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Big Patch Up??
[2 Aug 2007>
Big B, the Shehanshah of bollywood, visited Shah Rukh Khan, the Badshah, in Film City and chatted with him and the director Farah Khan for over forty five minutes recently. Shah Rukh Khan and Farah were busy in shooting of their upcoming magnum opus ' Om Shanti Om' at that time when Big B dropped in to pay a surprise visit. Earlier, Big B had even sent Shah Rukh Khan an expensive gift of a Dolce & Gabbana jacket along with a note saying, ' Let bygones be bygones.'
As Amitabh Bachchan says, ' Shah Rukh Khan gave me a white Dolce & Gabbana leather jacket. I gave him a D & G jacket too as a return gesture along with a pen. But I never said, ' Let bygones be bygones.' That would imply we have differences, when, in fact, we do not.'
However, this gift game is not one way traffic and earlier King Khan too had gifted Big B an expensive computer game, though Big B did not know how to play it. But his six-year-old grandson Agastya enjoyed immensely the latest game sent by Badshah of bollywood. And everybody knows that Big B adores his grand children and the thaw process in their cold war must have started from that point.
The buzz doing the rounds is that Amitabh Bachchan has also agreed to be part of Shah Rukh Khan's home production ' Om Shanti Om' and may be seen in a guest appearance. That may not be a big role for Big B but will certainly indicate the mood on the part of Bachchan camp to a patch up with Shah Rukh Khan.
It may be recalled that the cold war between the two giants of bollywood had started when Shah Rukh signed a contract with Star Plus for hosting ' Kaun Banega Crorepati' and thereby replaced Big B from the show. The deal was worth crores and hurt the Bachchans financially as Big B was in negotiation with Star Plus for an increase in his remuneration for hosting the next season of the show. And the channel played game with Bachchan by replacing him altogether and opting for Shah Rukh as the new host.
Shah Rukh's ' darindagi' comment at an award function about Amar Singh further worsened the already strained relations between Big B and King Khan, as Amar Singh was very close to Big B and considered himself like a brother. Amar Singh had also helped Bachchans during their bad days when ABCL had gone defunct and they were facing almost bankruptcy.
In retaliation to Shah Rukh's comment, Amar Singh ensured that Shah Rukh was not invited to Abhishek- Aishwarya marriage this year and that was followed by Shah Rukh's refusal to attend IIFA function in London of which Big B was brand ambassador.
But now there seems to some signs of a big patch up between King Khan and Big B, what say??.....well…..only ….Sh….Sh….Sh….Shah Rukh knows the truth, no??
—K K Rai
(Send in your observations & comments to krishnakumar@magnamags.com)
http://magnamags.com/magna_stardust/node/1452
[2 Aug 2007>
Big B, the Shehanshah of bollywood, visited Shah Rukh Khan, the Badshah, in Film City and chatted with him and the director Farah Khan for over forty five minutes recently. Shah Rukh Khan and Farah were busy in shooting of their upcoming magnum opus ' Om Shanti Om' at that time when Big B dropped in to pay a surprise visit. Earlier, Big B had even sent Shah Rukh Khan an expensive gift of a Dolce & Gabbana jacket along with a note saying, ' Let bygones be bygones.'
As Amitabh Bachchan says, ' Shah Rukh Khan gave me a white Dolce & Gabbana leather jacket. I gave him a D & G jacket too as a return gesture along with a pen. But I never said, ' Let bygones be bygones.' That would imply we have differences, when, in fact, we do not.'
However, this gift game is not one way traffic and earlier King Khan too had gifted Big B an expensive computer game, though Big B did not know how to play it. But his six-year-old grandson Agastya enjoyed immensely the latest game sent by Badshah of bollywood. And everybody knows that Big B adores his grand children and the thaw process in their cold war must have started from that point.
The buzz doing the rounds is that Amitabh Bachchan has also agreed to be part of Shah Rukh Khan's home production ' Om Shanti Om' and may be seen in a guest appearance. That may not be a big role for Big B but will certainly indicate the mood on the part of Bachchan camp to a patch up with Shah Rukh Khan.
It may be recalled that the cold war between the two giants of bollywood had started when Shah Rukh signed a contract with Star Plus for hosting ' Kaun Banega Crorepati' and thereby replaced Big B from the show. The deal was worth crores and hurt the Bachchans financially as Big B was in negotiation with Star Plus for an increase in his remuneration for hosting the next season of the show. And the channel played game with Bachchan by replacing him altogether and opting for Shah Rukh as the new host.
Shah Rukh's ' darindagi' comment at an award function about Amar Singh further worsened the already strained relations between Big B and King Khan, as Amar Singh was very close to Big B and considered himself like a brother. Amar Singh had also helped Bachchans during their bad days when ABCL had gone defunct and they were facing almost bankruptcy.
In retaliation to Shah Rukh's comment, Amar Singh ensured that Shah Rukh was not invited to Abhishek- Aishwarya marriage this year and that was followed by Shah Rukh's refusal to attend IIFA function in London of which Big B was brand ambassador.
But now there seems to some signs of a big patch up between King Khan and Big B, what say??.....well…..only ….Sh….Sh….Sh….Shah Rukh knows the truth, no??
—K K Rai
(Send in your observations & comments to krishnakumar@magnamags.com)
http://magnamags.com/magna_stardust/node/1452
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