‘Ra.One’ heads to shoot London

SRK’s superhero home production ‘Ra.One’ has completed its shooting schedule in India and is heading to overseas for its remaining shoot.

According to the close hands in production, now only the photo shoot remains in India.

Rest of the shooting will now happen in London.

The movie stars Shah Rukh Khan as superman with Kareena Kapoor as his wife and Arjun Ramphal as the bad guy.

The film is slated for a year-end release.

"My Name Is Khan has transcended across boundaries" - Karan Johar

Karan Johar is happy. In line with the strategy that Karan and FOX had for the staggered release of My Name Is Khan across the globe, the Shah Rukh Khan starrer has over the last few weeks seen a global release across USA, Germany as well as France. Not just did the film invite attention from the discerning audience, it also saw favourable reviews coming its way from reputed international critics, something which was a reason for joy for Karan Johar.

"That's right; the film was reviewed very well in all New York papers. We opened in a very limited engagement at Angelica Film Centre where only prestigious art house cinema from across the globe is screened. It was a matter of pride for us to see people so much interested in our film", says Karan Johar who traveled globally with his film.

"The film has indeed transcended across boundaries", continues Karan, "It has released in Germany as well as France now. In the weeks to come, we would also be releasing in Russia as well as many other territories. People at FOX are planning it all out. MNIK has truly emerged as the first global film to be coming out of India and doing well commercially as well."

One wonders though, if the theatrical release of My Name Is Khan across the globe would actually see much moolah coming the films away. After all the DVDs of the film are already out, so how many can be expected to pay for a theatre ticket.

"But the DVDs have been released only in India. Globally, we are yet to come out with home video", clarifies Karan.

Meanwhile, there has been so much said and written about the eventual box office fate of MNIK in India. While speculations are being made from all quarters, does he wish to confirm how exactly has it fared eventually?

"Well, in India MNIK has been a huge hit. In overseas, it is the biggest ever hit. See, MNIK is a very different film. It is not your quintessential entertainer. It doesn't have comedy and popular music which is staple diet for Bollywood followers. Still, it netted 75 crores just in India. Even in overseas, it has been the number one grosser ever. If we talk about the cumulative business between Indian and overseas, it is amongst the Top 3 Bollywood films ever", Karan states some hard facts before signing off.

Who desires to work with Shahrukh Khan now?

There are millions of lovely ladies out there who can give up anything to be just around Shahrukh and trillions who desire to work with them. And one of them is bond girl Olga Kurylenko of Quatum of Solace.

Yes, the bond has been die-hard fan of SRK since her school days.And now the pretty actress is dying to work with the superstar. She in a recent interview revealed about her desire to work with King Khan in none other than but a Bollywood flick.

Well, Olga, we are sure your dream will come true for Bollywood has received foreign actors with open arms. We wonder, what’s SRK’s take on the Olga’s desire?

I really like Shah Rukh Khan, says Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker, actor and producer of 'Sex And The City' Wear! is going to launch its two fancy stores in Mumbai and Jessica votes for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan as the most prominent brand faces for her range of cloth line in India. Sarah’s designing stores includes clothes inspired from her movies. They are chic, sleek and sexy.

Parker quips as why she voted for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, "Aishwarya has a magnetic personality, beautiful eyes, carries herself well and dresses up aptly for every occasion. Besides, her personal style just adds to her looks."

On the male front, SJP picks up actor Shahrukh Khan as she feels he is an "imagining actor."

"I really like Shah Rukh Khan," confesses Parker. "I watched a couple of his movies. I can't recall the titles, but I loved all of them."

Apart from opening stores across India, SJP further wants to strengthen her relationship with India, Declares Parker, "We have already reached Abu Dhabi this season, and India isn't all that far. The next edition of the film could well be in India. I'm keeping my fingers crossed."

Apart from films, Ash and SRK gets a new reason to bond.

Differences between SRK and his kids

FIFA World Cup 2010 is around the corner. And who else can be more excited than our own Shahrukh Khan. In fact, the superstars’ kids too are all game to accompany father. However, SRK and kids preferences as far as FIFA official anthems are concerned are different.

World famous singer Shakira along with South African band Freshlyground’s ‘Waka Waka’ and Somalia-born Canadian rapper K'Naan ‘Waivin’ Flag’ are rocking the world over.

SRK smitten over by one of the anthems tweets his preference, “I like ‘Waka Waka’ and the kids prefer ‘Waivin' flag’.”

Well, SRK all we can say is have loads of fun watching FIFA World Cup 2010 with kids.

Shahrukh Khan back with Yash Raj

SRK is all set to return to the Yash Raj camp after Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.

The banner's faith in the superstar was restored with the little romantic comedy turning into a hit at theatres.

For the upcoming venture, agencies have already been alerted to start sending the best-looking actress to the Yash Raj office, for auditions. Aditya Chopra is reportedly writing the script along with Yash Chopra and the movie is slated to go on floors during the rains and will release next year.

Shahrukh's family holidaying with the Kapoors!

Yesterday, many B-Town folks left for a Caribbean cruise. This gang consists of Karan Johar's mom Hiroo, KJo's best buddy Kaajal Anand with her mom, Raj Kapoor's children Rima, Ritu and Randhir Kapoor. Rishi Kapoor is currently shooting in London for Patiala House and Rajiv Kapoor is busy with some work commitments.

The group will be joined mid-way by Shahrukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan, along with their children, Suhana and Aryan.

KJo's busy, won't go, KJo will not be joining this motley group as he's busy with the marketing and promotion of his next production I Hate Luv Storys.

Though the Kapoors are known to holiday together during the summer vacations, this is the first time that they will be joined by the Khans.

Says a source close to the Kapoors, "Yes, it's true that the Kapoors and Khans are all going on this fun cruise. They will meet up in London and then take the cruise to Italy, Greece and Turkey. Shahrukh and Gauri also join mid-way. Karan, who is very close to Rima and Natasha, couldn't go because he just got back after a month-long trip to USA and London and has tons of pre-release work on I Hate Luv Storys."

Anurag Basu to direct Shahrukh Khan

The crashing of his latest film Kites at box office hasn’t deflated director Anurag Basu’s confidence. Rather, he’s now looking forward to projects with bigger stars.

After finalizing Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra to play lead roles in his next film, tentatively titled Silence, Anurag is learnt to be in talks to direct Shahrukh Khan in another project.

The buzz is that Anurag and SRK have already discussed the subject and the latter has given his nod. We hear that SRK will not only act in the film but also produce it.

However, the project is still at a very nascent stage. SRK is presently singularly committed to the sci-fi thriller Ra.One. On the other hand, Anurag is shaping up his next with Ranbir. Only after the two films are complete will Anurag’s movie with SRK roll. Which means latest by the end of this year or next year.

Shahrukh Khan's “Director’s Cut”

Superstar Shahrukh Khan recently put up a list of directors from bollywood with whom he would like to work in the future. It might be a dream for a lot of directors to sign the King Khan, but some of them have made it the list of fame.

The question though arises when one realizes that Shahrukh had been approached by all these directors but backed out of the projects himself, except for one.

The list comprises of Vishal Bhardwaj, Mani Ratnam, Raju Hirani, and Anuraag, though it is not clear whether Shahrukh was talking about Basu or Kashyap. “Would love to work with Vishal (Bhardwaj), Anurag (Kashyap or Basu), Mani (Ratnam) sir, Raju (Hirani), and so many other gifted directors. But we have to have something which suits us all,” tweeted the actor.

Interestingly, kKhan turned down the offers of all of these directors in the past, except for Mani Ratam, with whom he did “Dil Se”.

With Vishal, shahrukh was supposed to do a film, which was cancelled after the duo had a fall out regarding a change in the script that the actor suggested. It is common knowledge that with Raju Hirani, Shahrukh was supposed to portray Munnabhai’s character, but had to back out due to his back problems.

Though it is not clear whether Shahrukh was talking about Anurag Kashyap or Anuraag Basu, he was recently linked with Kashyap’s upcoming Bombay trilogy.

Shahrukh Khan - What should be next on his cards?

There is no doubt that today Bollywood heroes are so fit that they can easily slip into the role of 20 something regular college going guy.

Heroes today are extremely fit and are not afraid of working out a bit harder to get that perfect physique.

However there is no doubt that no matter how much they look physically convincing as a college going guy, age catches up with everyone sooner or later and we are busy choosing whether we like them in romantic, mushy roles or in matured roles.

Shahrukh Khan is an actor who has stepped into Bollywood playing a psychotic killer and bad became the new good with him as viewers fell in love with the negative character.

However he is mostly known for his romantic roles in films like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil Se etc.

In recent times Shahrukh has shifted doing a bit matured roles like those in Chak De India, My Name is Khan etc.

We think that it’s ok doing matured roles but according to our opinion, totally rejecting romantic roles won’t be a cool idea since viewers still want to see him in romantic roles.

So we feel that Shahrukh should do a balancing act between romantic and matured roles.

What do you feel? Drop us a line.