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'I almost said no to Chak De..'

There seems to be something about Bangalore girls and Shah Rukh Khan. Deepika Padukone's making her Bollywood debut in Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om opposite SRK, and so is Anaitha Nair, who's part of the all-girl hockey team that the Badshaah coaches in Chak De India .

And now there's Arya Menon, another one of the girls in the Chak De ... squad.

When asked whether what we're hearing from other young stars about Shah Rukh is true - that he's the most secure actor in B- town and is great with new kids on the block in Bollywood - Arya is quick to affirm this.

"Oh yeah! He's awesome with newcomers. He gave us all useful tips and pointers and was very sweet. We'd all get hugs and he made us feel very at home," she says.

Arya adds that SRK is very observant of all the actors' comfort levels on the sets.

"If we felt uncomfortable, he'd notice it, even if he was a kilometre away. He's got a good eye for that sort of thing. He made the effort of putting us at ease even if he wasn't in the frame. I'm told a lot of big stars don't do that."

But it wasn't all about hob-nobbing with SRK. Since they were working on a sports film, the girls had to train really hard before filming started.

"We'd get up at 5 am and train for six-seven hours," recalls Arya. And because all the girls were newcomers, they had to attend acting workshops and Hindi classes.

"The Hindi classes were for people like me whose Hindi wasn't too good," she says.

And to think that Arya almost never went to try out for the part.

"I got a message on my phone saying there were auditions being held for a sports movie. I wasn't interested, but I kept telling all my classmates to go," she says. It was only after the assistant director, who came to Bangalore for the auditions, persuaded Arya to try out for the part that she went.

"I thought, 'What the heck?' and went ahead. I even forgot about it until I found out that I got the part. It was a total surprise," she laughs.

And even though her father, Anil Menon, was a producer, it didn't earn her any brownie points during the audition.

"He stopped producing films five or six years ago anyway," she says, "so that didn't have anything to do with my decision to try out for the movie. I got some offers for south films before Chak De ..., but I'm a Mass Communication student and thought I'd do something more behind-the-scenes."

But now she says she sees things differently and is seriously considering taking up some offers.

Will she do what other Bangalore girls have done - fly off to Mumbai because there are better opportunities? "People have told me to move there full-time because I'll get better opportunities, but I'm not sure yet. This is all still pretty new to me," she says.

YRF and UTV clash at the box office?

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.

thanks for this interview😛after a very long time i got to raed his interview, and thank god he accepted chakk de... cause according to me the movie looks quite promising😃

natalie.

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natalie.

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natalie.

London 'now' getting ready for India festival
Mumbai, July 11 (PTI): It will be an Indian summer in London this year, with the British capital getting ready to celebrate a three-month "India Now" festival, showcasing the best of the country's culture, films and fashion.

"This is the biggest festival we have organised so far and this is just to demonstrate how serious London is about doing business with India," Mark Prescott, in-charge of Cultural Affairs at London Unlimited, which is organising the event, said here.

"We not only want the Indian diaspora to be involved with the festival, but also want Londoners to warm up to Indian culture."

The festival will include more than 1,500 events spread over entire London city, including art exhibitions, film premiers and a fashion show by designer Manish Arora as the concluding event on September 7.

"Our main aim is to promote tourism, and also reflect the fact that the Indian diaspora is the largest in the UK. We are serious about doing business with India, but we are also serious about learning Indian culture, food and their films," Prescott said.

The festival will be kicked off on July 17 by Indian cricket captain, Rahul Dravid.

The Shah Rukh Khan-starrer "Chak De India" will also see its world premier taking place in London as part of the fest.

The budget for the entire festival runs into "seven figures" Prescott said, but declined to put a figure to it.

wow!!its gud to hear that bollywood is getting popular overseas.way to go bollywood 😛 btw thanks 4 the article divya 😊
natalie.

SRK and Anupam whoop it up for Heyy Babyy

By Subhash K. Jha, July 11, 2007 - 11:57 IST

On Monday there was a very hush-hush post-completion spot of extra-special shooting for Sajid Khan who€™s much-talked about take on Leonard Nimoy's Three Men & A Baby entitled Heyy Babyy is being readied for release.

However one song accompanied by a few comic scenes had been left behind. Says a source, "Sajid wanted Shah Rukh to make an appearance in his directorial debut. After all, his sister Farah Khan has directed both her films with SRK in the lead. When Sajid requested Shah Rukh to put in a guest appearance in Heyy Babyy, SRK agreed without a second thought. His only condition was that Sajid would have to wait until SRK returned from his family holiday in London."

The minute SRK returned to Mumbai he allotted the dates to the anxious debutant director.

SRK's comic scenes and songs with Anupam Kher were shot at Film City from Monday onwards. Anupam and Shah Rukh had created a very special chemistry in Aditya Chopra's Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Mahesh Bhatt's Chahat and Amol Palekar's Paheli. Apparently Sajid has tried to create the same crackling and cackling chemistry in the Kher-Khan scenes.

Says the source, "The crew was in splits watching the duo's antics. The unit had a ball on Monday at Film City. Anupam and Shah Rukh added to Sajid Khan equaled a laugh riot. Loud laughter and grand guffaws kept emanating from the studio floors where they were shooting."

** aww he;s so adorable....and has a gr8 sense of humor too**😳

**thanks fr pics nd articles everyone**😃

Oh thakns girls for the news!! 😉

hey guyz thanx for the articles I really can't wait for CDI 😳

Jaideep Sahni returns with CHAK DE INDIAAfter winning accolades for KHOSLA KA GHOSLA, Jaideep Sahni is back with CHAK DE INDIA.

An acclaimed story writer, Jaideep Sahni has done only a few films in last 7-8 years that he has spent in the industry. Nevertheless, in this short time period he has earned quite a name for himself and got recognized by the bigwigs of the industry, most notably being Yash Raj Films.

Starting his career with films like JUNGLE and COMPANY for Ram Gopal Verma, he soon found himself in the Yash Raj Films camp with superhit BUNTY AUR BABLI to his name. As a story, screenplay and dialogues writer for the film, he got an extremely positive response from the industry. Last year came KHOSLA KA GHOSLA and it was celebration time yet again for Sahni.

One looks forward to CHAK DE INDIA now which is expected to take Sahni's graph only higher up. As a screenplay writer for the film that has an original subject to boost, one expects nothing but the best from Sahni here.