Post IPL, SRK busies himself with home production

Even as the brouhaha surrounding IPL continues, superstar and Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan has busied himself in the shooting of his home production 'Ra.One' and has taken up all the additional responsibilities after close friend Bobby Chawla took ill.

"Whole day gone in meetings for production etc... So many things happening.. Sometimes don't even realise how the day comes to the end," SRK said in his latest tweet.

"Wish, Bobby my friend gets well sooner than soon. He is still in the hospital and the film is so difficult in terms of production," Khan said adding that due to the stunts he performed in the film his knee is hurting too much.

Due to ill health and hospitalisation of close associate and Red Chillies CEO Bobby Chawla, SRK had to shoulder the additional burden of overseeing the production part handled by his friend besides being the film's lead actor.

SRK's (Ra.)One man army

The past few days have made it amply evident that Shah Rukh Khan believes that the show must go on.

Despite being very upset after his close associate, Red Chillies CEO Bobby Chawla (Juhi Chawla’s brother), was admitted to a suburban hospital on April 4 after suffering a brain hemorrhage, SRK has decided to take care of every little thing in his production house.

Since Bobby Chawla’s hospitalisation has thrown the entire shooting schedule of Ra.One in a complete mess, Shah Rukh has decided to lead from the front to ensure that everything is quickly put back on track.

“A few of Bobby Chawla’s duties have been taken up by Ra.One director Anubhav Sinha too, but it is Shah Rukh who is now holding the reins of Ra.One,” says a source close to the film.

Commenting on what exactly Shah Rukh is doing to get things back on track, the source says that Shah Rukh has taken up all duties which were earlier being handled by Bobby Chawla.

“SRK is mainly taking care of four jobs: calling up every actor of Ra.One and coordinating their dates, discussing their remuneration, making sure that they get their payments on time and talking to technicians (including those coming from abroad) for every single production detail, including the special effects involved in the film,” says the source.

“Come to think of it, SRK is holding the whole film together. There is production related work, which SRK would have never done otherwise.

With Bobby taking care of everything at Red Chillies for all these years, all SRK had to concentrate on was acting.

He completely relies on Bobby and is definitely missing him very much. But SRK has decided that he will not give anybody involved with the film a chance to complain about anything,” adds the source.

Shah Rukh has a tough job ahead but he has gladly taken on additional responsibilities...both as a friend and a boss.

‘I will never make a film without Shah Rukh’- Karan Johar

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has always been lucky charm for director Karan Johar. Its not the normal friendship seen between the two as KJo never even think of making any film without SRK.

Recently, in an interview when he was asked about the lead male actor in his next film, the director said, “I will never make a film without Shah Rukh. He is the most important part of my life.”

Karan added, “I have had enough of heavy-duty filmmaking for now. I want to make a fresh, funny film. In fact, I am feeling very light-hearted these days. I don’t know when it will be ready. It could be six months or even a couple of years. I’ll come back and decide.”

The director also appreciated the success of ‘My Name is Khan’ turned out. He said, “It opened a lot of new markets. I am very glad that I made this film. In fact, the main agenda of my trip to the US is Phase 2 of ‘My Name Is Khan’ (the international release). Mulling over my next film will happen later.”

SRK's been busy with flying jumps

But now he's back from the 'Ra.One' shoot to do some 'earthly chores'

Shah Rukh Khan's been quite on the Twitter from these past few days. Ever since he tweeted about the IPL controversy being fast and furious like T20 we haven't heard much from SRK. But now he's back and telling us what he's been doing. And it sounds like he was on an adventure.

"Sorry been out of touch...kinda hard typing when hanging 40 feet in the air. finally over...nice to have my feet back on the ground."

40 feet in the air? We're thinking this was one of those superhero stunts for 'Ra.One'. And by the way, the picture you see here is the first look from the film, posted by SRK himself.

Shah Rukh added later, "Why all this...the jumps..the flying...the risks. is it to prove something...no.i do it cos i believe i can fly. u all made me believe it so."

But the star was truly back on the ground when he posted this, "have to rush for earthly chores. family came to see the shoot...the son gave me a pack of his favourite gum for a job well done."

How cute is that! Let's see what other stunts SRK gets up to, and what gifts he gets in return for them.