Don't invite SRK for Kanpur ODI

Wary of crowd trouble, the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) has asked the BCCI not to invite Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan for the third one-dayer between India and Pakistan in Kanpur on Sunday.

According to the UPCA, the district as well as the police authorities are anticipating huge turnout for the match, which may become uncontrollable because of the star's presence.

UPCA officials said Shah Rukh and some other VIP personalities were invited to the Green Park by BCCI vice-President Rajeev Shukla.

"The Governor and Chief Minister are also coming to watch the match. So we have requested Rajeev Shukla not to invite Shah Rukh or any other VIP for the match. Because it would be difficult for us to control the crowd," an official of UPCA said.

UPCA officials said the BCCI has accepted their request and Shah Rukh may now meet the players from both the sides in Lucknow a day later.

TimesOfIndia

Om Shanti Om is a Winner!

Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Shreyas Talpade, Kiron Kher, Arjun Rampal, Javed Sheikh.
Direction: Farah Khan
Critic rating: ***1/2

Lights, Camera, Action! Let Shah Rukh Khan take you on a journey through the golden years of Bollywood- the 70s and remind us of some of Hindi cinemas finest eccentricities that we tend to have forgotten or probably might have not known in the first place.

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'World's Most Popular Movie Star' SRK, Walks the Red Carpet

World Premiere of `Om Shanti Om' held in London

London (PTI): Ecstatic fans cheered Shah Rukh Khan and other Bollywood stars who descended at the famous Empire theatre in the heart of London last night to attend the world premier of one of the most awaited film of the year 'Om Shanti Om'.

Present at the Red Carpet World Premiere were Shah Rukh Khan, who plays the main role Om, debutant actress Deepika Padukone, actor Arjun Ramphal and budding star Shreyas Talpade.

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SRK to Spice up Goa International Film Festival

Bollywood King Shah Rukh Khan will be the chief guest at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2007 that opens in Goa on November 23.

The departure from the tradition of getting the honours done by celluloid oldies is conscious, sources in the I&B Ministry, which is co-hosting the festival, told HT. It’s a celebration of the youth brigade’s imprint on Indian cinema through cult films like Chak De, Rang De... and Munnabhai....

SRK has accepted the invitation and will be present at IFFI’s inaugural with the screening of Romanian director Cristian Mungiu’s much acclaimed Four Months, Three Weeks and Two Days that won the top Golden Palm award at the Cannes Festival this year.

Mungiu and his leading lady Ana Maria Marinca will also be present. “It will be a great opening ceremony,” promised IFFI director Neelam Kapur.

For the first time, common viewers will be registered as delegates for a nominal Rs 300. Of the 5,000-6,000 delegates, nearly 1,500 will be from among the public and have access to the conferences and seminars that go with such festivals.

Kapur clarified that the delegates from among the people will be able to see all films screened.

HindustanTimes.com

OSO : Completely different ... and dazzling

This thing is huge.

In true Bollywood fashion, the story involves comedy, tragedy, family, action, adventure, romance, betrayal, friendship, melodrama, failure, success, death, reincarnation and lots and lots of singing and dancing. The film is as visually dazzling and colourful as an explosion in a Crayola factory.

Shah Rukh Khan stars as Om Prakash Makhija, a callow hopeful in the movie business in the early 1970s.

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"I Believe" attitude takes Om Shanti Om and branded film entertainment to new level." - SRK

One of the big Diwali release this year, Om Shanti Om has been marketed very vigorously. Shah Rukh Khan the country's biggest brand ambassador has turned on the charm to promote his latest film and home production. The Rs 30 crore film that has a host of brand tie-ups releases on Friday.

It’s the dream debut in more ways than one and we are not talking about Deepika Padukone. The four brands associating with the film Om Shanti Om are first timers as well. From L’Oreal’s Maybelline brand of makeup, which is endorsed by Deepika to Sia Jewellery to Shoppers’ Stop collection inspired from the four main characters in the film. The association pegged that Rs 3 crore each hand an in film, on air and point of sales presence and the return on investment is already visible.

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