Salman Khan Walks Away on Seeing Shah Rukh Khan

The animosity between Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan refuses to die to down with the latter making mid-way exit from Amrita Aroras wedding ceremony at sight of SRK at the function recently.

Angered by Shah Rukhs presence at the ceremony, Salman apparently caught a rickshaw and left the place in huff-puff.

The two superstars are at loggerheads since their verbal duel at Salmans actor-girlfriend Katrina Kaifs birthday party in July last year.

The duo had almost resorted fisticuffs before they were intervened by SRKs wife Gauri in the nick of time then.

Salman gets angry on being asked about Shah Rukh

Salman Khan got angry when asked about his equation with Shah Rukh Khan during the marriage ceremony of two Bollywood stars in Mumbai. Shah Rukh Khan too was present on the occasion.

Salman became so angry on being asked about his relations with Shah Rukh Khan that he left the place in a rickshaw without even waiting for his car and his girlfriend Katrina Kaif.

The two superstars are not on talking terms ever since they fought each other in Katrina Kaif’s birthday party.

The two actors are of the same age. Both were born in the year 1965. Though Salman Khan made his debut in Bollywood a few years earlier than Shah Rukh Khan, SRK went on to become a more celebrated star than Salman Khan.

Salman Khan was on his way to become a superstar even before Shah Rukh Khan landed a role in Bollywood.

Sallu made his debut with the film Biwi Ho To Aisi that was released in 1988, he gave a super hit of a new genre with his super duper hit Maine Pyar Kiya in the year 1989.

Shah Rukh Khan who began his acting career from television majored to Bollywood with his debut film Deewana in 1992. the film was a huge success and gave the Khan a place in filmdom where family and kinship play a major role.

Their latest fight may well go on to divide the Indian film fraternity like never before. Shah Rukh Khan has a major influence in Indian film industry not only as an actor, but producer. He has also one of the best production and post production center with state of the art machinery.

But this will not bode well for the Indian film industry and it should come to an end as soon as possible.

Come to the grounds only if you feel safe: SRK

Shah Rukh Khan has a message for Knight Riders supporters: come to the grounds only if you feel safe.

“I appeal to all spectators at Eden Gardens, even it means my business getting hit, to come and watch the matches only if they are sure about the security arrangements,” the KKR co-owner said.

The terror attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore has cast a cloud on the Indian Premier League, but Shah Rukh said: “I feel bad for the players but you can’t stop life because of this…. For the common man on the street, who needs to go out and work for his daily bread, he cannot think of stopping his daily activities because of terrorism.”

Still, like “I had said during the release of my film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi after 26/11, that only watch the film if you are going out to the theatres”, Shah Rukh is asking the crowds to come to the Eden only if they feel secure.

If the Indian Premier League kicks off on schedule — a big question mark hangs over it after the Centre suggested the matches should be postponed — Shah Rukh will be out in the grounds in his now-familiar role as the KKR twelfth man.

“Is baar baaki teams ke liye mera ek haath hi kaafi hai!” he joked, playing Thakur of Sholay with his left arm in sling after a shoulder surgery two weeks ago.

“I will be there and I will clap with both hands… I just hope they give me reason enough to clap,” Shah Rukh told The Telegraph this afternoon, on way from Mannat to the Yash Raj Studio for his first shoot after the surgery.

The last season, the team failed to make it to the final four. That hurt — “Losing is depressing,” he says — but Shah Rukh hopes to teach the boys a lesson he has learnt in his nearly 20 years in Bollywood: “It’s not about the knockout punch, it’s about lasting the 12 rounds.”

“When I started off I was like Mike Tyson, but now I have realised that you have to be either Mohammad Ali or George Foreman. As Jake LaMotta said, you can’t take me down. You can lose but don’t be a loser. I have had more failures than successes in my career but today people call Shah Rukh Khan a success because I could take all the beatings. I want to instil this feeling in all the Knight Rider kids,” he said.

If all the pep talk doesn’t work, SRK has another strategy up his sleeve. “I plan to get hold of a huge black bell this time which I want to play during the matches at Eden Gardens. It will go dong dong like those huge gongs. When I see the festival of Durga Puja and all the bells everywhere, I want to bring that flavour to the field. You may think I am an outsider but I am not an outsider in Calcutta. I had the option of Jaipur and Delhi but I always wanted Calcutta as my IPL team.”

He hoped the remixed team anthem would be even more popular than Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo Re was in the inaugural season.

But he won’t be in the Club House stand this time, egging on the Calcutta crowd. “I just have to ask the powers-that-be to allow me to sit near the boundary because I don’t think I will be able to sit with the crowds,” he said. “Out of love, a lot of people might pull my hand and that can hurt.”

His first shoot after the surgery was for KKR — to crown the six lucky girls who’ve won the cheerleader hunt on TV, Knights & Angels. “It’s a brand building exercise for the team because it is only through shows like this that I can tell the rest of the country about the Knight Riders. They wouldn’t react to a Kolkata Knight Riders billboard but shows like this will make our team a household name across the country.”

SRK’s most special “get well” message also has a Calcutta connection.

“The main criterion for our team to win is full fitness and I am messaging the main player of the team to get fit soon,” reads the SMS from Jagmohan Dalmiya, the man in charge at Eden.

Shah Rukh Khan To Speak At The India Today Conclave, This Saturday

Bollywood's global superstar, Shah Rukh Khan, is all set to speak this Saturday at the India Today Conclave in New Delhi.

Reports the reputed magazine "Actor, film producer, TV host, owner of Indian Premier League team, Kolkata Knight Riders, Shah Rukh Khan is one of India's greatest all time superstars. The actor, who has made movies as varied as the nihilistic 'Darr' (1994) and the huge diaspora hit 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge' (1995), is known for his risk-taking roles. He has most recently played a reincarnated superstar in 'Om Shanti Om' (2007) and an ordinary middle class clerk in 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' (2008). Currently working on My Name is Khan with director Karan Johar, his box office magic spreads far beyond the borders of India. Awarded a Padma Shri by the government, the 43-year-old is a 'Datuk' in Malaysia, a bearer of the French Government's 'Order of the Arts and Literature', and also has a wax lookalike at the Madame Tussauds museum in London."

As per the tentative schedule, Shah Rukh Khan will speak during - Session Bollywood: Can Art Overcome Hate? The time slot will be 17.00 - 18.00 hrs IST on March 7, 2009.

SRK to finalise the IPL anthem

Shah Rukh Khan has asked Vishal-Shekhar as well as Pritam to do the remix version of the IPL anthem 'Karbo, Larbo, Jeetbo Re'. He will finally select the version which he likes best.

Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders’ anthem ‘Karbo, Larbo, Jeetbo Re’ will become a remixed number during the forthcoming IPL season. Our source says that now SRK wants a modified version of the anthem for which music directors Vishal-Shekhar and Pritam are close contenders. Interestingly, SRK will choose whichever of the two versions he will prefer.

While SRK has instructed Vishal-Shekar, who had composed the original anthem last year, to come up with a remixed version for this year’s IPL, he also approached his current favourite music director Pritam who gave music in his recent home production Billu for the same.

Our source said, “Vishal-Shekar and Pritam are both working on the same anthem. Let’s see who comes up with a better composition. The offer to both the music directors was made only recently.”

It may be recalled that last year, Vishal-Shekar were closely associated with SRK since they were working with him on Om Shanti Om even while composing the anthem for Kolkata Knight Riders. However lately, SRK and Pritam have also been working closely because of Billu.

When contacted, Vishal asked, “Who told you this?” and he quickly went on to deny that SRK had approached them to modify ‘Karbo, Larbo, Jeetbo Re’. Vishal added, “I would love to do something like that and give some sort of a spin to the anthem.” Shekar too denied that SRK had approached them for a remixed version but then he quickly added, “That would be really cool.”

Vishal said, “I haven’t heard that SRK has asked Pritam to do the remixed version. SRK is a professional and if such a thing happens, we will be told about it. But, if Pritam goes on to do it, we have no issues as long as the anthem rocks and the team is inspired by it.”

Despite repeated attempts, Pritam remained unavailable for comment. We sent a text message to SRK but he didn’t reply.

As for whose remixed version SRK will finally select, may the best man win.

SRK and Arjun: Painfully happy!

While Shah Rukh Khan is nursing an operated shoulder at home, his good friend Arjun Rampal is dealing with some ‘back’ issues too.

Like they say... friends in joy and pain, huh? Shah Rukh is smartly using his recovery time (his sutures were removed last week) as a script-reading vacation. Of course, everything is second to the special time allotted for his bachchas. After the great response to Billu, SRK has taken a keen interest in a variety of scripts, especially the kinda roles he hasn’t donned in the past. On the other hand, the Rampal dude is a rockstar after all, and pains of such kinds... whether it’s in the neck, back or dil, for that matter, can’t stop him working his butt off.

And well, with the coveted ‘lady in black’ (the Filmfare Award, dearies) for company, we wonder if he’s feeling the aahs and ouches anymore. Arjun is shooting for Rajniti in Bhopal, and he’s accompanied by his personal trainer for this schedule. On some days the pain is so excruciating that he can’t sit up for too long, and the back exercises brings him some relief. Hmm... poor boy, the business of politics is taking a toll on him already? Take some advice from our very own Sunju baba, no? Dutt’s a good idea, wotsay? And we’re guessing that SRK and Arjun are sharing their pain with each other... dard baatne se kum hota hai, that’s what they say, hai na?

Malaika Arora Khan shakes a leg with Angels in SRK’s show

After Anushka Sharma now Malaika Arora Khan would be seen as the celebrity judge this week in Red Chillies Idiot Box’s Knight and Angels, the reality show hunting for cheerleaders for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on NDTV Imagine.

Malaika Arora looked stunning as usual and the contestants were enamoured by her presence and wanted to know how she looks so fresh always and were heard raving about her being so stylish. She wore a green dress and charmed everyone. The contestants were heard whispering she still looks so hot and sexy and as fresh as chhaiya chhaiya days when she danced with SRK on train in Dil Se.

-incidentally Malaika grooved on Chhaiya Chhaiya only in the episode. She was amazed at contestant Ruhi’s energy levels and complimented another contestant Ananya Bari that she dances better than Shilpa Shetty when she danced on shut up and Bounce a song from Dostana. Pranjal Khandhdiya creative head – non - fiction of Red Chillies Idiot Box, says, “Knight & Angels is the reality show to hunt for cheerleaders. We are getting good feedback for the show. Malaika made the episode special with her vibrant presence as the celebrity Judge and contestants were very enthusiastic” The episode would be telecast on Saturday 7th march.

Is Sushmita upset with Shah Rukh

“We won’t miss Shah Rukh and Saif. We don’t look back, we look forward,” said Sushmita Sen when asked about the hosts at the Filmfare Award night.

Apparently, Sush who was in good books of SRK seems to be upset with him. It is known that Sushmita’s dear friend Muddasar Aziz makes his directorial debut with Dulha Mil Gaya. This Sushmita starrer film also stars King Khan in a special appearance.

It is believed that SRK got annoyed on his producer friend Vivek Vaswani who was promoting the film on Shah Rukh’s name. This irked SRK and that’s why he refused to shoot the little scene which in turn delayed the film’s release. Sushmita got snubbed with Shah Rukh’s this act.

Last year had been a bad year for Sushmita, who hardly had a release. Now when she has only one film in hand SRK did not co-operate. Do we see another friendship going sour in the tinsel ville?

Shah Rukh adds glam to his TV show!

Look who’s cheering for Shah Rukh Khan’s IPL team cheerleaders... five of his Bollywood lovelies!

King Khan has got Anushka Sharma, Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta, Minissha Lamba and Malaika Arora-Khan on his reality series to select cheerleaders for the forthcoming Twenty20 tournament. The tall and perky Anushka Sharma, SRK’s debutant co-star in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, set the ball rolling on Saturday and even joined the aspiring cheerleaders in doing jhatkas and matkas on the TV show. Points are awarded for energy, style, chutzpah, poise, personality, attitude, grace, rhythm and fire. Naturally, the Bollywood Badshah’s jury members score high on these counts themselves.

Designer Mandira Wirk worked on maintaining a high glam quotient on the screen and has dressed up Lara in a wine hued short dress, Malaika in a short olive green dress with crystals studded on it, Deepika — who walked as a model for Mandira at a fashion show in Delhi, in something really spectacular. And, there’s Shiamak Davar leading everybody through her steps. So there’s dance, glamour and Bollywood, a heady combo indeed, now let’s wait for the cricket matches.

SRK to work with Ghajini director

There is more on the Aamir-SRK front. After the success of Ghajini, grapevine has it that Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has decided to work with director A.R Murugadoss.

While there isn't any clear indication about who approached who, sources at SRK's production company, Red Chillies Entertainment say that the two are indeed in talks for Murugadoss's next film.

According to reports, the role that Murugadoss has now reserved for SRK, was actually meant for the star of the original Ghajini, Surya Sivakumar.

It seems Murugadoss has put his plans of returning to Tamil cinema on hold as the biggest Bollywood superstars make a beeline for him.