Shahrukh Khan to take kids to FIFA World Cup 2010

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will be sharing his passion for soccer with his kids as he plans to take them to South Africa for the FIFA World Cup.

The 44-year-old superstar will be taking Aryan and Suhana to the matches which start this Friday.

"Taking kids for the matches (World Cup) in South Africa," Shah Rukh wrote on his Twitter account.

The actor added that he is nostalgic about the soccer world cup which he used to watch with his mother. "I am emotional about FIFA. My mom and me used to stay up and watch all night...because we had got ourselves a TV and only soccer post Doordarshan. (We) Used to keep up all night watching Rudi Voller (Germany), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany), Socrates (Brazil) and Diego Maradona (Argentina). Mom and me soccer and TV fans. Never miss matches and always miss mom," he wrote.

The actor added, "Wish my mom was here, would have taken her with me. Our favourites r argentina,brazil,germany & spain...england will do well too i think (sic)."

But the actor, owner of IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders lamented that the sport is not so popular in India. "I am surprised that we were the only developing nation which did not take to football. Hope new generation takes it up now that we are leaders.

"Yes interesting story...india qualified in 1950 but someone told me v withdrew cos not used to playing with soccer shoes & lack of funds," the actor added.

The superstar, who loves to play coach to his daughter Suhana and her friends, is a big fan of not one or two but an array of soccer stars from Ronaldo to Kaka.

"zico, platini, beckenbeuer, paolo rossi & later baggio, ronaldinho. so graceful and strong. soccer is beautiful...will play today if it rains. messi unbelievable. kaka unstoppable. ronaldo speed & grace. torres.unpredictably cool. rooney is a bull. will miss ballack. xavi surprise (sic)," he said.

SRK, Big B post similar tweets

Bollywood's two of the biggest stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan are in a race of pictures on Twitter.

On Sunday around 8pm Amitabh Bachchan posted a picture of how his fans wait to catch a glimpse of their favourite star and he wrote: "Someone wanted to see what happens on Sundays at Jalsa. Here is a previous Sunday."

Then within a couple of hours Shah Rukh Khan posted: "People come to share love on Sundays and take my pictures. This time I thought I will take theirs .Thanks all."

The two superstars have been following each other's tweets ever since Big B joined the micro blogging site.

SRK welcomed Bachchan saying: "You are the superest duperest awaited human on the twitter world." to this Bachchan replied: "ShahRukh! Finally managed to get this thing right. Found you and after pressing endless buttons here I am "

But this bonhomie has not dampened the zeal to dominate cyber space. Bachchan is aware that he is far behind SRK who has over 400,000 followers on Twitter and admitted as much in one of his tweets. "Shah Rukh congrats! You crossed 400,000. Meri gaadi thoda dheeli chal rahi hai."

With Shah Rukh and Bachchan now trying to outdo each other on Twitter, it is their fans who stand to gain the most as the two actors give unprecedented insights into their personal lives.