Shahrukh Khan signs THE DARK KNIGHT composer

After signing in singer Akon and Chinese actor Tom Wu for his ambitious project RA ONE (Random Access - Version One), Shah Rukh Khan has roped in music composer Hans Zimmer of THE DARK KNIGHT fame to provide music for the sci-fi film.

Wanting his film to be of international standards, Khan spoke to his director Anubhav Sinha who suggested Hans Zimmer's name for the background score. The director then took the help of his contacts and arranged a meeting between Hans and his producer. With time, Hans agreed to come on board.

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RA ONE based on gaming, bad guys and super heroes has Khan playing the role of a Gaming Freak who falls in love with Kareena Kapoor. The film has lot of stunts that can be compared to any international film.

Among the films Hans Zimmer has scored music for are films like THE LION KING, GLADIATOR, THE LAST SAMURAI, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN series, THE DA VINCI CODE, THE DARK KNIGHT, SHERLOCK HOLMES and INCEPTION.

Zimmer will charge Rs 2 crore for providing the background score for the film.

SRK on the hot seat of Big B’s KBC 4?

There had been a lot of buzz speculating about which biggie will be sitting on the hot seat with Amitabh Bachchan in 'Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 4'.

Rumors are rife that the Superstar of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan

will be seen in the fourth edition of KBC in the hot seat answering to the questions asked by Big B.

'Kaun Banega Crorepati' to be aired on Oct. 11

Sony had approached SRK, as the channel is very keen to bring the two host of the show in one frame face to face. It’s reported that the channel is eagerly waiting to garner a lot of TRP on the fourth edition of the show, when it goes on air.

Talking about the special episode, sources close to the show stated, “The channel is very keen to have an episode that would have the two hosts of KBC face to face. They have approached SRK to be a celebrity contestant who will be quizzed by Amitabh. The channel knows that this is what will give them a huge buzz. SRK is undecided.”

“He has good relations with the channel as well as the makers of the show, so it is hugely being anticipated that he might give a nod for this special episode. Everyone has their fingers crossed,” says a highly placed source close to the developments of the show.

Amitabh shot the 1st episode on Thursday

Amitabh, who completed shooting for the first episode of KBC 4 on floor no. 16 of Film City, Goregaon on Thursday, did manage to keep his fans engaged about the show by posting it on his Twitter account.

Tweeting about the first episode, the megastar wrote, “The cruel and grinding day for the first episode has just ended. Its merits and demerits shall be known sooner or later. But what shall remain ever in the mind will be the time spent with the common aam aadmi.The one that no one knows, yet should know!"

Talking further about the common man, Amitabh praised them as the heart and the pulse and also the gaze and the stride of any society.

“They bring in the TRP’s the general entertainment factors or whatever it is they seek for commerce. They are the ones that, influenced by the commercials on the tube, get the bugs for consumerism, and they are the ones that contribute the most for its fulfillment,” posted Amitabh.

Shahrukh Khan: German blood in Ra. One

SRK has got the sizzling Indian babe Kareena Kapoor as one of the sexiest celluloid mothers ever; he even roped in Akon to sing one of his songs and now the so-called King Khan has, reportedly, roped in the famed German composer Hans Zimmer who has worked on mega hit film like Leonardo’s Inception, Johnny Depp’s Pirates of the Caribbean, The Da Vinci Code, The Dark Knight, Sherlock Holmes, The Lion King, Gladiator and even The Last Samurai.

This will be Zimmer’s first tryst with Bollywood who has, hitherto, refused all offers from the B-town to compose for them. Mumbai Mirror reports, “Shah Rukh has roped in a lot of foreign technicians for his sci-fi flick. He wants the film to be of international standards. It was his director Anubhav Sinha who suggested Hans Zimmer’s name for the background score. Anubhav took the help of his contacts to arrange for a meeting between Hans and SRK. With time, Hans agreed to come on board.”

Shahrukh, of course, is extremely bouncy and animated about his home production ‘Ra. One’ in which he, for the first time, steps into the skin of a super hero. So, will Zimmer add spark to the film? We would need to wait to see that…..But, no doubt, Ra. One is getting bigger and better…

God not in man-made monuments: tweets SRK

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan believes that God resides in man's heart and not in man-made monuments for 'Him'.

"Allah, God, Bhagwan in whichever name we pray to the supreme power, resides in man's heart, not in man-made houses

for Him," SRK wrote on microblogging site Twitter.

His comments come ahead of the Ram Janmabhoomi- Babri Masjid verdict, which has been deferred by a week with Supreme Court deciding to hear the plea for postponement on September 28.

"I mean first our beliefs should take seed and grow in our hearts and then only we should manifest that in places of prayer and God," the actor

tweeted.

"I hope we Indians realise how difficult it is to build stadiums and respect and so easy to break monuments and disrespect each others beliefs," he added.

Several Bollywood personalities including Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Madhur Bhandarkar and Sajid Khan have come ahead and appealed to the people to maintain peace and harmony in view of the impending judgement.

Shahrukh Khan ropes in best talents for 'Ra.One'

Superstar Shahrukh Khan seems hell-bent to make his home production Ra.One a sci-fi thriller extraordinaire, at a par with the ones that Hollywood makes.

After roping in the best hands and minds at stunts and special effects, the King Khan is learnt to have signed the world renowned German composer Hans Zimmer to compose the background score of the film.

Zimmer has composed music for films like Gladiator, Pirates of The Caribbean series, The Da Vinci Code, The Dark Knight and Inception. Considering Zimmer’s credentials, his inclusion in Ra.One, if true, is indeed a big catch for SRK.

We hear that it was director Anubhav Sinha who suggested signing up Zimmer for the film. Though the buzz is that Zimmer has been paid a whopping amount for coming aboard, there’s no official confirmation yet of this.

SRK has already made Akon sing a song for Ra.One. Now, with Zimmer in crew he has certainly turned a new page.

Shahrukh Khan comes to Dhaka in December

Widely known as 'King Khan,' Bollywood superstar Shakrukh Khan will be in Bangladesh to perform at a show. Event management group Ontor Showbiz is

going to arrange the show, says a news release.

Shahrukh Khan is supposed to arrive in Dhaka on December 9. The show will be staged on December 10 and he will go back the following day, it said.

Ontor Showbiz is one of the major event management groups of the country and is credited with arranging shows featuring major international artistes like Adnan Sami, Shaan and the band Junoon.

The group also arranged a music festival, titled 'Bangla-e Gaibey Bishwa,' on the occasion of International Mother Language Day (February 21) this year in Dhaka. Over 150 singers from 20 countries, including USA and Canada performed at the event.

Bhansali - SRK clash again

Recall the most discussed clash in Diwali 2007. I am talking about Shah Rukh Khan's OM SHANTI OM and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's SAAWARIYA. Three years later, Bhansali and SRK are expected to clash again. Jee haan, Bhansali's new film GUZAARISH is slated for release on 19th November and actor-director Makrand Deshpande's new film SHAHRUKH BOLA KHOOBSURAT HAIN TU has been confirmed for this date as well. Well, SRK doesn't have a full-fledged role in the film, but the actor makes a cameo appearance nonetheless, besides having his name in the film's title.

In fact, the title value of the film is so strong [SHAHRUKH BOLA KHOOBSURAT HAIN TU], it should attract instant attention when the promotion begins. What say?

SRK-Gauri's 'Dabangg' time

All of the world's watching Salman Khan's blockbuster 'Dabangg' and Shah Rukh Khan's family is no different. It seems that SRK and wife Gauri both had special screenings of 'Dabangg' organised at Mannat, their home in Mumbai.

Apparently, SRK himself requested the first screening - no, he didn't call up Salman, or even his brother Arbaaz Khan, who produced 'Dabangg'. He wrote to the production company Ashtavinayak to organise a screening. But of course producer Arbaaz's permission was required for it, which he gladly gave.

Then it was Gauri's turn. We hear SRK's biwi called up Arbaaz's wife Malaika Arora Khan to organise a screening for her kids Aryan and Suhana. Once again, Arbaaz organised it.

Wonder what SRK and family thought of Chulbul Pandey and family? Will SRK get in touch with Sallu to share his feedback, even after that comment from the 'Dabangg' star that the two can never get together? Watch this space for updates.

Common Wealth Games 2010 to have Shahrukh Khan at the opening ceremon

After A.R Rahman, Mumtaz Khan: nephew of Bismillah Khan, to make the Commonwealth Games bigger and better, our very own and dear actor, Shahrukh Khan is also to infuse the opening ceremony with his presence as well as participation which will surely keep the fans enchanted!

Viraf Sarkaril, director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the CWG stated that SRK has been invited by the organising committee and he will surely organize his schedule and let everyone know if he will be able to attend the ceremony. His presence will be great concluded Sarkari.

Sarkari even mentioned that the Bollywood stars who will participate in the ceremony will not be showcasing anything bollywood-ish in the event but it the whole cultural and traditional Indian heritage will be showcased and everyone is equally slogging hard to make the event a success.

SRK has been made the Global Ambassador of Sarkari’s entertainment hub, “Kingdom of Dreams” and musician A. R Rahman has released his song, “India bula liya” in this hub.

With an amazing Commonwealth Games Village, good infrastructure, drastic changes, peppy theme song, a number of stars performing, SRK too will add up to the colors of CWG and this might just help warding away the bad reports of the games.

Chitrangda Singh features with SRK in Airtel commercial

After having signed leading FMCG brands like Aviva, Taj Mahal tea and likes, Chitrangda Singh has now been chosen as the brand ambassador for the telecom major Airtel. Speaking about this association exclusively to us, she said "The ad is going to be dubbed in 11 languages, but have been shot in two languages, Hindi and Tamil. While in Hindi ad, I'll be seen with Shah Rukh Khan, in Tamil, there's the southern superstar Karthik. The association with the Airtel brand has been really great, as it extends that kind of credibility to me as well."

Talking about her co-star SRK, a super excited Chitrangda says, "It was just fabulous. I was totally in awe of him. During the shoot, I was just mum initially, then, it was all cool. SRK is an extremely nice, modest and cool person." The said ad has been directed by Uzer Khan.

On the professional front, this PYT is super excited about her forthcoming film Yeh Saali Zindagi. Way to go, girl!