SRK's airport detention topped the shocker list of 2009

The year 2009 was not so happening for Bollywood with big budget flops and few surprise hits. But the never-ending list of shockers more than made up for the box office drought with 'Badshah of Bollywood' Shahrukh Khan's US airport fiasco taking the top slot.

India was ushering in its 62nd independence year, but the news which flashed across all news channels was the detention of Bollywood superstar at Newark airport which left the actor "angry" and "humiliated".

Eminent personalities from all walks of life reacted sharply to the incident with an angry Ambika Soni, Information and Broadcasting Minister, advocating a tit for tat for Americans.

The film industry termed it as "shocking", "disgraceful" and "madness".

The fear of My Name is Khan

Shah Rukh Khan’s next My Name Is Khan is almost two months away from release but the tremors of its run up are already being felt.

Films which were scheduled to release around a couple of weeks after February 12 are now likely to be postponed to a safer date. Talking about the release of his film Apartment director Jagmohan Mundhra says the film was scheduled to release in February.

“However now that the big fat white elephant called My Name Is Khan is scheduled to release on February 12 we have to figure out a date which would be safer for a small film like mine,” says Mudhra. Apartment is a thriller starring Neetu Chandra, Tanushree Dutta and Rohit Roy. Similarly many other producers are rescheduling the promotion campaigns of the film.

Interestingly even Amitabh Bachchan’s Teen Patti, which also stars Ben Kingsley and R Madhavan and has been directed by Leena Yadav, has also been shifted to February 26.

Ra1 waiting to hit the floors

‘My Name Is Khan’ is hogging the limelight currently, while another Shah Rukh Khan flick is counting days to get on with its shooting schedule.

Bannered under SRK’s Red Chillies Entertainment, ‘Ra1’ is touted as a big-budget superhero movie. Starring Shahrukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor in the lead, this sci-fi will be directed by Anubhav Sinha. Interestingly, this film will complete the Khan-triplet for our sizzling beauty. With Aamir’s ‘3 Idiots’ releasing shortly, Bebo has 'Agent Vinod' with Saif besides ‘Ra1’.

It is heard that Shahrukh will rope in foreign designers to design his costumes and not his usual designer buddies like KJo and Manish Malhotra.

‘Ra1’ is said to go on floors in February 2010, once ‘My Name Is Khan’ settles down well after its release in the Valentine’s month. And if all goes well, then one can see this superhero flick before the end of 2010.