SRK finds solace in Roosevelt!

KKR seems a lost battle for owner Shah Rukh Khan. Not only is his team out of semi-finals in the IPL but is also making headlines for its off-the-field drama.

Cricketer Ajay Jadeja’s recent shocking revelations about a racial drift existing in the team has opened doors for further criticism and need for investigation in the team.

In times of crisis owner Shah Rukh too has stopped attending KKR’s matches. He has let coach John Buchanan do all the talking for KKR’s unending string of defeats at the IPL 2009 instead. However the superstar owner of the team has not stopped writing to his team. In his latest blog he has quoted none other than late American President Franklin Roosevelt.

“It is not the critic who counts;

Not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,

Or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,

Whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;

Who strives valiantly;

Who errs, who comes short again and again,

Because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;

But who does actually strive to do deeds;

Who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions;

Who spends himself in a worthy cause;

Who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,

And who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly,

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who

neither know

Victory nor Defeat.

KORBO LORBO JEETBO”

...Wrote SRK describing his feelings after his team’s dismal performance this year. We wonder if these words will help his team rise from the ashes like a phoenix!

SRK is charismatic: Bipasha

The actress recently performed for a live show with Shah Rukh Khan in Mumbai; and like everyone else who is touched by the Khan, she too is all praise for the Badshah of Bollywood. “Shah Rukh’s energy levels are so high; he is charismatic and he motivates everyone around to give their best shot.

I performed at the same wedding as him in Mumbai, but I barely interacted with him during the show. However I’ve been witness to his stage shows earlier and I just feel those who work with Shah Rukh are lucky because he truly transforms the lives of those around him. His zest is infectious and I’m looking forward to doing a film with him.”

KJO at Cannes with 'My Name Is Khan'

Joining the Bollywood brigade in Cannes for the film festival that started yesterday is Karan Johar.

“Anything to grab many more eyeballs,” says the dapper Bollywood filmmaker who’s hoping to negotiate a mega global release for his Shah Rukh Khan starrer My Name Is Khan and the Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor film Jehaad with foreign distributing giants.

Karan will be pitching his own tent at the Market Section of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival between Saturday and next Tuesday to sell the world rights of his films. But, before that, he is slated to make a grand entry by walking the red carpet as one of many hotshot international celebs at the prestigious event for a lifestyle brand. Then only, will he be free to get into the private meetings set up with international studios.

“The Indian presence at Cannes has always been tremendous but now, with the world waking up to Indian cinema, we are only growing further. It’s great to see the exchange of ideas at various levels,” says Karan, adding, “I hope something will work out. It’s very important for me because my films have a global message.”

To get his message across, the filmmaker has made a short showreel of My Name Is Khan and kept it solely for private meetings with distributors. “There cannot be a bigger platform than Cannes,” he says. Incidentally, the film is only 50 per cent complete. Karan and Shah Rukh go to San Francisco to finish it in July.