SRK gets legal notice for smoking in public

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was on Friday issued a legal notice by an NGO for smoking in public during the two recent events - the Twenty20 cricket match in Mumbai and a media summit in Delhi.

The NGO, National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) issued legal notice to the film actor for smoking in public during the two recent events - the Twenty20 cricket match in Mumbai and a media event in Delhi.

NOTE, an anti-tobacco NGO, which is already into a legal battle with megastar Amitabh Bachchan over his movie posters showing him smoking cigar, issued legal notice through its lawyer.

The NGO has threatened to sue Khan for promoting smoking in public places, which is banned under the Anti-Tobacco Act.

The notice to Khan has been issued under Sections 4 and 5 (3) of cigarette and other tobacco products (prohibition of advertisements and regulation of trade and commerce, production, supply and distribution) Act, 2003.

"Images of Shah Rukh Khan inhaling smoke were shown on Doordarshan during its telecast of the Twenty20 cricket match in Mumbai on October 20. The national television channel's telecast of such outrageous images is another act worth condemnation," NOTE general secretary Dr Shekhar Salkar said.

Prior to this incident, Khan was shown sitting on the dais with a lighted cigarette in his hand during a media event in Delhi on October 12 and 13, NOTE said.

These acts show the much-acclaimed actor and youth icon in a very poor light, the NGO mentioned.

A superstar, imitated and adored by millions cannot lend a helping hand to promote smoking, Salkar added.

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King Khan the 'Maha Style Icon'

Shah Rukh, attired in black trousers, shirt and light brown coat, received the award at the Andheri Sports Complex.

'I am honoured to receive the award,' said Shah Rukh, waving to enthusiastic crowds.

The glittering evening hosted by MTV VJs
Sagarika, Cyrus Broacha and Cyrus Sahukar saw the Most Stylish Film Award going to 'Dhoom 2'.

The same movie gave Aishwarya and Hrithik Roshan the Most Stylish Female and Male awards respectively. The pair also bagged the viewers' choice Most Stylish Couple (on-screen) award.

Hrithik also walked away with the Most Stylish Body and New Look awards.

Choreographed by Vaibhavi Merchant, 'Crazy kiya re...' from 'Dhoom 2' was named Most Stylish Song of the year.

The return of actor turned parliamentarian, Govinda, to filmdom gave him the Most Stylish Comeback award.

While Atif Aslam got the Most Stylish Person in Music Award, Anita Adajania Shroff received the Most Stylish Bollywood Designer award.

The awardees were selected by a panel of judges that included Farah Khan, Neha Dhupia, Raghavendra Rathore, Ramona Narang, Sheetal Malhar, Rohit Bal, Prahlad Kakkar, Manoviraj Khosla, Ambika Pillai, Narendra Kumar Ahmed and Mickey Contractor.

The high- voltage event was marked by electric performances by Shreyas Talpade and Atif Aslam.

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Why did Shah Rukh drop 'Robot' ?

The movie was supposed to star Shahrukh Khan and the latter even agreed to produce the movie.

The latest buzz is that the project has been dropped. Both Shankar and Shahrukh have mutually agreed to pull out of the project.

When queried the reason, Shahrukh said, "I was impressed with the storyline. I was supposed to act in Shankar's Hindi remake of 'Mudhalvan'. Hence I was keen on doing 'Robot'. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, 'Robot' has been shelved."

On his part, Shankar said, "I gave the English version of the 'Robot' script to Shahrukh. He liked it very much. Though we decided to do the movie, we could not come to terms with few other things. Hence we decided to pull out of the project."

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SRK on 'No Smoking'

It's practically impossible to picturise actor Shahrukh Khan in the coming movie 'No Smoking', which stars John Abraham and deals with issues related to an addictive smoker, especially since the 'King Khan' hasn't so far been able to kick off his nicotine fixation.

Shahrukh himself clears the air on this perspective.

As Shahrukh puts it, "Very few people know that I was offered 'No Smoking' but smoking has become such an addictive habit of mine that, I wouldn't be able to leave it just by watching a movie based on it."

Though he's certainly got his priorities right, after all old habits die hard, although he as usual has a different take on things as the 'King Khan' quotes, "Smoking is a bad habit like I am a bad habit for the people, and bad habits are hard to give up."

Big vices for big boys. However it's only Shahrukh, who can manage to have it all - smoke like a chimney and yet, still manage to look absoultely fit.

Shahrukh got a bit defensive when it came to his pastime, as he commented, "As for quitting smoking, one should leave the habit of public smoking."

Meanwhile smoking or no smoking, 'Kind Khan' is waiting to exhale once his upcoming movie 'Om Shanti Om' is released next month.

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SRK's brand new office behind his bungalow Mannat

Those who have seen the office swear that they haven't seen an office like this in Mumbai.

"It's state of the art and is better than any of the 5 star hotels in Mumbai. He is still doing it up and it will take some time before it becomes fully functional," says a friend of the star.

And even though the office is not fully functional, SRK has shifted from his old office Khar (which was in the eye of controversy) and has started operating from his new office behind Mannat.

Well, with King Khan already making a whooping 50 crore plus profit on his forthcoming home production 'Om Shanti Om' we are sure his office will get more swanky.

Gautam Buragohain, IndiaTimesMovies