Shah Rukh Khan goes the extra mile for an old friend

Shah Rukh Khan has agreed to complete filming of his cameo appearance in Mudassar Aziz directed Dulha Mil Gaya, after having walked out the film that headlines Sushmita Sen and is produced by Shah Rukh's good friend Vivek Vaswani.

Shah Rukh walked out because he felt Vaswani had stretched his role beyond the original one song sequence that Shah Rukh had committed for, and was using his stretched cameo to sell the film.

Filming for the song on a cruise liner was abandoned during the last schedule because of heavy rain.

It was to resume in March but SRK, who is hosting Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? for Star Plus starting March, had no dates and told Vaswani that he would not be able to complete the film.

Vivek Vaswani, who helped Shah Rukh when he initially arrived in Mumbai, pleaded with Shah Rukh and the large hearted Khan relented.

"Shah Rukh will now complete the film only for Vivek's sake," a source told TOI.

Besides Vivek Vaswani, Sushmita Sen too is likely to be relieved by Shah Rukh's decision.

The former Miss Universe has had a string of failures with films like Chingaari, Zindaggi Rocks and Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag. Her stock as an actress is pretty low, something that could come in the way of her ambitious plans to produce 'Rani Lakshmi Bai, The Warrior Queen.' She needs to earn the money that she plans to spend on producing the film and a hit could help her do just that.

Dulha Mil Gaya is being filmed in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago. It additionally stars Fardeen Khan, Tara Sharma and Johnny Lever.

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One Dil Se, table pe!

SRK, Gauri, K-Jo and Preity Zinta do a Chhaiya Chhaiya on table tops at a Colaba nightspot.

Shah Rukh Khan sure knows how to party. On Friday night, after attending Anil Deshmukh’s wedding reception at the Turf Club, Shah Rukh, Gauri, Preity Zinta and Karan Johar headed to Prive and partied till the wee hours of the morning.

Says an eyewitness, “Shah Rukh and Gauri came with their gang of close friends comprising Karan Johar, Kajal Anand, Preity Zinta, Mehr Jessia, Manish Malhotra, Maheep and Sanjay Kapoor among others.

They came in directly after attending Riteish’s brother Amit’s reception, followed by dinner at Tetsuma. SRK, Gauri, Karan, and Preity were having a blast. They were in good spirits and towards the end they all ended up dancing on table tops!”

Superb time

The other revellers at the venue were impressed by the down-to-earth Khan. Says a member of SRK’s group who didn’t wish to be named, “We had a fabulous time. Karan, Gauri, SRK and Preity danced on the tables to a mixture of English and Hindi music with the rest of the group cheering them on.

SRK and Gauri sure know how to make a party come alive. After Amit’s reception we all decided to party and that’s how we landed up at Prive. It was good fun.”

Adds the member, “Normally SRK and Karan don’t go to this part of the city and the crowds were thrilled to have them amongst them. No one bothered them for autographs or photographs. They just watched them letting their hair down and enjoying themselves.

Karan was dancing the maximum. He was recovering from a throat infection and was partying after a long time. The group only left when Prive was shutting its doors at 3 am. None of them wanted to leave.”

Can’t say

Sanjay Kapoor, who was also present, refuses to give out details.

He says, “We were all having a great time so I don’t remember who was dancing on the tables. We went together for Amit’s wedding and met Preity there. Then we headed to Tetsuma and ended up at Prive.”

Author: Upala KBR | Source: Mid-Day | Image Courtesy: Mid-Day