Sajid Khan: No strain in my relationship with Shahrukh

His sister worked with Shahrukh Khan in MAIN HOON NAA and OM SHANTI OM before roping in Akshay Kumar for TEES MAAR KHAN. He himself has worked with Akshay Kumar in HEYY BABYY and now HOUSEFULL. However, Sajid insists that there are no uncomfortable moments for him when it comes to Shah Rukh Khan and he continues to share great relationship with him till date.

"In fact all these talks about Farah choosing to rope in Akshay instead of Shahrukh is nothing but media hype", says Sajid, "Ever since the news came about Akshay doing Farah film, I have had dinner with Shahrukh and gang 4-5 times. There is no strain in our relationship."

While he is close to Akshay Kumar, he had requested Shah Rukh Khan to come on board for a special song and dance number in HEYY BABYY. Is there something bigger and better for King Khan on the anvil?

"In fact my dream project is to get him and Akshay together for a film. They have been seen earlier in DIL TO PAAGAL HAI and HEYY BABYY but never as parallel leads. I am confident one day I would be able to conceive a project where both would be seen together in equal roles", concludes Sajid hopefully.

Well, we are already excited. And waiting!

IPL 2010: Shahrukh Khan to stay away from Knight Riders’ Chennai game

Kolkata, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) co-owner Shah Rukh Khan will not be present when his side takes on Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings in a must win encounter for teams Tuesday at the Chidamdaram Stadium.

“No, I won’t come to Chennai for the match. Think the team needs to introspect and play without my interference…emotional or physical,” the superstar tweeted Monday.

The Knight Riders have not been consistent enough in their campaign this year and are now ranked sixth with 10 points from 11 matches with a poor net run rate of -0.417.

Shah Rukh is worried about that.

“I think our main issue is winning consecutive games. We haven’t since the first two. Momentum and consistence amiss,” Shah Rukh said on the social networking site.

Shah Rukh, who is busy shooting for his forthcoming film “Ra. One”, also feels that only praying for his team’s success will not work. Performance on the field is the only mantra for the Knights.

“Ha ha… someone said better way to pray at KKR matches will help…I don’t think so…I think better play at KKR matches will help our cause,” he said.

The Knight Riders need to win all three of their remaining matches to stay in contention for a semi final berth.

With Mumbai Indians making the semi-finals for the first time in IPL history Sunday after mauling the Rajasthan Royals, the only team not to feature in the semis ever is the Knight Riders.

Shahrukh Khan predicts the future of Bollywood

The king of Bollywood-Shahrukh Khan has declared that Indian stars would soon go global. Khan is really impressed with the new kind of filmmaking that has hit Bollywood recently.

He commented that this new generation of filmmakers and actors are very modern and truly international in their style. They have learnt about their craft from the Western world and are all set to apply these techniques to the Indian audience. He believes that Indian stars would become global at a very fast and unexpected rate.

The time limit, according to him, will be next five-six years.

He is also sharp enough to notice that youngsters these days get a taste of different films all over the world and thus when they make films, these influences naturally get incorporated in them. Khan thinks that we need to make films that can be watched by the international audience and leave a mark in their hearts.

The handsome actor remarks that since English is a global language, it becomes easier for the international audience to relate to Hollywood films, rather than Bollywood films which are made in Hindi language.

However, at the same time, he accepts the fact that many films these days incorporate Hinglish language-a combination of Hindi and English, which is currently a rage among the young generation.

Shahrukh Khan-Amir Khan: Million Dollar question- Better actors or better businessmen?

The million Dollar question with respect to the two most sought after stars in bollywood, Shahrukh and Aamir would be, who is a better actor, or a businessman, or both?

Perhaps, to answer that, would be even more difficult than to answer the question, what came first the egg or the hen? Nevertheless, the fact is that both Shahrukh and Aamir have proved in numerable times that they are competent actors. Each one is better than the other with each film of theirs being released. As far as the business acumen of these stars is concerned, they are unsurpass able. Take some films for example-

As of film s like ‘Main Hoon Na’, ‘Om Shanti Om’ which were Shahrukh’s home productions, starring himself in the lead roles, had seen a mind-blowing inflow of cash, making his bank balance grow multifold. There was Aamir’s home production ‘Taare Zameen Par’, and ‘Ghajini’, which too had him playing the protagonist teacher who helped a child overcome his basic inborn problem of being Dyslexic, and therefore a slow learner. Theses films too, set the cash registers ringing in fast at the box office and Aamir was richer by a few millions too.

The acting quotient of both the super stars re far from being just average, and the two of them are by far amongst the most gifted and talented actors that Indian cinema has seen. Recently, the two again clashed at the box office with Aamir’s ‘3 Idiots’, doing the best business ever in the Indian markets. Shahrukh Khan, with his film ‘My Name is Khan’, again broke all records abroad, proving that he truly was in the race to be one up.

Now, again the two are lined up to give each other the elbow out with Shahrukh’s home production’RA 1’,and Aamir’s ‘Delhi Belly’, and his wife’s directorial debut film ‘Dhobi Ghat’,along with a couple of other films.

Considering that both the Khans have done exceedingly well with their acting skills and their business ventures, we are back to the question with what we began. We just have to wait or the next lot of films to release, to answer the question, so let’s just wait and watch till then!

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Solace from kids for Shahrukh after KKR defeat

Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shah Rukh Khan today said he felt sad after his team's shabby performance in their away match of Indian Premier League against Royal Challengers Bangalore and had to seek solace from his children and close friends.

"Bad day yesterday. Friend (co-owner Juhi Chawla's brother) still not well ... had to take hugs from kids and friends to avoid being sad. KKR did little to help either," Shah Rukh said on his Twitter page.

"Have to spend more time with people I love and care for.

Feel them around me more. Waste too much time with peripherals of life ... missing the core," he wrote.

Shah Rukh had stayed away from the last two IPL games of his team to be beside Bobby Chawla, his company Red Chillies Entertainment chief executive officer, who was hospitalised after collapsing at a restaurant recently.

Khan is box office king

Shah Rukh Khan and the controversies surrounding him will always sell. Need proof?

His latest Bollywood love drama, My Name Is Khan, has been certified a box office hit in India, chalking up box office collection of Rs250 million (S$7.7 million) on the opening day alone.

The movie had initially sparked outrage in India because of comments made by the Bollywood superstar.

According to Channel News Asia reports, the extreme right wing party, Shiv Sena, based in Mumbai had taken offence to Shah Rukh's statement on India-Pakistan relations. Shah Rukh had earlier stated that cricket players of Pakistani origin should be allowed to play in India.

Party workers of Shiv Sena had since torn movie posters of MNIK and were threatening movie theatres against showing the film. Police had arrested 300 Shiv Sena members so that the movie screening would not be disrupted.

Elsewhere in the world, Yahoo! News India has reported that MNIK has grossed US$18 million (S$25.4 million) during its opening weekend, which is the highest ever recorded for a Bollywood film (In the US, MNIK collected US$2.3 million in its first four days).

Back in Malaysia, Shah Rukh continues to enjoy his supreme reign. The TGV cinema in Cap Square, which is the latest centre of Bollywood films in the country, reports that it's been a full house everyday since the movie opened on Feb 12.

"We expect MNIK to stay in the cinema for a month," Saravan Letchmanan, the marketing consultant for Suraya Film Distribution and Production Sdn Bhd, the distributor of the movie here, offers his optimistic view when contacted by The Daily Chilli.

"Aside from the Klang Valley, we've also released the movie in Malacca, Johor, Kedah and Penang. The response has been good with 75 to 85 per cent of the tickets booked. We're only left with the front seats," Saravanan adds.

Set against the backdrop of post-911 racial discrimination, the film features Shah Rukh as an autistic Muslim guy, Rizwan Khan, who embarks on a journey across America to win back the love of his life, a Hindu girl named Mandira, played by Kajol.

But upon his arrival in Los Angeles,Rizwan is unfortunately detained by authorities at LAX who mistake his disability for suspicious behaviour.

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Indian President Pratibha Patil Loves ´My Name Is Khan´!

The President of India, Pratibha Patil, who saw Karan Johar's Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol starrer, 'My Name Is Khan', earlier this week, has loved the film so much that she has asked for another screening.

As per reliable sources, "The President has loved the film so much that she wants to show it to the other members of her family. Another special screening will take place soon."

GOA goes crazy for King Khan

Shahrukh is busy these days shooting for his upcoming flick’ Ra One. Recently in order to shoot a sequence he was in a village in Goa called Aldona in a colonial Portuguese-styled house.

There were traffic jams all over the city but Shahrukh’s diehard fans were not complaining. They just wanted a glimpse of their favourite star.

As reported the grandchildren of the elderly house owners came over in the hope of seeing SRK, but no matter of pleading helped them.

The poor kids had to go back home empty-handed without even a glimpse.