Wish Shahrukh was here, says Makrand Deshpande

Actor and director Makrand Deshpande would have loved to have superstar Shahrukh Khan for the premiere of his film “Shahrukh Bola Tu Khoohbsurat Hai” at the 40th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here.

“I had invited Shahrukh here for the premiere of my film, but he told me that he would attend the opening night instead,” Deshpande told reporters.

Speaking about his film, Deshpande, known for his quirky roles like that of a gangling ascetic in Ashutosh Gowarikar’s “Swades”, said that the movie was about a girl who has a small brush with Shahrukh Khan in real life which completely transforms her life.

“This girl is in a very bad mood, when Shahrukh suddenly as a matter of chance passes by the street in a car and says ‘tu khoobsurat hai!’ (you are beautiful!). It changes the life of this flower-selling girl,” Deshpande said.

Speaking about his role as a director, Deshpande said that experience in theatre held him in good stead.

“I did not really know when I said action (for the first time). I think I was always a director,” he quipped.

Deshpande premiere's his SRK starrer at IFFI

Shahrukh Khan is back again in International Film Festival of India (IFFI) but this time on silver screen with Makrand Deshpande.

King Khan had inaugurated IFFI 2007 and he was the cynosure of all eyes. And now his friend, theatre actor Makrand Deshpande intends to recreate the magic again through his flick 'Shahrukh Bola Tu Khoobsurat Hai.'

"I would have like invite Shahrukh here for the premier of the film but he said that he will attend the opening night," Deshpande told PTI.

The debutante director hopes to release the film commercially somewhere in the first quarter of the year 2010.

The fiction film revolves around a flower girl whose life changes with few magical words uttered by Shahrukh.

Shahrukh Khan smells good: Anushka Sharma

It’s been a year since Anushka Sharma stepped into tinselville with the Yashraj film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi opposite Shahrukh Khan but she still hasn’t forgotten how the superstar smelled like.

“One thing I can't forget about SRK is his smell. He smells superb. He used to smell different each time. I would be like, 'Wow man! Shah Rukh, you smell so good'” Anushka recently told a film magazine about her experience of working with SRK.

The Bangalorean beauty went on to add that SRK remains an enigma to her. The more she tried to understand him, the more mysterious he remained.

“If you think you know Shah Rukh Khan, you don't. That's the thing about him. He can always keep you guessing. Each day I used to be like - ‘Okay, he's like this, oh no he's not like that’. Every day he used to be a new person for me. He's just so mysterious, yaar,” Anushka revealed.

Anushka is presently thrilled to have started working on her second film, another Yashraj flick being directed by actor-turned-director Parmeet Sethi. The film has Shahid Kapoor opposite her. It is being shot at foreign locations.

Sudeep's meeting with Shahrukh Khan at Mannat

Kannada actor Sudeep, who is working on four Bollywood projects like Rann, Phoonk 2, Rakta Charitra and remake of Just Maath Maathalli, has revealed that he was quite nervous when he was talking to Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan at his home Mannat. The Sandalwood star feels that it was a very moving and pleasant experience, and he truly felt honoured.

Shahrukh was impressed with Sudeep's performance after watching the promos of his movie Rann. So he told his friend Nikhil Dwivedi that he wanted to meet him. One day while Sudeep was busy shooting Phoonk sequel Phoonk 2, Nikhil took him to Mannat without disclosing him.

Nervous Sudeep had his two-hour insightful chat with King Khan. He says that he is simple and down-to-earth with no airs whatsoever. They had chat without any agenda. Finally, he felt that meeting Shahrukh in person for so long is incomparable. He also met Gauri briefly and he feels that it was moving and pleasant experience.

IS SRK THREAT FOR HRITHIK?

Hrithik Roshan doesn't want to take any risk with his forthcoming flick 'Kites'. So, he has further deferred the release date of the movie. It is said that he has done it because Shah Rukh's 'My Name Is Khan' is releasing around the same time.

The release of 'Kites' has been postponed to March 2010, as the Roshan is wary of SRK starrer 'My Name Is Khan', which is releasing in February 2010. Though Hrithik attributes the postponement of 'Kites' to the inability of finding an overseas distributor, filmi circles say that the Roshans are scared of SRK-Kajol starrer.

The SRK and Kajol's pair manages far more scorching chemistry in one scene than all the Mori-Hrithik skin-show put together in Roshan's venture, it is learnt.

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