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Non-Sen-sense!

By: Subhash K Jha
July 6, 2007

Sushmita Sen rubbishes rumours about her supposed war with SRK

No Bichoo Business Here: Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen is tickled pink by stories in a glossy that Shah Rukh Khan and she are at war.

"So that's what the tattlers have been talking about while I was out of the country? Shah Rukh and I at war? Interesting copy, but absolutely untrue.

I've never had a problem with Shah Rukh. We had great fun shooting Main Hoon Na with (director) Farah Khan."

If Sushmita had a kind of extended cameo in Main Hoon Naa, SRK has an extended guest appearance in Sen's new film, Dulha Mil Gaya.

"Shah Rukh doing Dulha Mil Gaya has nothing to do with me. He liked the role offered by producer Viveck Vaswani and director Mudassar Aziz.

When I signed Dulha Mil Gaya, I didn't even know Shah Rukh was part of it. Dulha Mil Gaya is not a heroine-centric film," she says.

She warms up to the SRK topic. "SRK and I are both Scorpios, but we don't sting each other. We take on the world instead."

Reverting to the kind of films she does, Sushmita says, "I don't do films just because they're women-centric. I like roles that are powerful.

I'm not very good at 'bachao' tactics. And yet, ironically, I was the object of adoration in Main Hoon Na. That role was all about the right presentation."

No regrets

Interestingly, Sushmita is a Monsoon Miss. "I love the feel of rain. I loved doing the Laga laga re song in Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya and getting wet for Main Hoon Na," says the former Miss Universe.

However, playing props who just dance in the rain is not her scene. "My fans feel let down when I've nothing to do in a film.

At the same time, I'm aware they didn't like me in Chingari but I don't regret anything in life.

Every role is about creating something you believe in. I'm working very hard in both Sholay and Dulha Mil Gaya, although Sholay isn't quite my film alone."

http://www.mid-day.com/hitlist/2007/july/160381.htm

Om Shanti Om overseas rights for 75 crore

By MovieTalkies.com, 5 July 2007

The overseas rights for Shah Rukh Khan's Om Shanti Om have reportedly been sold for a record Rs 75 crore, an all-time high. The bidding for the overseas rights of this SRK starrer has been on since the last two months. Trade papers had estimated that the deal had been clinched for Rs 80 crore, which is an unheard of sum for a Hindi movie.

The buzz, however, is that Kishore Lulla's Eros International has bagged the worldwide rights to SRK's home production for anything between Rs 72-75 crore. According to sources, the deal has already been signed. Another very sought after film is believed to be Aamir Khan's under-production Taare Zameen Pe. But it is possible that PVR, which is a co-producer along with Aamir, may decide to distribute it themselves.

http://www.movietalkies.com/bollywoodnews/news.asp?NewsId=10 73

Badshah Disney!!

[6 Jul 2007>

Shah Rukh Khan, the Badshah of bollywood, has been approached by Walt Disney Pictures with an investment plan of $ 30 million in the first stage of collaboration with his Red Chillies Entertainment. The Walt Disney Pictures is a world famous big entertainment company of the US and wants to cash in on the world wide popularity of the King Khan by making him agree for collaboration between the two companies. Recently, the officials from the US Company had gone to London for meeting Shah Rukh Khan when he was holidaying there with his family.

As an insider reveals, ' Officials from Walt Disney Pictures flew down to meet Shah Rukh while he was holidaying in London with his family. Walt Disney has plans of investing $ 30 millions in the first phase of their partnership tenure. Given SRK's popularity abroad, other companies like Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch's company had also shown interest in investing in Red Chillies Entertainment. Although SRK has not confirmed the deal yet, it might be interesting if he decides to do so.'

With this deal, Shah Rukh Khan's international popularity will take a big leap forward as Walt Disney is a very big company and has world wide presence in the field of entertainment. As Bobby Chawla, Shah Rukh Khan's manager confirms the news of a meeting between the King Khan and the representatives of Disney in London but feigns ignorance about what happened after the meeting. Perhaps, everything is being kept under wraps before the deal is finally inked between Shah Rukh's Red Chillies and Walt Disney.

However, the deep interest that Walt Disney Pictures has in this collaboration can be gauged from the fact that it was their second attempt at meeting Shah Rukh in this regard that they succeeded. Earlier, they had tried to meet the Badshah in Mumbai but he was too busy to give them an audience and at that time the Disney representatives had to be content with meeting his manager Bobby Chawla.

If the deal comes through, it will be another feather in Shah Rukh Khan's cap. Recently, his underproduction Om Shanti Om, which is being produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and directed by Farah Khan, fetched a whopping Rs 75 crore in global distribution rights, which is the highest ever for any bollywood movie.

Great going, keep it up Badshah Khan!!

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T-Series bags audio rights of Om Shanti Om

By Rohini Bhandari

5 July 2007, 11:51 AM MUMBAI: Music giant T-Series has bagged the audio rights of Shah Rukh Khan starrer film Om Shanti Om. The film is directed by Farah Khan and is produced by SRK's company Red Chillies.

Despite repeated attempts, T-Series chairman and managing director Bhushan Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan were not available for comment. However, sources inform that the deal has been struck for an amount in the range of Rs 60 - 70 million (Rs 6 - 7 crore), making it the biggest audio buy ever.

The highlight of the music and the film is that close to 36 film personalities (mostly actors), from the Hindi film fraternity come together in one song and even do small cameos throughout the film. They include Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Rishi Kapoor, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Subhash Ghai, Suniel Shetty, Karisma Kapoor, Karan Johar, Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan, Govinda, Bobby Deol, Kajol, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra, Shilpa Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Zayed Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Dino Morea, Ritesh Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani, Rekha, Shabana Azmi, Lara Dutta, Vidya Balan, Malaika Arora, Amrita Arora, Juhi Chawla, Tusshar Kapoor, Tabu, Urmila Matondkar and Vishal Dadlani.

The music of the film has been scored by Vishal Shekhar. Lyrics have been penned by Gulzar. The film also stars debutante Deepika Padukone alongside, Arjun Rampal and Shreyas Talpade.

The film is due for release in the month of November, however exact date is yet to be known.

http://www.businessofcinema.com/?file=story&id=4229

Eros bags OSO for big oneKishore and Sunil Lulla promoted Eros International has acquired Shah Rukh Khan's next home production Om Shanti Om for worldwide distribution. Other contenders vying for the rights were UTV, Shemaroo and Studio 18. The Lulla brothers have won the race.

http://www.thirtymm.com/bollywoodtoday.html#news_879

SRK flick bags Rs 75cr

6 Jul 2007, 0549 hrs IST,Meena Iyer,TIMES NEWS NETWORK

MUMBAI: For over two months, big boys of showbiz have been bidding for the worldwide rights of Shah Rukh Khan's home-production Om Shanti Om. While one of the Bollywood trade papers pitched the deal at Rs 80 crore, sceptics scoffed the speculation because it was an unheard of amount for a Bollywood film. Buzz is the deal — largest for worldwide rights — for Om Shanti Om finally closed in the last couple of days.

It is learnt Kishore Lulla's Eros International, listed on AIM — junior LSE, has bagged the worldwide rights for the Khan flick for Rs 72-75 crore.

When asked about the deal, Sunil Lulla of Eros said, "I will be in a position to talk to you about the deal only next week." But insiders say the deal has been signed, sealed and is waiting to be delivered.

Another film that is being sought after is Aamir Khan's under production Taare Zameen Pe. "Since PVR is producing film with Aamir, they may distribute it themselves," says analyst Amod Mehra.

Acquiring the worldwide rights of a Bollywood film is the latest innovation in showbiz deals. "Since companies like Adlabs Films, Eros, UTV, Studio 18 and T Series are flushed with funds, it has become easier for them to shell out astronomical sums to acquire the worldwide rights of a film," says Mehra.

"Consolidated distribution rights will be the business practice in the future," adds Sandeep Bhargava of Studio 18. "This is primarily due to the entry of organised players in the distribution business." Studio 18 recently acquired the worldwide distribution rights of Mahesh Bhatt's Awarapan.

According to Bhargava, producers prefer to sell worldwide rights to a single party because it saves them the bother of dealing with a network of distributors.

One of the earliest examples of the acquisition of consolidated distribution rights started with Yash Raj Films taking over Mangal Panday —The Rising. Next, UTV took over the WWR of Taxi 9211 from Adlabs and Ramesh Sippy Entertainment.

Vipul Shah, whose Namastey London was acquired for global distribution by Eros, feels selling worldwide rights makes good business sense.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_Business/SRK_flick_ bags_Rs_75cr/articleshow/2180056.cms

YRF and UTV clash at the box office?

Joginder Tuteja, Bollywood Trade News Network

If the release dates stick to the plan, the much awaited battle of two supreme production houses may eventually be a reality.

Yes, August 10 could be the date when films coming from Yash Raj Films and UTV could be clashing at the box office. These are CHAK DE INDIA and THE BLUE UMBRELLA.

While the date for CHAK DE INDIA has been finalized way in advance (as is the trend with all YRF films now), one still awaits confirmation on the final release date for THE BLUE UMBRELLA.

Incidentally both the films are different like chalk and cheese when it comes to scale, grandeur and set up. While CHAK DE INDIA is of course going to be all hyped up due to coming together of YRF and Shahrukh Khan, THE BLUE UMBRELLA is a long-time-ready-for-release flick by Vishal Bhardwaj which has Pankaj Kapoor as the only notable face.

Now one waits to see if this clash ultimately turns out to be a reality.

http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/07/jul/06_yrf_and_utv_ clash_at_the_box_office.asp

2007 is a bad year for Yash Raj: Numerologist

July 05, 2007 14:47 IST

Numerologist Niraj Mancchanda had predicted long before the release of Yash Raj Films' Ta Ra Rum Pum and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom that they would not open well at the box office.

Ta Ra Rum Pum totals number 38 and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom totals number 59, and both numbers do not vibrate with Yash Raj Films founder Yash Chopra and his son Aditya Chopra, the studio's creative mastermind.

He adds that even though Yash Chopra is a number nine and Aditya Chopra is a number three; and both numbers vibrate with the year 2007, this year will not be good for Yash Raj Films.

He predicts the fate for the other YRF releases this year:

Yash Raj Films totals number 33, which is Laxmi's number and the number vibrates with both Yash and Aditya Chopra. But two planets, the retrogate Jupiter and the shifting of Saturn to another house will not only damage their banner's goodwill but will also give them monetary losses.

Since film distribution is my family business I know what kind of business Ta Ra Rum Pum and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom has done in India.

Shimit Amin's Chak De India, which stars Shah Rukh Khan, and will release in August -- totals number 32. It will do below expectations as well. The business will be on the basis of holidays only, and will be nothing great.

Pradeep Sarkar's Laaga Chunari Mein Daag is scheduled to release in October. It totals number 65. This will fare below average; and will not open to full houses.

Madhuri Dixit's comeback film, Aaja Nachle totals number 26. It will be a box office disaster, which will shock everyone.

Next year's Tashan will be a hit because of its lead actor, Akshay Kumar

Shah Rukh surprises Makrand

11 Jul, 2007 10:59 am ISTlINDIATIMES MOVIES

Film and theatre personality Makrand Deshpande has been shooting in Film City for his directorial venture, Drream Man. Incidentally, Shahrukh Khan was shooting in Film City itself for Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om. One day, when he learned that Makrand was shooting close by. Shah Rukh landed up on his sets jlt (just like that), and found Director Deshpande catching a small nap. SRK woke him up with a start and what followed was some great bonding. No guessing who Makrand's Drream Man was, huh!

The Economics of a SRK starrer

It pays to be a Shah Rukh Khan, more today than ever before! Why? Because Shah Rukh as an actor-producer is minting money like nobody else!


It pays to be a Shah Rukh Khan, more today than ever before! Why? Because Shah Rukh as an actor-producer is minting money like nobody else! On a very realistic estimate, his home production, 'Om Shanti Om', starring himself, must have cost Rs. 35 crore to make.

Now to the revenues. There are several corporates bidding for the worldwide distribution rights of the film, directed by Farah Khan, but the highest bid is by Eros and is said to be in the region of Rs. 55 crore. Add to that around Rs. 6 to 8 crore for audio rights and another Rs. 14-15 crore for satellite and other electronic rights, and you have a recovery of over Rs. 75 crore on the table, before release! That means, it's a straight doubling of investment and even more.

This arithmetic is making other top actors go crazy. Reportedly, a couple of them have decided to further hike their already high prices. But everybody needs to understand some things about Shah Rukh Khan and 'Om Shanti Om' clearly. One is that Shah Rukh Khan's popularity in the Overseas territory is unmatched.

Therefore, the price an SRK starrer commands for overseas circuit is one that no other hero can dream of. Secondly, on the satellite and DVD circuit too, Shah Rukh Khan is the king and he has no close competition.

Given this mathematics, it doesn't make economic sense for Shah Rukh Khan to act in any other banner's film except his own. Of course, exceptions for close friends like Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra will always be made.

Source:PlanetBollywood