Shahrukh Khan missing from Twitter – refuses to hit back

Shah Rukh Khan is known for being vocal and can think on his feet without flinching, but this time the tech-savvy actor has decided to stay away from Twitter. SRK has been quite an avid micro-blogger and people almost knew what he was about because of his tweets, but it has been over month that there has not been a single tweet from him.

The last tweet that can be seen on Shah Rukh’s account is dated Nov’ 2, in which SRK stated that he was celebrating his birthday with kids in Berlin while shooting for ‘Don 2’. While many speculates that the King Khan is keeping a low profile and staying out of micro-blogging to avoid questions being asked to him about Farah Khan and her next release ‘Tees Maar Khan’, it’s not so according to the sources.

A source revealed that the actor will talk about his MIA from Twitter in the upcoming episode of ‘Koffee with Karan’. SRK has withdrew from the blogging because there are people who give negative comments about him, his friends and family which are hurtful, though he can retort back but he just wants to stay away from the negativity. Also Shah Rukh is in such a frame of mind where he doesn’t want o part of the negative reaction as well as doesn’t believe in blocking people in the social networking sites.

To know what’s going on in SRK life and to watch an episode of ‘Kofee with Karan’ sans the controversy it would be worthwhile to see SRK’s episode which is said to be an emotional one, so watch out for it, as it will air on Jan’ 1, 2011.

Shahrukh Khan goes Golmaal: Is a comedy on cards?

Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan may soon sign a new film with director Rohit Shetty. If reports are to be believed then it would appear that SRK is keyed up to do a full-fledged comic caper and he is in discussions with Golmaal director Rohit Shetty for the same.

Shahrukh loved Golmaal 3 and approached director Rohit Shetty to direct some of his commercials for his production banner Red Chillies. Rohit and SRK have been gelling well these days and the Badshah Khan has professed his desire to do a film with Rohit.

Rohit has been requested to look for a good script. After doing a superhero flick in ‘Ra.One’ and a thriller in ‘Don 2’, Shahrukh is keen on doing a family comic flick. And apparently, Rohit has selected a 80s comedy film and is longing for its remake.

Rohit and SRK’s production house are, currently, seeking its remake rights after which the team shall sit down to pen the script and screenplay. But Rohit (who is a buddy of actor Ajay Devgn) didn’t want to antagonize him and met him on his sets to reveal his plans of making a film with Shahrukh.

Seemingly, Rohit didn’t want Ajay to hear the same from a third person as that may have created a rift between the two. Anyways, now that the King Khan has decided to do a comic caper, we can look forward to that in the coming future.

Shah Rukh Khan in the apologising mode during New Year’s Eve

Karan Johar’s ‘Koffee with Karan’ has become a hub of new brewing wars and formation of new camps. But here is an actor who is ready to make some amends with his “frenemies”. Its Karan’s best friend Shah Rukh Khan, he will be soon seen in the chat show and for the first time in the three seasons SRK will be alone with KJo.

The SRK episode will be aired on the New Year’s Eve and while talking with buddy Karan, Shah Rukh will take the responsibility of his two friends who’ve gone mad at him, Salman Khan and Farah Khan. Way back in 2008 Salman and SRK had a huge fight at Katrina Kaif’s birthday party and in 2010 Farah Khan went ahead and signed Akshay Kumar for her film ‘Tees Maar Khan’.

SRK in the hour long episode says that it must be his fault that Salman and Farah are no longer talking with him. It seems the King Khan of Bollywood is trying to mend his bridges with his once upon a time buddies and the guy is ready to forget the past and move on to a new friendly 2011.

SRK’s gesture surely shows that the man is honest and bold enough own up to any faults that he has made before and now it should be Salman and Farah’s turn to bury the hatchet and resume their friendship. If this episode does help in the bonding of the trio, it can prove that Karan’s show is not only about the fights like Kareena and Priyanka or Deepika ,Sonam and Karan versus Ranbir and his family.

I feel nice when I meet Shah Rukh: Madhuri Dixit

Bollywood star Madhuri Dixit left people mesmerised with her sensuous dance moves. The actress starred in many hit films with the three Khans - Shah Rukh, Salman and Aamir. She speaks to CNN-IBN Entertainment Editor Rajeev Masand about her co-stars and dances.

Rajeev Masand: Madhuri you did hit films with Shah Rukh, Salman, and Aamir. I know you get along with them nicely. Even today they are all friends. Even then who you are closest to?

Madhuri Dixit: See, even between Salman, Aamir and Shah Rukh, I worked more with Shah Rukh. I don't know, there is a kind of affection we have for each other, a kind of respect as actors, an affection because we worked on the sets. So it's always lovely to meet him.

Rajeev Masand: He dropped at the sets recently.

Madhuri Dixit: Yes! He did.

Rajeev Masand: What was that meeting like?

Madhuri Dixit: Wonderful! That's what I told Shah Rukh - 'Why do I feel happy when I meet you?' I just feel nice. He is someone you can talk to on different topics and is always well informed and so is Aamir. But maybe because I have worked more with him.

Rajeev Masand: Since there is a national debate going on this, I have to get your opinion on this. Which one is a better dance - 'Munni badnam hui' or 'Sheila ki jawani'?

Madhuri Dixit: It is very hard to say which one is better because I think both of them have their own charm. 'Sheila ki jawani' is more of a western combined with the Indian contemporary beat whereas Munni is absolutely folksy. It has a lot of folk in it. It is very, very Indian, I enjoy both of them. I love both of them. It is wonderful.

Rajeev Masand: Young girls and actresses really have continuously and till today danced to your hit songs. They try to emulate your dance steps. What's the last Hindi film song that you saw on TV or that you heard, that you danced to at home or made up your own steps?

Madhuri Dixit: The last song which I saw and I enjoyed watching was 'Munni badman hui'. I really enjoyed the beat, they very folk kind of ethnicity that the song has and I really enjoyed that.

SRK makes Madhuri blush

Last Wednesday Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit had a terrific reunion of sorts at Filmistan. The moment Khan saw her on the sets of a dance reality show, he walked up to her, hugged her tight and kissed her hand.

As Madhuri blushed and turned away, Mallaika Arora Khan, SRK's friend-turned-foe Salman Khan's sister-in-law, rushed to meet him too. Their 'intended' air-kiss however ended up looking rather odd.

It so happened that SRK was in Filmistan to shoot for RA.One. Notice his ear stud probably an accessory for the film? As he alighted from his car, he saw the name 'Madhuri Dixit' pasted on a vanity van.

He ran to the venue, where the dance diva was shooting. The cameras were in fact rolling when King Khan entered the sets and walked up to greet Madhuri, oblivious to the rest of the world, but then again, Dil toh pagal hai!

Shahrukh Khan signs ‘Two States’ adaptation

Chetan Bhagat’s another celebrated book is going to be made into a film. His recent novel Two States will be adapted for a romantic film to be directed by Vishal Bhardwaj with Shahrukh Khan in the main lead.

Yes, you are reading it right. SRK and Vishal together for the first time and guess who is producing it, SRK’s friend-turned-foe Salman Khan’s good buddy Sajid Nadiadwala. SRK has not been seen in a romantic film after Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and his female fans across the world were waiting for news like this.

To adapt Two States was always in the pipeline for Sajid Nadiadwala; earlier it was planned that the movie will have Priyanka Chopra and Saif Ali Khan and will be directed by Siddharth Anand. May be the producer was in two minds as Siddharth’s last release Anjaana Anjaani was a dud at the box office.

For those who haven’t read the novel: it is about a boy and a girl studying in an elite MBA college. The guy is from Punjab and falls in love with the girl who belongs to Tamil Nadu. Naturally, the two have problems getting married as they belong to two extreme different cultures. It’s Chetan’s own love story; his wife Anushka is a South Indian.

Sajid has bought the rights for its adaptation. SRK has heard the script and he has ‘loved’ it. Who will be cast opposite SRK? There will be a new girl.

SRK too features in WikiLeaks!

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and the threat by the Shiv Sena to ban screenings of his film My Name is Khan found mention in a US embassy cable that was leaked by WikiLeaks.

My Name is Khan is a 2010 movie made by Karan Johar in which Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol played the

lead roles.

"The Shiv Sena had threatened to ban screenings of Shah Rukh Khan's upcoming movie, My Name is Khan, because Shah Rukh Khan publicly lamented the absence of Pakistani cricket players in India's professional cricket league for the coming season," says the cable dated Feb 22, 2010.

The cable posted in the Guardian newspaper said that Shiv Sena goons burnt posters of the movie and protested in front of his home, asking Khan to "move to Pakistan".

"Khan himself did not bid on any Pakistani players as co-owner of one of the frachises," it said.

While some theatre owners refrained from screening the film on its opening day due to security concerns, "a show of force by the police convinced theatres to roll out a full release" the next day.

"With protests and controversy generating far more international buzz than the typical Bollywood movie, Khan's new movie opened to packed audiences in Mumbai and elsewhere," it added.

SRK highly impressed by Akon

Shah Rukh Khan is a self-confessed fan of Akon's music. Now that they have jammed together for a song in Ra.One the two have become so close that Akon has promised to give Shah Rukh some tips on "cool rapping" in exchange for Hindi lessons from Shah Rukh.

R& B singer Akon has sung in Hindi for a track in Shah Rukh Khan's Ra.One. Initially it was meant to be only a smattering of words in Hindi. Now there are passages of Hindi by Akon. The absence of an accent in his singing of the Hindi words in the track took Shah Rukh Khan so much by surprise that he decided to add some more Hindi words and lines into Akon's song in Ra.One.

Confirming this, composer Shekhar Ravjiani speaking on behalf of the duo Vishal-Shekhar who have composed the Akon track, says, "Akon's Hindi took all of us by surprise. It was almost like he had been speaking the language all his life. No one could believe Akon was seeing those Hindi lines for the first time. He just rattled of the lines as if he was conversant with Hindi. When you hear the song you will see no difference in the singing quality of Akon's English and Hindi lines."

Ra.One is expected to have 10 tracks. Vishal-Shekhar are in the process of creating the soundtrack.

Says Shekhar, "The director Anubhav Sinha has such a keen ear for music. He understands ragas, rhythm, melody and the format of music composition. Shah Rukh too is very clued to world music. We are creating the kind of global sound in Ra.One which has never been heard in Indian cinema before."

'I'm the Badshah of the Bedroom'

Look out, folks. Shah Rukh Khan is back.

The actor is making a comeback to the small screen with Zor Ka Jhatka, the Indian version of the internationally popular game show Wipe Out on Imagine TV.

Shah Rukh will take 30 television stars out of their comfort zone in an obstacle course set in Argentina. At stake is Rs 1.5 crore, including a mega cash prize of Rs 50 lakh for the winner of the finale.

The participants on the show include Akashdeep Saigal, Amit Sareen, Ashima Bhalla, Bhakhtiyaar Irani, Claudia Ciesla, Debina Bonnerjee, Dimpy Mahajan, Gaurav Chopraa, Gracious D' Costa, Hanif Hilal, Jennifer Winget, Karishma Tanna, Krushna Patil, Kushal Punjabi, Manas Katyal, Manoj Kumar, Mink Brar, Narayani Shastri, Natasha Suri, Payal Rohatgi, Priyadarshani Singh, Raja Chaudhary, Rohit Verma, Simran Kaur Mundi, Sonika Kaliraman, Annie, Vindu Dara Singh, Soumya Tandon and Vrajesh Hirjee.

Giving us a taste of what's to come, SRK charmed the gathering at a press conference last week with his wit. Asked about his own zor ka jhatka experiences, he replied, "I got a zor ka jhatka in my personal life when I became a father. It was a pleasant experience. Professional, I got it when I jumped with Sushmita Sen while shooting for her film. It was embarrassing and painful too."[Smiles]

Shahrukh flaunts his six packs again

When Shahrukh Khan flaunted his six packs for the first time in ‘Om Shanti Om’, he has impressed one and all and it hit the gossip columns. King Khan is again back with his six packs and this time for his much anticipated and highly sci-fic ‘Ra. One’. For the film, he in one the way to grow six packs.

Speaking about his new avatar, King Khan said, "I am not going shirtless but yeah I have got my three packs back and certainly working on getting three more soon. We are presently shooting the song in Filmistan Studios".

His co-stars Shahana Goswami and Kareena Kapoor are full of praises for the actor. This time he will be choreographed by Ganesh Hedge and not by his best friend Farah Khan.