SRK's Face Saver : Ravi Dada

King Khan has had the same make up man, Ravi dada since the first time he set foot in B-town. He doesn't have any quirks as such but only and only Ravi dada does his make up whether it is for movies, ads, TV shows or performances.

He trusts his loyal make up man immensely and doesn't interfere. The only problem is that he arrives late so his make up man has to work super fast and complete it in half an hour.

Yo, Ravi Dada!
Loyalty be thy name.
We love you.

Star Box Office

KJo on SRK's Autobiography

Excerpts from the interview:

Ok, finally, one person whose blog you’d love to read?
Shah Rukh Khan. Not for any other reason except I that I have had the privilege of reading parts of the book that he has been writing for the last five years. It’s amazing. Every chapter in the book has heart, soul, guts, emotion, drama... enough to keep the reader completely engrossed. If he ever decided to blog, it will be something to look out for.

Johar’s blog which begins online tomorrow at www.mynameiskaran.com

Meet SRK's German fan, the 48 yr old, Ute

This Saturday, Shahrukh Khan will be performing live-on-stage with Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Katrina Kaif, Javed Ali, Anushka Dandekar and Ganesh Hegde in Ahoy, Rotterdam. Temptation is back! Not only will be Dutch fans be joining the show, but several fans from European countries will fly in to see Shahrukh Khan and the other stars perform live. Here we have a short interview with a German fan called Ute. She is 48 years old and lives in Germany.

Why and when did you become fan of Shahrukh Khan?
I became a fan of Shahrukh Khan exactly on November 19, 2004, when K3G was shown on German TV for the first time. This man impressed me on first sight and the more I got to see and know about him, the more I adore this wonderful actor and human being. Admiring any artist is something that never happened to me before, even when I was in my teens. There has never been someone, who was worth it.

Have you ever met him before?
I've never met Shahrukh or any of the other stars.

What are your expectations of the show?
It will be a treat for the eyes for sure! Hopefully there will be a lot of interaction with the audience. Shahrukh is able to leave a crowd of 30,000 people spellbound, only by sitting on a wooden chair on an empty stage!

Why are you coming to see the show?
I'm coming to see Shahrukh in person, my heart's desire. Shahrukh Khan sure has great fans. I, for one, am definitely looking forward to what Temptation Reloaded will bring us!

The interview was conducted by Charla Manohar

SRK's Future Plans

Everybody knows about Shah Rukh Khan’s penchant to be a winner all the way. Far from sulking about his team, Kolkata Knight Riders being defeated at the recently concluded Indian Premiere League, he is already making all the necessary arrangements like getting international cricketers (one of who is Andrew Flintoff) on board for the next IPL season.

He also has other ambitious plans for Kolkata Knight Riders.

A source says, “SRK is leaving for London for a few days to join his wife Gauri and children, Suhana and Aryan, who have already left in a private aircraft.

Apart from shooting for his next film, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi in London, SRK's main agenda for the trip is to get some of the biggest international cricketers for his IPL team. One of the cricketers he's already in advanced talks with is Andrew Flintoff.”

When contacted, a source close to the actor confirms and says, “Yes, it's true that SRK is in advanced talks with Flintoff.

Whatever happened has happened at the recent IPL. But now on, SRK has taken complete charge and he's leaving no stone unturned to make his IPL team a winner next year.”

And when one talks about SRK, can entertainment be far behind? The source adds, “SRK has ambitious plans for his team.

Apart from playing against international cricket clubs abroad, his team of cricketers will also perform on stage along with him within the next day for the international audience.

The shows will be grand. After a day of watching serious cricket, the public will get to watch their favourite cricketers perform on stage along with SRK.”

“SRK and his family will be holidaying for the first fifteen days after which he will start shooting for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi while his agents have already reached London to interact with the cricketers and make necessary arrangements for SRK's meeting with them,” says the source.

Ravikaran Deshmukh & Ashwini Deshmukh, Mumbai Mirror

Shabana will play Shah Rukh's Mom in 'My Name Is Khan'

Last year, she turned down Yash Raj Films’ Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (the role that eventually went to Jaya Bachchan) because apparently, she was busy with The Loins of Punjab Presents . However, Shabana has now agreed to play Shah Rukh Khan’s mother in Karan Johar’s Khan.

A source said, “Normally, Karan would not think of casting anyone but Jayaji to play Shah Rukh’s mother. Reason being that both Shah Rukh and Karan dote on Jayaji and she has already played SRK’s mother in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Kal Ho Na Ho.” Apparently, it’s the strong political message of Khan that convinced Karan to sign Shabana instead of Jaya for the project.

The source added, “Khan conveys a very strong message. It’s about the isolation of the Muslims after 9/11. And who better equipped to put forward a cinema of ideas than Shabana? Also, the film is about a Muslim family based in the US. And Shabana would bring a natural elegance and credibility to her part.”

However, not much is being revealed about Shabana’s part in the film. But it goes without saying that she would be an essential part of the project.

When contacted to confirm her presence in the film, Shabana just laughed and said, “Main chup rahungi.”

Times Of India

SRK's Reaction to Kareena's Self-Obsession

Much to the dismay of the studio audience, host Shah Rukh Khan ordered all the four LCD screens fitted around the sets to be switched off for this particular episode. Why? Because of Kareena.

Says an eyewitness, "Ever since the shoot began, Kareena constantly kept looking at the LCD screen to see how she was looking. Shah Rukh observed this and told her that she was looking great, and need not look at the LCD screen every now and then."

It seems that Kareena was in no mood to listen to SRK. She could not refrain from looking at herself on the screen. "Consciously or subconsciously, she continued checking herself out on all the four screens. Time was running out so SRK ordered that the screens be switched off. Only then did they start the shoot," adds the eyewitness.

And what did Kareena do after that? The insider says, "Well, Kareena had no choice. She had to go ahead with the proceedings. Thankfully, everything went off smoothly after that."

SRK in ad visibility race

Bollywood and cricket might be the two passions of India, but when it comes to celebrity brands' visibility on TV, the silver screen stars are clearly ahead of sporting heroes.

Only two Indian cricketers - M S Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar - figure in a list of the 10 most visible celebrities featuring in TV ads. There are no other sportspersons in the list.

And while Shah Rukh Khan may be the undisputed badshah of Bollywood, he's been pipped in this particular race by Chhote Nawab Saif Ali Khan.

According to the AdEx Survey, prepared by TAM Media Research, TV ads featuring Saif Ali Khan appeared for as many as 45 lakh seconds through 2007. SRK followed with 42 lakh seconds, while Amitabh Bachchan was third with 32 lakh.

Hrithik Roshan may not be seen too often on the silver screen these days, but he's highly visible in ads, coming in fourth with 31 lakh seconds.

Kajol - another star whose movies are few and far between - was fifth overall and the highest-ranked woman with 22 lakh seconds. Dhoni followed close behind at No. 6, ahead of Tendulkar.

Preity Zinta, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Juhi Chawla rounded off the top 10. With 13.2 lakh seconds, Chawla was ahead of reigning box-office draws like Priyanka Chopra (11 lakh seconds), Bipasha Basu (6.4 lakh) and Kareena Kapoor (6 lakh).

However, SRK and the Big B continue to endorse the largest number of brands. In 2006, Bachchan endorsed 41 brands, SRK had 35. But in 2007, the tables were turned: King Khan endorsed 39 brands with 21 advertisers while Bachchan was brand ambassador for 36 brands with 20 advertisers.

In terms of visibility, Dhoni, Sachin and Dravid (8 lakh seconds) were well ahead of other Indian sportspersons, including Yuvraj Singh (6 lakh) and Irfan Pathan (4 lakh). The highest-ranked non-cricketing sports star was N Karthikeyan (1.5 lakh seconds).
Interestingly, small screen actors fared quite well too. TV star Hussain, with 8.85 lakh seconds, came in ahead of Bollywood hunks Akshay Kumar (8.7 lakh) and Salman Khan (2 lakh),while female stars like Mona ‘Jassi' Singh (3.4 lakh) and Smriti

'Tulsi' Irani (3.35 lakh) made their mark as well.

The Times of India

Shah Rukh Khan is the “Kewlest Dad” at Nick’s Daddy Cool contest

MUMBAI: Nick has announced Shah Rukh Khan as the “Kewlest Dad” of its Daddy Cool contest. In a recent survey conducted amongst kids by Nick as part of the Father’s day special promotion, ShahRukh has topped the charts.

Kids had to choose their favourite celebrity dad from Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar and Hrithik Roshan.

According to an official release, around 6000 kids from across India voted for their favorite celebrity dads. Shah Rukh Khan recieved 42.5 per cent votes. Tailing him at second position is Akshay Kumar, with 28.4 per cent of kids’ votes. Hrithik Roshan with 21.7 per cent votes is number three and Saif Ali Khan got 7.3 per cent votes.

IndianTelevision.com Team

“The wait is over, I am coming to your city.”

This famous Bollywood rivalry is going to new shores now. After face-offs over popularity in films and on telly, Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan now seem to going head-to-head on world tours.

While Amitabh Bachchan’s Unforgettables tour – which will also have Abhiash, Preity Zinta, Riteish Deshmukh, Madhuri Dixit and Akshay Kumar – kickstarts on July 18 in Toronto, Shah Rukh has decided to begin his own Temptations Reloaded tour on June 21 at Amsterdam.

This means the rivalry between the two most powerful Bollywood stars will now go global and with big stars from the industry joining either side, it is now to be seen which tour is able to garner more popularity.

Confirms Mohomed Morani about SRK’s show, “Yes we are starting off from Amsterdam on June 21. In the first show, SRK, Arjun Rampal, Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor and Ganesh Hedge will perform.”

And which countries are on their itinerary? Morani reveals, “The Amsterdam show will be the curtain raiser for us. A few months later, we will go for the jugular, touring all parts of the world. The media will be informed of dates, stars and venues then.” Sources say that a promo of the show has already been shot at SRK’s bungalow, Mannat. It has Shah Rukh saying, “The wait is over, I am coming to your city.”

The buzz about rivalry between the stars started after Shah Rukh stepped in as the host on Kaun Banega Crorepati and did the remake of Big B’s ’70 hit, Don. Will the two coinciding world tours add more grist to the rumour mills?

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