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Shahrukh wows Doha gathering

Published: Sunday, 6 May, 2007, 08:18 AM Doha Time

BOLLYWOOD superstar Shahrukh Khan, who was in Doha to mark the opening of ICICI Bank's branch at the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), wowed all those gathered at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Friday afternoon, with his disarming smile, ready wit and down-to-earth demeanour.

Playing his part as brand ambassador of ICICI Bank to perfection, Khan repeatedly plugged his client's products and services right throughout the two-hour interactive session which was peppered with songs, dances and give-away gifts.

The session was held as part of celebrations marking the inauguration of the bank in Qatar.

Inviting the 600-strong audience to "ask any question, you want, personal or professional", Khan answered all queries thrown at him in his inimitable style.
His tongue-in-cheek humour, no-holds barred manner and intrinsic ability to laugh at himself, endeared him even more to his fans, in what was his second appearance in Qatar; he had performed several years ago at the Doha Cinema.

Khan asked a member of the audience, who had come without his wife, to call her from his mobile and spoke to the lady who, needless to state was more than pleasantly surprised.

He then proposed, in jest, to a fan, encouraged a teenage girl to dance along with him, inquired of a student regarding his future career plans and proved his remarkable skills of interacting with people which undoubtedly helped him make the Kaun Bangea Crorepati television quiz programme a hugely popular show.

Khan was at his charming best as he invited fans to join him on stage, delivered dialogues from his films and explained how he managed to juggle his career and family life.

The Badshah of Bollywood emotionally choked a bit when a journalist of this newspaper thanked him for praying over his daughter, for a speedy recovery, several years ago.

Reminiscing that he had lost both his parents at an early age, Khan said the prayer was one that his father always recited to him when he was a little boy.

Then with all the consummate skills of an actor par excellence, Khan switched emotions, challenging everyone in the audience to bank a million dollars each with ICICI if they wanted him back in Doha for a repeat performance.

Before Khan took to the stage, popular Bollywood singer Shaan impressed the special invitees with hit Hindi film songs. The singer re-appeared towards the end of the show for a second equally entertaining performance. TV host of the Indian Idol show Mini Mathur compered the event.

Indian Ambassador Dr George Joseph was among the special guests invited to light the traditional lamp to mark the opening of ICICI's branch, accompanied by senior bank officials and Qatar Financial Centre executives.

http://www.gulf-times.com/

SRK enthralls Bahrain audience

Posted at Sunday, 06 May 2007 15:05 IST

Dubai, May 6: Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan today performed to a packed audience at a function in Bahrain during which he enacted scenes from two of his hit films "Devdas" and "Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna."

More than 700 people attended the show last night that also featured noted singer Shaan.

Khan literally hogged the lime light in the event sponsored by the ICICI Bank, for whom he is the brand ambassador.

The actor answered questions from the audience and also presented signed copies of a book on his life.

The show was attended by top dignitaries like Central Bank of Bahrain Governor Rasheed Al Maraj, Indian Ambassador Balkrishna Shetty as well as former ministers Abdulnabi Al Sho'ala and Abdulla Saif.

http://www.saharasamay.com/

Shah Rukh Khan chokes over an emotional moment

Shah Rukh Khan was over come with emotions while on a promotional trip for a brand he endorses, in Doha. The Bollywood superstar who is the brand ambassador of the ICICI bank was interacting with a crowd of about 600 people and was on a free-for-all question answer session.

Kirty Pandey

6 May 2007 (Sawf News) - Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) who is in Doha, emotionally choked a little when a journalist of the Gulf Times newspaper thanked him for praying for speedy recovery of his daughter several years ago.

Reminiscing that he had lost both his parents at an early age, Khan said the prayer was one that his father always recited to him when he was a little boy, reports the Gulf Times.

SRK, who was in Doha to mark the opening of ICICI Bank's branch at the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), swept the audience off their feet on Friday (04 May 2007) with his disarming smile, ready wit and down-to-earth demeanor.

The two hour interactive session was peppered with songs, dance and give-away gifts, SRK interacted with the audience and invited fans to join him on stage. It was during one such interaction the journalist disarmed him by voicing gratitude.

Khan who lost his parents before he made it big in Bollywood reminisces about them often. In Doha too he reflected back to the bond he shared with his deceased parents.

He was quick to not linger on the rare exposure to his sensitive side, though. Like a true actor, the Khan switched emotions, challenging everyone in the audience to bank a million dollars each with ICICI if they wanted him back in Doha for a repeat performance.

http://news.sawf.org/Bollywood/36727.aspx

SRK charms his Doha audience

Shah Rukh Khan was recently in Doha to mark the opening of a branch of the bank the superstar endorses and in true SRK style had the gathering completely charmed by his wit, humour and down to earth persona.

The two hour session taking place at the Ritz Carlton was hosted by Mini Mathur and also had ace singer Shaan sing at the event but the star of the evening was the King Khan.

Shah Rukh invited the 600-strong audience to ask him any question they wanted – no holds barred and went about answering them as quick as they came. Whether they were on his personal or professional life, all the guests got a dose of Khan's tongue-in-cheek humour. A source tells us that at one point Khan even spoke to people not at the event.

"SRK asked a member of the audience who had come without his wife to call her from his mobile and spoke to the lady who was completely floored on speaking with him. Obviously she was a hardcore SRK fan!"

"Then another guest reminded Shah Rukh that he had once prayed for the guest's daughter several years ago when she was unwell. That got everyone present there very emotional," adds the source.

And that wasn't the only highlight of the evening. With Shah Rukh around there had to be plenty more – from proposing to a fan at the event to asking a teenage girl to dance with him to giving some career advice to the young students at the event, Khan did what he has come to be known for – interacting with his audiences and being one of them.

Harshita Kohli
Monday, 7 May, 2007

http://www.indya.com/news/srk_doha.html

Amitabh Bachchan plays truant shooting with Shah Rukh Khan

Posted on mardi 8 mai 2007 (EST)
By Vimla Patil

08 May 2007 (Sawf News) - Big B has reportedly refused to shoot for Ravi Chopra's film Bhootnath unless the director reworks the script more to his liking! He feels Shah Rukh Khan's cameo in the film is almost as long and important as his lead role.


http://news.sawf.org/Bollywood/36797.aspx

Rs 55 crore for Shah Rukh?

DOMINIC FERRAO
INDIATIMES MOVIES

If you thought Bollywood films compare poorly with Hollywood films especially where the moolah involved is concerned, think again. Here's a bit of news that will surprise you. Apparently, rumour has it that the Shah Rukh starrer 'Om Shanti Om' is creating huge ripples in distribution circles. One persistent birdie tells us that SRK's company Red Chillies Entertainment has been offered a mind-boggling Rs 55 crore for the worldwide distribution rights along with satellite, audio and home video rights for the next ten years. The film is being made on a budget of Rs 15 crore, and this means a clear Rs 40 crore profit on the table – even before the film's release!

When quizzed on this bit of rumour, Farah Khan who is directing the film preferred to keep mum on the issue. "I'm not at liberty to disclose...," was all Farah said, "Shah (Shah Rukh) handles the business side."

If true, the film will beat even Nikhil Advani's 'Salaam-E-Ishq', a multi-cast film including Salman Khan, which was reportedly sold for 45 crore (all rights mentioned above).

http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2019536,curpg- 1.cms

Attempting to pacify ruffled feathers within film circles, trade weekly "Screen", says a slow start and a solo hit until March is not really cause for concern. Bollywood's biggest and best will come towards the second half of the year; August and Diwali promise plenty of action.

"Saawariya" and "Om Shanti Om" are two big Diwali films, while Karan Johar's animation film based on "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" and his production directed by Tarun Mansukhani are slated for release in November.

It will be a star-studded second half and there will be a 25 percent growth in domestic and overseas box-office, "Screen" predicts.

More screens are going to be added as multiplexes move in to tier II cities, so there will be a major growth there. Top-notch multiplex player like PVR Cinemas is investing Rs.2 billion for expansion in small towns. Adlabs Films, Inox Leisures, Shringar Cinemas, Fun Multiplex and Cinemax India have also ventured to small towns across the country.

Ashutosh Gowarikar's "Jodha Abkar", Firoz Nadiadwala's "Fool-n-Final", Abbas-Mustan's "Mr. Fraud" and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Saawariya" - films for which a sum of Rs.4 billions is tied up - the platter seems full.

Ram Gopal Varma's production house The Factory, might have tasted failure in the experimental "Nishabd" , but in the second half of the year, his much-awaited "Sholay" hits the screens.

The box-office battle continues to oscillate between the Bachchans - father Amitabh has six releases and son Abhishek three and superstar ShahRukh Khan, who has one full-fledged film, together have Rs.1.5 billion riding on them.

Thanks to the mushrooming of multiplexes countrywide, offbeat, mavericks' films - Gautam Ghosh's "Yatra", Rituparno Ghosh's "Sunglass", Anurag Basu's "Metro" -have aroused enough curiosity. Also, Mira Nair's "The Namesake" and Jagmohan Mundhra's "Provoked" generated good amount of pre-release curiosity.

http://www.newkerala.com/

Farah Khan makes 'a kill' with a mega dance item in Om Shanti Om!

Posted on Monday, May 07, 2007 (EST)

Bombay Times screams on its front page that Farah Khan, SRK's friend and director-choreographer of his production Om Shanti Om has achieved the impossible by roping in all the top stars of Bollywood in a fabulous dance sequence which was shot recently.

Farah Khan makes 'a kill' with a mega dance item in Om Shanti Om!

By Vimla Patil

07 May 2007 (Sawf News) - Bombay Times screams on its front page that Farah Khan, SRK's friend and director-choreographer of his production Om Shanti Om has achieved the impossible by roping in all the top stars of Bollywood in a fabulous dance sequence which was shot recently.

Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan and the Badshah himself – lined up in the front row to lend pizzazz to this item number.

A record thirty stars are featured in this dance! These include Govinda, Mithun Chakraborty, Rekha, Kajol, Karisma Kapur, Shilpa Shetty, Tabu, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta, Malaika Arora-Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, Urmila Matondkar, Vidya Balan, Shabana Azmi, Amrita Arora and the top heroes of the industry led by the hero of the film – SRK!

"This has happened after a gap of 20 years in Bollywood," says an excited Farah Khan in BT, "Manmohan Desai, the great director of bygone years, had pulled off a similar feat in 1981 when he got the Big B, Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, Rishi Kapoor, Reena Roy, Kim, Dharmendra, Rajesh Khanna, Kader Khan, Pran, Amjad Khan and many others to groove together in the dance number John Johnny Janardan in his film Naseeb. This had literally brought the house down!

"For me, getting the three Khans and Sanjay Dutt in one frame was an exciting experience."

Om Shanti Om is the story of an artist, in which supermodel Deepika Pudukone makes her debut with SRK!

Farah probably hopes to emulate Desai's success! Interestingly, Desai's Naseeb featured Amitabh Bachchan as the lead star and Farah's Om Shanti Om features ShahRukh Khan in the lead. Does this mean that the Big B-SRK rivalry has moved to the next level? Does it show that the Khan Club is growing by leaps and bounds?

Farah Khan: Setting a world record?

DOMINIC FERRAO
INDIATIMES MOVIES

When it comes to Farah Khan's films, there's always something to talk about -besides the phenomenal cast, of course. While Main Hoon Na had an entire song which was shot in one take, for her latest Om Shanti Om she's roped in no less than 30 stars for a single song...

Manmohan Desai roped in superstars for a song in Naseeb years ago, and now we hear you've done the same in Om Shanti Om ?

"Well, it's 20 years since that song, and we had to step up the star-power. Seriously, Manmohan Desai's song was an inspiration. The best thing is that since Shah Rukh is playing an actor in Om Shanti Om, it made sense to have so many stars in one song, which happens at a party – it doesn't look forced. In fact, we have stars right from the 70s till date."

Have you shot the entire song at one go or did you have to break your head over star dates?

"We wanted to shoot the song in five days but it took us seven days to do it, because we needed time to co-ordinate everyone's dates."

Any special reason for selecting exactly 30 stars, 15 male and 15 female?

"Actually, we wanted to get more stars, but we couldn't do that because some stars were out of the country and some didn't have the dates. It just so happened, that we got 15 male stars and 15 female stars for the song in the end."

Are they cast as couples?

"No, not at all. Some of them are cast as couples, but others are in groups and still others are solo. Like we had to cast Rekha as a single star. Getting Sanjay, Salman, Saif and Shah Rukh in one frame was quite a high. It was quite an exciting experience."

Is it true that A R Rahman allegedly asked for 33 per cent of the music rights when he was approached to compose the film's music?

"Yes, we did approach A R Rahman for the music, but the deal fell through. There was a lot of red tape, he had a new agent, and things didn't fall into place. The problem with getting international celebrities is the contracts which come as baggage. In the Hindi film industry we often work on the basis of a verbal contract. In fact, the stars I cast sweetly went out of their way to be a part of the song. Mithun was shooting somewhere else but actually flew down to shoot for two hours. And Dharmendra even came and said some shayeri (poetry)."

http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2017759,curpg- 1.cms

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SRK scores with a Rs 10-crore deal

Shah Rukh Khan has been reportedly paid Rs 10 crores to star in actor-turned-producer Anuj Saxena's Dulha Mil Gaya.

When Anuj launched his company Mavericks, he wanted to make serials, advertisements and films but with the best in the business. So when he decided to launch a film he took his friend Viveck Vasvani's help. Anuj wanted the best of stars for his film. So Viveck went to his friend Shah Rukh Khan who agreed immediately to do the film.

But sources say that it was not just his friendship with Viveck, but also the fact that he was paid the price he had asked. And for this kind of money, SRK is not doing a cameo as has been reported by the media. He generally takes Rs 3 crores for his films. Also, Sushmita Sen has been paid Rs 1 crore for the first time in her film career. With this jump in her remuneration, Sushmita has moved closer to Aishwarya Rai's price bracket of Rs.1.5 crores. Even Fardeen 'charming' Khan has been paid somewhere in the big C bracket according to our source.

Anuj gets his stars at their price, the stars get paid a higher price than their usual one and everyone is happy here. Money, money it's a rich man's world.

http://cinemaa.indya.com/srk1.html