Mahesh Manjrekar's play on SRK

While Mahesh Manjrekar may be friends with Salman Khan and is in talks to direct the actor's home production, he has named his next lavish trilingual play after Sallu's rival Shah Rukh Khan. It's called Mee Shahrukh Manjarsum-bekar.

Manjrekar's play is about the common man's hopes and dreams. He confesses that he decided to name the political parable after Shah Rukh the moment he began writing it.

Says the director, "Shah Rukh's connectivity with the masses makes him the perfect symbol of modern India."

The play is in three languages Hindi, Marathi and English and tackles different political issues and scandals. He explains, "Every season will deal with a different issue.

It could be the MNS insisting that only Marathi songs be played in pooja pandals, or the match-fixing scandal... the politics around the common man changes. The common man remains the constant."

The play hits theatres across Maharashtra from 16 October 2010. It is expected have at least 1000 performances in all three languages.

While Manjrekar plays the lead in English and Hindi, Siddharth Jadhav plays the common man in the Marathi version.

Shah Rukh epitomises the common man's dreams, explains the director. "The play is about the aspirations, hopes and daily struggles of the common man in Maharashtra.

I thought SRK is the best symbol of the ordinary man's extraordinary dreams. He shares every common man's dreams. He is the true working-class hero."

No IPO plans for Red Chillies as of now: SRK

Bollywood actor-turned-producer Shah Rukh Khan on Wednesday said he has no plans to list his production and distribution company--Red Chillies Entertainment.

Red Chillies, an Indian motion picture production firm, was founded by Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan along with actress Juhi Chawla in 2002.

The company also has a visual effects studio known as Red Chillies VFX.

"I have no plans to come out with any IPO for Red Chillies. I have very less knowledge and experience of the stock market and investment unfortunately. I am happy my friends are here and feel good whenever a media company gets listed on the stock exchange," Shah Rukh Khan said at the listing ceremony of global distribution company Eros International.

King Khan, who reached late by 5 min, experienced the listing after the company and the host BSE literally turned back time for the superstar.

Red Chillies, which has produced some big-ticket movies such as Main Hoon Na, My Name Is Khan, Chak De India, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, Drona, Om Shanti Om, Dostana and Kurbaan, is currently a part of sci-fi thriller Ra One.