Dus Ka Dum Articles Archive - Page 9

Is it embarrassing when women throw themselves at him as host of a TV show? Smiling shyly, he says, "They are all so sweet. They do it in good faith because they feel I am one of them. They make me feel so welcome. I am a man of the masses. I don't fit into the classes because I am a primitive man. I have a slight problem fitting in modern society because I am neither politically nor socially correct. When I have to react, I react, no matter what."

He says the show finally shows the real him. "This is what I am like, what I would be at home. I had this fear whether people would accept the real me…but so far so good."
His reputation always precedes him. What does he have to say? "That was a created image. Sometimes when they spoke about me, I felt they were talking about someone else. It never bothered me though. I never even cared to clarify. Earlier I was worse. It was Sajid Nadiadwala who told me, 'You need to speak to the media once in a while'.

So now when I have something to say, I say it. But the masses always knew the real me. If they had believed what the media had to say, I would not have survived. My career would have been over 18 years ago. No one would have touched me."

Priyanka Chopra, his co-star in God Tussi Great Ho and he seemed to have some problems but Salman dismisses them. "No, not really. It's not that we don't get along.

We don't talk too much. I don't have an issue. I don't know if she has one. I am not the kind who goes around being extra friendly. When we meet I say, 'Hello Ms Chopra' and she says, 'Hello Mr Khan' and that's about it. I have never interacted with her as a friend and she never was a friend…though somehow people had this impression that we were buddies. That's not true."

Priyanka Chopra shoots for Salman's show and rubbishes that there was a rift between them

Priyanka Chopra has shot a special episode of Salman Khan's television game show Dus Ka Dum, brushing aside reports of differences having cropped up between them.

Priyanka appeared on the show along with her good friend and Chamku co-star Bobby Deol. The actress had reportedly refused to appear on Dus Ka Dum along with beau
Harman Baweja before the release of their film Love Story 2050.

Priyanka said the shoot was done in the early hours of Wednesday and that she had a great time with Salman, her co-star in forthcoming film God Tussi Great Ho.

"We shot the episode from 1 am to 4 am. I had a tough time keeping my eyes open. But Salman entertained us all through. He played a double role — he was both the host and the hero of one of the films I was promoting," Priyanka said.

Asked about the rumoured cold war between them, Priyanka said, "When did I ever say I had any problems with Salman? We make a fantastic on-screen pair. We proved it in Mujhse Shaadi Karoge. And now again in God Tussi Great Ho we rock together. Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan) plays god, by the way. As for Salman, he's always fun on the sets.

By the way, Priyanka did win some money on the show too. In fact, in her words, 'lots of money'.

"He had me in splits during the shooting. He had Bobby and me entertained throughout Dus Ka Dum. And yes we both won a lot of money," Priyanka said.

While God Tussi... is set for an August 15 2008 release, Chamku is to hit theatres on August 22 2008.

Priyanka's new stand
It was reported that earlier Priyanka refused to be a guest on Salman's show despite repeated requests from the production staff.

It is also being rumoured now that they have been forced to bury the hatchet as their film is about to release now.

Priyanka is also rumoured to be rebuilding her burnt bridges after her split with her former boyfriend Harman Baweja post the Love Story 2050 debacle.

Priyanka now says that she was never Harman Baweja's fiancee.

NEW DELHI: Two romantic comedies "Bachna Ae Haseeno" and "God Tussi Great Ho" - both releasing Friday - are getting a cold response at the ticket counter in terms of advance bookings, thanks to the overwhelming reaction to last week's release, 'Singh is Kinng'.

The films are releasing over a long weekend that marks Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan celebrations. But distributors and cinema owners in Delhi are keeping the Akshay Kumar starrer on regular screening slots because it is doing good business.

"'Singh is...', which released last week, is still going strong and would be the first choice of family audiences during the festival weekend," Joginder Mahajan, a Delhi-based distributor, said.

"'Bachna Ae...' is only for the young audience vis-?is 'God Tussi...', which is a film for the masses because of Salman Khan's presence."

"There has also been no pre-release tempo preceding both the films. Even their music has not made a mark in comparison to the music of 'Singh is Kinng' that is still driving people crazy," he added.

Director Siddharth Anand's "Bachna Ae..." is the story of a Casanova, played by Ranbir Kapoor, and his three girlfriends - Deepika Padukone, Minissha Lamba and Bipasha Basu.

"God Tussi..." by Rumi Jafry is said to be a remake of Hollywood movie "Bruce Almighty" and stars Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra in the lead. Amitabh Bachchan too features in the movie as the almighty.

In terms of budget, producer Afzal Khan invested around Rs.400 million in "God Tussi..." and comparatively Yash Raj Films' (YRF) "Bachna Ae..." is a medium-budget film. Its total cost is about Rs.190 million.

"God Tussi..." will be released worldwide with around 700 prints. YRF refused to divulge details regarding the prints but director Siddharth Anand said the movie would be released with the average print limit of the banner for a medium-budget project.

A reliable source from PVR cinemas said: "There is a good pre-release response to all the three movies. However, it is true that 'Singh Is...' is still managing high sales."

Anjali Malhotra, manager, brand communications, Adlabs, echoed the same saying: " 'Singh...' is going strong in its second week and is expected to keep on garnering sales. But we have divided our screens equally for all the three movies."

However, Ashok Bisht, assistant manager of Jam Cinemas, Ghaziabad, showed confidence in the Ranbir starrer, saying: "We are expecting a good business with 'Bachna Ae...' because of the Yash Raj banner in comparison to 'God Tussi...' but 'Singh is...' is still getting us business of around 70 percent even on weekdays."

However, the slow start at the booking counter has neither disturbed Anand nor Jafry - both directors are confident of their projects.

Anand said: "Nothing affects the ticket sales. It is tough, but it depends on the film. If an individual has to go for a film, then he or she will definitely go for it, come what may."

Jafry stated: "I don't fear any movie. There is nobody greater than god and I have my faith in him. My movie is commercial, but different. The audience would come to know of it when they will watch it."

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh too is optimistic of both the releases and is looking forward to watching them.

He said: "There are a lot of expectations from both the movies. Both are big projects and have big stars. It would be a great holiday period and the movies are expected to do great business."

"However, what movie fares well at the box office depends upon the content that is the driving force of a film," he concluded.