids were also empowered to exercise their choice, and vote for their favourite icons from the world of music, sports, movies and television.

The brain behind RNBDJ end credits? SRK, of course!

With RAB NE BANA DI JODI holding on beautifully, even in its second weekend, netting around 15 crores from India, it is now obvious that the film is on its way to being the year’s biggest hit, having netted nearly 57–58 crores already. But going by the response of the actual audience and reliable section of the trade, we had already hinted at that! However, we are not here to talk about trade aspects, rather, we want to reveal the secret about the rocking end credits of RNBDJ, which are so very interesting and humorous that they keep the audience glued to their seats, even as the film ends.

Well, the scene may have been directed and conceptualized by the genius director, Aditya Chopra but it was written by none other than the lead actor Shah Rukh Khan himself. Though Aditya has written the dialogues of RNBDJ himself, the voiceover of SRK, explaining the ‘intricacies’ of the photographs of the couple honeymooning in Japan have been written by Bollywood’s global superstar Shah Rukh Khan. Actually, Aditya had sent SRK random pictures of the couple honeymooning in different tourist spots of Japan and while SRK watched the photos on his laptop, he wrote down the lines as they came to his mind, instantly. Needless to add that Aditya was impressed with his writings and he made Shah Rukh dub the lines and incorporated the scene as the rolling end credits, which make the audience leave the theatre on a feel good note.

Well, we always knew that Shah Rukh was hugely talented, and with this he demonstrates that he has a flair for writing too!