Shahrukh trains his gang of beautiful girls

Guys like him, girls adore him and children love him. That is Shahrukh Khan, the Baadshah of Bollywood. And surprisingly, he has a gang of beautiful girls who he calls team SRK.

He is currently busy shooting for his much-hyped film Ra.1 with Kareena Kapoor but she makes sure that he spends time with his girls. And the girls are not film stars but his daughter Suhana and her little friends.

Shahrukh said that he spends time with his little friends and trains them to be tough and sporty. “Good father is personal assessment. Good actor is decided by who watch you. I am always sure of the former but the latter varies, that is why I act,” he said.

Well, we all know that family man Shahrukh is a great father. His little friends must be learnt a whale of knowledge from him.

Shahrukh Khan's KINGDOM on Twitter

It’s the Twitter itch that has caught up with the film stars. Now you can easily find almost every second Bollywood star on twitter. If veteran Shammi Kapoor is asking Deepika Padukone for a coffee date, Amitabh Bachchan is breaking the ice and congratulating Shahrukh Khan on crossing the mark of four lakh followers on twitterville.

He tweets, “Shah Rukh congrats! You crossed 400,000... meri gaadi thoda dheeli chal rahi hai...”

Following Big B’s tweet, a lot of fans also started congratulating SRK.

SRK responded: “hey thanx all 400,000 & more of u, soon v can start our own small country. send me the name for it tomorrow...now to rest. bye lov u all.”

Soon came the reply from Big B, “ShahRukh .. how about - “KINGDOM”, taking up from your own popular and deserving epithet of KING !!

To which Shahrukh replied, “oops how dare i, didnt realise u would be online & reading my pretentious attempts to create a kingdom. this is embarrassing.”

SRK in turn suggested a name for Big B’s kingdom.

“(I) have a name for your World. The United states of Great Bachchania, thanx for letting us be a part of it sir. love & health to u,” he tweeted.

Now with 4-lakh followers SRK is the top Indian celeb in the Twitter world. However it’s the pop singer Britney Spears who has 4,955,768 followers, maximum for anyone on Twitter.

Howzzat!

My Name is Khan to rake in Rs 30 mn from DTH

My Name is Khan conquered the box office when it was released in cinemas in February 2010. It raked in close to Rs 735 million domestically.

Now it is all set to sweep the small screen thanks to it being telecast for a two week window in from 27 May onwards on all major DTH platforms in the country – Tata Sky, Dish TV, Sun Direct, Airtel Digital TV, Videocon D2H and Big TV.

Says Fox Star Studios CEO Vijay Singh: “Allowing the film to be put on DTH platforms was part of our ongoing strategy to monetise the film.”

My Name is Khan is being made available to subscribers by all the DTH players at a sticker price of Rs 50 a view.

Sources indicate that Fox Star has struck revenue share deals with the DTH providers. Says Bharat Business Channel CEO Anil Khera: “The hit rate for films on demand is normally about 6 per cent. That is about 6 per cent of viewers in urban areas normally subscribe to a movie. For rural areas it is lower at about 3-4 per cent.”

Ra.One’ will be path-breaking: Arjun Rampal

Shah Rukh Khan’s dream project “Ra.One” might be taking some time on the technical front due to its unusual theme, but Arjun Rampal feels if all goes well, the sci-fi thriller will be “path-breaking”.

Arjun plays a villain in the Anubhav Sinha directed movie.

“We have been working very hard to bring a vision together. I think Shah Rukh is very clear about his vision, so is Anubhav. We are working as a team to achieve it. And if we achieve it, it would be a path-breaking movie,” Arjun told IANS.

The films is about a superhero who can freeze electricity and the actor says it will appeal to children.

“‘Ra.One’ is a very ambitious project. It’s a film that kids will enjoy for sure. It’s not only for kids but the idea is also to bring action to a different level. It’s hugely experimental,” he said.

Kareena Kapoor plays the female lead in it.

Barbara Mori eyes Shahrukh Khan

After romancing Hrithik Roshanin ‘Kites’, Mexican beauty Barbara Moriexpressed her desire to work with the Badshah of Bollywood, Shahrukh Khan. “I want to work with Shah Rukh Khan,” says Barbara Mori. Barbara who always remained in the news before and after the release of ‘Kites’ for her great screen appearance and hot avatar said that she wished to work in Bollywood films again.

Though the film received a lukewarm response in India, both Hrithik and Barbara are undeterred with the outcome. “To each his own. I don’t really trust them (critics). When I debuted they referred to me as God and then after two years they said I was finished. So I would rather follow my heart,” says Roshan.

But the ‘Kites’ team has got one reason to smile. The film has received a good opening in the US. The US film critics praised the film and it has been able to find its place in the North American top 10 on its opening weekend at the number 10 slot.

‘Kites’ was one of the highly anticipated films of the year but it totally failed to impress the Indian audience.

Big B congratulated SRK

Shah Rukh has over 4 lakh followers on Twitter, is Bachchan Sr a bit envious?

Amitabh Bachchan, who joined Twitter some time ago, congratulated Shah Rukh Khan for having over 400,000 followers on the site.

"Congrats!! you crossed 400,000... meri gaadi thoda dheeli chal rahi hai (I'm at a slower pace at the moment)," the 67-year-old posted on his Twitter page.

Amitabh, who has become a regular on the site now, presently has 98,228 followers. While he writes on his Twitter page couple of times during the day, he also has a blog, a voice blog and a mobile blog.

As of now, he is following just five people on Twitter - Shah Rukh, son Abhishek, Sachin Tendulkar, Shammi Kapoor, and Suhel Seth.

When SRK ‘brushed’ aside illness

If you remember a few days back SRK’s twitter status was buzzing with updates on his bad health. However it did not stop him from keeping up to his professional commitments. Shah Rukh Khan who has been signed on by Pepsodent toothpaste, had to shoot for their latest campaign ‘Pappu and Pappa’ at Filmcity for 3 days.

The actor and a thorough professional that he is known to be, SRK made it a point to shoot instead of cancel it, he shot with 104 fever and without letting it affect the shots. The star did not complain throughout the long hours of shoot besides the numerous takes he was made to go through.

Additionally, Shah Rukh had to give multiple shots till his child co-star Keval got it all right! Onsets SRK behaved a perfect dad encouraging the boy at every cut, pepping the child he would get bored. This just reiterates that King Khan rules!

MNIK premieres on Videocon d2h platform

My Name is Khan – the block buster movie from Dharma Productions & Red Chillies starring Shahrukh Khan & Kajol, which received fantastic reviews across the globe, can now be viewed on your very own Videocon d2h Movies Pay Per View from May 27, 2010.

Anil Khera, CEO, Videocon d2h said: “We want to present to our customers the very best which will ensure customer delight be it via our content, services & even technological advancements.”

Hot Lara Dutta roped in for ‘Don 2’

After her oh-so-sexy bikini act in Blue, the Bollywood siren Lara Dutta has found another saucy role for her and soon she will be joining the stars Shahrukh Khan, Arjun Rampal and Priyanka Chopra for Farhan Akhtar’s much anticipated sequel Don 2. Atta gal!

So there are two junglee billi for Don this time? Well, as per reports, what Lara is going to do in the film is not known (well-guarded secret). But yes, she is going to set the screen on fire with her killing looks.

And she is not even replacing Esha Koppikar, who played Anita, a girl quite close to Don. According to sources, her character is new and the role is especially written for her. Since Don 2 is an action thriller, Lara has to learn a bit of martial arts.

We can imagine with two internationally crowned beauties Don 2 will be fully loaded with slick action and dollops of glamour.

Shahrukh Khan’s special screening for Hrithik-Barbara

Generally it happens that the makers of the film hold special screenings for friends and film fraternity. But Shahrukh Khan, in a party mood as usual, reportedly had a private screening of Kites for Hrithik Roshan, his wife Sussanne Roshan and Barbara Mori at Mannat.

According to a daily, it was a small party two days ago mainly attended by the friends of Shahrukh and Gauri. And since Hrithik was busy with the film’s promotion, it was Sussanne and Barbara who came first to the party. Hrithik arrived quite late and was welcomed with flattering compliments from everyone for his performance in ‘Kites’.

With reason or not, SRK knows how to enjoy life to the fullest.

Rejoice and be merry!