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EXCLUSIVE LOOK: Shahrukh Khan flaunts his flamboyance

Man of the moment

The Cine Blitz February issue seems to be the My Name Is Khan special edition with buddies Shahrukh Khan and Karan Johar posing together for the cover page.

Though SRK is often called ‘a walking chimney’ but here, arguably for the first time in a magazine, he is shown smoking a cigarette. Doesn’t the debonair Khan look charismatic here! The spread carries an exclusive, long interview with Khan, where he has talked about his loneliness and what keeps him away from a good night sleep.

“Some days I’m okay and some days I feel bad. Just the other night I was alone and I was thinking yeh kyun ho raha hai…Kyun sab ulta bol rahe hain? I got very depressed. I couldn’t sleep after that.”

Smoking in ishtyle! Catch SRK smoking hot in these images:

Man in black
Talks about 'My Name Is Khan'.

Man of strength
Talks about the oddities of life.

Man of exuberance
Always on toes with his never-say-die spirit.

Man with best friend
A hit duo.

My Name is Khan’ director Karan Johar is not shaving these days. Is he superstitious?

Shahrukh Khan and Kajol starrer ‘My Name is Khan’ is almost knocking at our days heralding its arrival as it’s all set to hit theatres on February, 12th . And the man-behind-the-camera, the director Karan Johar has stooped shaving and is looking quite a rough-and-tough masculine guy these days sporting a stubble. So, what is the mystery behind his beard?

1. Hs he grown superstitious about his latest offering?

2. Or is he trying to make a fashion statement?

3. Or has he become bored of his clean-shaven looks?

Nope! Nothing of that sort……..The truth is that the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ and ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gam’ director is so busy with his new biggie that he’s not finding time to shave. With barely 10 days to go before the premiere of his magnum opus ‘My Name is Khan’, he’s having a gruelling and nail-biting schedule with all the promotions and interviews…….

We hope, the film does well but he needs to spare his beard a few minutes otherwise, he’d be looking very clumsy with greying hairline and pretty-long beard while attending guests at the premiere……….

Shahrukh Khan Too Touchy About Relationships!

Even Kings can be scared! Yes that’s exactly what the King of bollywood Shahrukh Khan has admitted recently. According to the grapevine Shahrukh does not get into relationships due to the fact that he lost his parents quite early in life and thus the hurt and pain inflicted on him has left a permanent mark on his saddened mind. The problem is not in building the relationship but the pain of it breaking down is what makes Shahrukh a little hesitant in going and building uprelationships.

The fact that in the film industry everything is so commercialized and the fate of every film determines the actors worth is what makes SRK think that it is the best place to be in because of it’s ‘on the face attitude’. At least it is not a hypocritical world where things are spoken behind one’s back. What his criteria in life is that it is a world of survival of the fittest and nothing or no one in the world can change this attitude that the world has taken.

According to the news mongers his relationships with Amitabh Bachchan and Amir Khan is not strained and nothing is wrong with them in personal lives. However with Salman there was not much to comment. So just as a normal human being Shahrukh too is very scared to go on a personal level with anyone outside his line of friends and acquaintances.

Karan Johar's inspired by Shah Rukh Khan's love story

Karan Johar and Shah Rukh Khan have always been front-runners when it comes to promoting their movies. Their forthcoming film My Name Is Khan is testimony of how creative the duo can get in taking their movie to the masses.

Keeping with the theme of the movie (a man embarking on a journey to reclaim his lost love), Shah Rukh is visiting four cities — Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Indore and New Delhi — to meet people who have heart-rendering love stories to share. It is for the first time that any actor has had such interactive sessions with people.

The initiative, a brainchild of Karan and Shah Rukh, is getting an extraordinary response.

Karan says, “The top three unique and fascinating love stories will be awarded. Every step of Shah Rukh is being covered by a news channel as he has embarked upon a journey to search for real love stories that will touch the hearts of people. We are also archiving the footage of this trail and efforts are on to see how we release it on TV. But the big plan is to include it in DVD. It should be a one-hour segment.”

“With every film Shah Rukh and I have tried to adopt a new marketing strategy. That has been our constant endeavour. Through this movie we have come across so many great love stories that have stood the test of time by going through fights with family and the system,” the film-maker adds.

Karan further says he has been so moved by the real life love story between Shah Rukh and Gauri that he would love to make a movie on them.

“I want to make a movie on SRK and Gauri’s romance. It has the recipe for a great film as it has got passion, love, parental rejection to the final triumph as he became the most loved son-in-law in the country. Maybe when SRK’s son grows up, I might cast him to play his father’s character. That would be really good.”

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Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol arrive in New York, 100,000 people follow!

Shah Rukh Khan arrived in New York with Kajol, his 'My Name is Khan' (MNIK) co-star, on Sunday afternoon closely followed by 100,000 fans, on Twitter that is.

When Shah Rukh entered Twitterverse on January 3, we predicted he would have the largest following on the micro blogging site amidst all Indians. Within 15 hours of his first tweet, he had 10,000 followers, a little over 15 days later the number had crossed 100,000.

We expect Shah Rukh following to cross the million mark before the summer ends and we doubt any Indian could do better, which is one good reason why we expect the other Khans to stay out of Twitterverse.

Shah Rukh is a delight to follow on Twitter because he tweets straight from his heart. He uses Twitter to bare his soul, not promote his work, and his fans love that.

Shah Rukh is in New York to ring the opening bell for NASDAQ stock exchange as part of the promotional campaign for MNIK in the US. He and Kajol will ring the bell on behalf of Fox Searchlight Pictures which is distributing the film in the US market.

Meanwhile, the film's producer and director, Karan Johar, who is also a close friend of Shah Rukh and Kajol, is headed to London to promote the film in the UK.

After arriving in New York, Shah Rukh jokingly tweeted to Karan

@kjohar25 for a change kajol and me are doing the glamourous stuff & u do the hard work. heard everyone loved the film. u r a rockstar bro.

Maharashtra govt comes to SRK's rescue, warns Shiv Sena

Politics over Shiv Sena's violent protests against Shah Rukh Khan, calling him a traitor for saying that Pakistani cricketers should be allowed to play in the IPL, has intensified.

Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil has now come out in open support of Shah Rukh Khan and warned Shiv Sena against disrupting the screening of My name is Khan.

"Shiv Sena will have to pay through its nose if it indulges in ransacking or disturbing theaters screening movies of actor Shah Rukh Khan," said Patil.

Patil's warning came after a group of Shiv Sena activists shouted slogans demanding that SRK go to Pakistan on Sunday afternoon outside the Bollywood superstar's residence Mannat in Bandra.

Now battle lines are drawn with NCP which holds the Home portfolio in Maharashtra.

NCP leaders also took the opportunity to target Shiv Sena chief over the flip-flop on cricketer issue

"Bal Thackeray must remember that he was the one who invited Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad, who is related to India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, at his residence. He should apologise to India," said NCP Minority Wing leader Nawab Malik.

But Shiv Sena's traditional ally BJP has came out in support of the Sena.

"If you have to stay in this country, you have to respect and praise it," said Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Ekanath Khadse.

In Nagpur, Sainiks went on a rampage vandalising posters of SRK's yet to be released film My Name is Khan.

They garlanded his effigy with shoes in Kolhapur and even left a calling card - a poster-size letter labelling Shah Rukh a traitor outside theatres and multiplexes in Thane.

Given the concern over repeated threats from the Shiv Sena, Mumbai Police are taking no chances and have stepped up security outside Shah Rukh's residence.

But Shiv Sena's strategy of trying to gain political mileage from one the country's most popular men and a youth icon could possibly backfire.

EXCLUSIVE: Shahrukh Khan and Kajol Visiting the N.Y. Stock Exchange

Monday, February 1, Shahrukh Khan and Kajol will be visiting the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York. In fact, this pair has been invited to ring the exchange's opening bell, what an honor! The event will be witnessed by big CEO's and will be broadcast live by television stations at 9:30 am ET.

This event will be a great way for Shahrukh and Kajol to bring some attention to their upcoming film "My Name is Khan" which hits theaters on February 12. This is one of the most prestigious promotional events we have seen and who better to do the honors than King Khan.

Shahrukh and Kajol have been making magic on the screen for years. The world is eagerly waiting to see the two light up screens again in "My Name is Khan." With a new audience learning about the film on Monday, we can only expect that even more people will now be awaiting the release.

Congratulations to Shahrukh and Kajol for being the first Indian actors to ring the opening bell on the New York exchange. What do you guys think about this honor?