"They have thrown me out and I'm jobless:" Shahrukh

February 17th, 2009

Shahrukh Khan is no longer the brand ambassador of Pepsi. Shahrukh when asked with regards to the same sarcastically stated, "I am no longer a part of their campaign. They have thrown me out and I am jobless now."

Just days back we had reported about Aamir Khan renewing his Coca Cola contract for a whopping Rs.10 crore deal. SRK's contract with Pepsi had got over in 2008 and he was looking forward to a renewed contract with a much higher price as well.

Sources revealed, "The new Youngistaan campaign focuses completely on targeting the younger generation and Shahrukh doesn't seem to fit in that. Ranbir Kapoor, who has already been on the Pepsi brigade shall be spearheading this upcoming campaign. The company however is still in negotiations for working out a deal for Khan's IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders for the upcoming season but it appears unlikely that he will go in for it."

Pepsi had earlier dropped their cricket star ambassadors Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Saurav Ganguly. They had very recently shot ads with new entrant Ishant Sharma along with Dhoni and Sehwag.

SRK to undergo surgery today

February 16th, 2009

Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan underwent a successful shoulder surgery today at the Breach Candy Hospital here and will be discharged in the next two days but will take four to six weeks to return to work.
The 43-year-old actor-producer had a tear in the main muscle of his left shoulder while shooting for 'Dulha Mil Gaya' in November last year.

The operation was conducted under the supervision of shoulder specialist Dr Sanjay Desai using arthroscopic method. Under this surgical technique, a tube-like instrument is inserted into a joint to inspect, diagnose and repair tissues.

Dr Desai told reporters that the operation lasted for one and-a-half hours.

"All went well. He is out of anesthesia. The situation is under control and he is doing fine," Dr Desai said.

He said Shah Rukh will be discharged in a day or two. But, he will take another four to six weeks to return to work and four-six months to be completely normal, he said.

However, Shah Rukh, who owns Kolkata Knightriders, will be busy with the IPL second season which begins in April.

Khan was admitted in the hospital today around shortly after rushing back from London where he had gone to promote his latest film 'Billu'.

This is the actor's second surgery. He had undergone a surgery in London in 2003 for a back problem.

Shah Rukh may not endorse Pepsi

February 14th, 2009

SRK, the biggest brand of India, maybe the king of Bollywood but right now it seem he is certainly not the king of enorsements. Maybe age is catching up with the youth icon.

According to the buzz, Pepsi has not renewed the contract with Shah Rukh but have replaced him with Ranbir. The soft drink giant's new 'Youngistan' campaign targets the youth and has Ranbir Kapoor endorsing the brand.

Shah Rukh was the only star who had the longest relationship with Pepsi, other stars like Kajol and Rani couldn't continue for long and even cricket stars like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Saurav Ganguly were replaced some time ago by Ishant Sharma, MS Dhoni and Virender Sehwag.

February 14th, 2009

Shah Rukh Khan may be suffering from a shoulder injury but that hasn't stopped him from going crazy promoting his production Billu, in which he has a cameo role and 3 item songs. Take a look at the four back-to-back events he attended in a span of 3 hours. He didn't even get time to change.

Between 4 and 4.40 pm, Shah Rukh Khan was at his residence Mannat in Bandra promoting Billu at a Radio Mirchi event. He is addicted to
his scarves and has a soft corner for torn jeans!


Between 5.45 and 6 pm, Shah Rukh Khan met the winners of the Gitanjali Meet 'n' Greet Shah Rukh contest at Taj Lands End, a stone's throw
from his house on Bandra Bandstand. Doesn't this picture remind you of SRK in Dilwala Dulhani Le Jayenge


Here is the ever-charming Shah Rukh at his romantic best


He greets one of the contest winners…


…and even autographs a Billu CD for her son


An elderly fan of SRK clicks a picture of him with her daughter


Friendly Shah Rukh, at his energetic best, even taught her some of his dance steps


Between 6.15 and 6.25 pm, Shah Rukh attended a Centuryply event, also at Taj Lands End. Shah Rukh helps himself to some jelly candy


He has his mouth full of sweets


At 6.35 pm, Shah Rukh greeted the media at a Hungama event for Billu. The set of Billu was recreated at Taj Lands End. SRK didn't eat
the food laid out for him


Shah Rukh the superstar becomes Billu the barber for a while. He looks tired and after all, he has had a very long.

Censor Board clears Shahrukh's Billu

February 12th, 2009

Well, if you are thinking that we are referring to the self censoring of Shahrukh Khan's upcoming Friday release Billu Barber to just Billu, you are wrong! What we are talking about here is the real censoring of the film by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

As per our trade sources, Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.'s Billu, starring Irrfan Khan, Lara Dutta and Shahrukh Khan (in an extended special appearance), has been rated a social and given a 'U' censor certificate (C.C. No. CIL/1/12/2009) that is a universal certificate, with zero cuts. The length of the film is 3914.87 metres in 16 reels.

That Billu has been given a universal certificate by the censor board comes as no surprise as the movie is an out and out healthy entertainer with lots of emotional contents thrown, which makes it a perfect family fare, like most of Priyadarshan's films. Trade predicts a good to decent opening for Billu, which should pick up by good word of mouth, but a lot will depend upon the length and placement of Shahrukh's portions in the film.

Shah Rukh Khan's residence attacked

February 11th, 2009

Mumbai (PTI): Two unidentified persons on Friday allegedly threw kerosene-filled bottles at actor Shah Rukh Khan's bungalow 'Mannat' in suburban Bandra, police said.

"Around 0230 hours, motorcycle-borne miscreants threw the bottles filled with kerosene and fled from the scene. The security men at the 'Mannat' had chased the miscreants but in vain," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Niket kaushik said.

When the incident occured, Khan was not in the house and nobody has sustained any injuries, he said adding that a complaint has been registered and further investigation is on in the matter.

Recently, Khan had supported Valentine Day celebrations.

Shah Rukh Khan promoter put in Jail

February 11th, 2009

Vijay Taneja, promoter of Shahrukh Khan Bollywood shows in the past in U.S. has been sentenced to imprisonment for 7 years in a $ 33 million fraud case.

The man was found guilty by a Virginia Court for running up immigrant banking fraud schemes and using the money to finance films and select Bollywood concerts. Atleast 4 US Banks were found to have been pursuing Taneja.

In his order, the U.S. District Judge Claude M Hilton also ordered Taneja to pay $33 million in compensation to these four financial institutions. Besides seven years of imprisonment, he would be subject to three years of supervised release.

His claim to fame which got him celebrity status among the NRIs was his mega shows, through which he had financial agreements set up with several Bollywood stars.

Billu Barber: Private screening for 400 barbers from King Khan

February 12th, 2009

Shah Rukh Khan or King Khan has invited 400 barbers from Private screening of Billu Barber, or Billu that it is now being called.

In this case Shah Rukh Khan is going the Aamir Khan way in promoting his latest film Billu Barber. the buzz is that Khan has invited over 400 barbers to attend the premiere of the film. This also comes amidst the rumors that Hairdressers Association are pestering SRK and gang to change the barber word from the films title.

Priyadarshan, director of Billu Barber says, “Instead of having celebs over for the premiere of Billu Barber, Shah Rukh has planned to invite 400 barbers and their families to the premiere. His idea is to welcome barbers for the premiere on February 12, as the film revolves around Irrfan Khan, who plays a barber. Things are just getting organized for the premiere and the office is also in talks with the barbers’ association to get everything sorted for the big day.”

However Uday Takke, president of Hair Dresser association says, We want Billu Barber to be called Billu Hairdresser as barber is a derogatory and insulting term. We choose hairdressing as a profession because it is an art. Also there are many women hairstylists if Billu Barber becomes a hit, women hairdressers will be called barbers too!”

However SRK on the issue says, “Oh wow! So much for freedom of expression. We have not made this film to disrespect anyone. As a matter of fact, when a title of the film is kept after the protagonist, it is only to honor that character.”

Shah Rukh Khan is Extremely Busy Man

February 11th, 2009

He may well be Bollywood's numero uno actor; now Shah Rukh has also taken over a new crown. SRK is Bollywood's busiest man today. Shah Rukh has recently been on a signing spree and has signed for a mammoth 30 films. This practically gives him no dates until April 2010.

Apart from his film assignments, SRK has his hands full with TV commercial assignments, private launches and his home production banner, Red Chillies Entertainment, which produces content for TV and Film.

Amongst the 30 films that SRK has signed, 3 are with close pal Sajid Khan. Eleven of these films will have a significant potion being shot abroad. This practically leaves Shah Rukh with no time for himself or family.

Dish TV renews contract with Shah Rukh Khan

February 10th, 2009

MUMBAI: DTH service provider Dish TV has extended its contract with actor Shah Rukh Khan.

Dish TV roped in Khan as its brand ambassador in 2007 and has now extended the actor's contract.

According to Dish TV COO Salil Kapoor, the company is planning to target a subscriber base of eight million over the next fiscal. Dish TV's current subscriber base stands at five million.

Dish TV's competitors Tata Sky has Aamir Khan as its brand ambassador, whereas Bharti's recently launched DTH service Airtel Digital TV uses actors Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R Madhavan and Vidya Balan in its communications.

SRK to undergo shoulder surgery on February 16

February 9th, 2009

Mumbai: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan will undergo surgery for his torn shoulder on February 16.

According to sources close to the Bollywood actor, Khan will be operated at the Breach Candy Hospital in South Mumbai.

This will be the actor's second shoulder surgery. The last time, he was operated in a London hospital.

SRK had hurt himself on the sets of 'Dulha Mil Gaya' in November last year.

Post surgery, his left arm will be in a sling and will require at least two months to be fit leaving Khan out of action for the first half of 2009, they said.

However, the actor will be busy with IPL second season which begins in April and is expected to be fully fit by July-August, sources added.

His home production 'Billu Barber' starring Irrfan Khan and Lara Dutta is ready for release on February 13.

'Derogatory' term 'barber' to be dropped from Shahrukh's flick

February 8th, 2009

New Delhi :After courting controversy days ahead of its release, Shahrukh Khan's latest film 'Billu Barber' will see the term 'barber' dropped from its hoardings and posters across the country following objections from an association of hairdressers, terming it "derogatory".
The actor-producer, who spoke to representatives of the Salon and Beauty Parlors Association over the issue, today said his production house Red Chillies Entertainment will ensure that the term 'barber' is removed from all hoardings.

"We will put a piece of paper on the word barber wherever it can be done in India. We will send teams," Khan said.

"Posters and hoardings belong to the production, which is Red Chillies. It is a little expensive to try to change the posters, so, that we couldn't have done," he told CNN IBN.

The association had earlier objected to the title of the film, terming the use of the word 'barber' "objectionable and derogatory".

The association President Uday Takke had reportedly threatened to take to streets if the film, that is set to hit theatres next Friday, was released with some objectionable content.

Khan, who has a cameo in the Irrfan Khan-starrer, said though his company stood by the fact that there is nothing wrong with the use of the word 'barber', they did not want to offend anybody.

King Khan moved by Anil Kapoor acting

February 7th, 2009

MUMBAI: King of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan said Friday he was moved by the brilliant performance of Indian legendary actor Anil Kapoor in his world famous film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’.

It is strange to believe that recently Anil Kapoor criticized Shahrukh over his roles in recent movies despite that, Shahrukh persists to applaud his (Anil)’s role in Slumdog millionaire.

Shahrukh words came as, “Indeed, Anil Kapoor is still the proud of Bollywood and his supremacy in acting is again evident from his brilliant performance in Slumdog Millionaire”

Anushka flying with Shah Rukh to London

February 7th, 2009

Mumbai: 'Rab Ne Bana De Jodi' newbie, Anushka Sharma will be giving company to King Khan for this year's Zee Carnival in London.

The charming girl will be traveling overseas for the first time to have some time with her new-found fans ever since she made her debut last December with a hit to her credit.

"There are a lot of first things happening for me. And here's an addition to that long list. In spite of so much coming my way in such a short span of time, I have never felt that I am different from others," says Anushka.

Anushka and Shah Rukh will interact with their fans during the carnival and specially Anushka is quite thrilled about the tour, "It feels strange that there is so much adulation. But, I have no complaints."

Anushka will leave for London on 12 February. The Carnival will be held from 13 - 15 February.

SRK’s angry with Aamir Khan

February 5th, 2009

Looks like SRK has still not forgiven Aamir Khan for his ‘dog’ blog last year.

For the unawares, Aamir had infamously blogged about a dog called Shah Rukh mid last year.

At that time King Khan had said that he didn’t really mind it but it really doesn’t seem that he’s forgiven and forgotten whatever happened

At a public event to promote a watch SRK said, “I can take my shirt off for you but I don’t have anything written on my chest like Aamir. You know we don’t need to write things on our chests to sell watches here. We do it just like that.”

He made it clear that he isn’t really picking on Aamir.

He added, “I don’t pick on him. It is a joke and it is supposed to continue but the media makes it big. But, yes I don’t like some of the things that he and other people have said and I am serious about that. I will have a chat with him but I won’t tell you what it is I will pick on him in person.”

Well, the King Khan doesn’t really take things with a pinch of salt every time. He’s just diplomatic enough to not say it all the time. And at this moment he doesn’t seem to be in a diplomatic mood at all.

Priyan turns down SRK's request

February 5th, 2009

Director Priyadarshan has proved that even SRK can't fiddle with his creative choices.

According to reports, the director politely turned down Baadshah's request to appoint Farah Khan as the choreographer of Mar Jaani in Billu Barber.

The song that is filmed on Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor and has become a blockbuster is choreographed by Priyadarshan's favourite choreographer Prasanna Sujit.

However, Priyadarshan surely could not offend our King Khan, so he offered the other item song Love Mera Hit Hit to Farah Khan.

So no ego clashes here!

SRK gets dodgy with doggy

February 5th, 2009

Well, we all know that Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan share a unique love-hate relationship.

And, Aamir even wrote on his blog about how he called his dog ‘Shah Rukh’. Though King Khan took it sportingly, it is also a known fact that SRK doesn’t forget things easily.

While talking about the Oscar-nominated film Slumdog Millionaire at a press conference recently, SRK smartly picked the word ‘dog’ and with a sarcastic smile said, “I have a very old relation with the word dog!” Now you know what he was taking a dig at Aamir.

The man behind the success of Ash, Aamir, Shahrukh

February 4th, 2009

First it was Aamir Khan, then it was Shahrukh Khan and now it's Aishwarya Bachchan, who's bagged the Padma Shri Award.

And while the three stars have all won their respective awards in different years, there's one common connection that the trio share. That all the three actors have won a Padma Shri soon after working with ace filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker.

Aamir won the award post-Lagaan, Shahrukh post - Swades, and Ash post – Jodhaa Akbar, all three films that were directed by Ashutosh. Call it the magic of teamwork or sheer coincidence, but Ashutosh sure seems to have a Midas touch when it comes to bagging awards. Now, do we see the queue of actors trying to make it in Ashutosh's films doubling up?

The war between SRK and Akki

February 4th, 2009

Apparently Akshay Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan shared some serious cold vibes at Preity Zinta’s birthday bash.

The undercurrent of rivalry between the two stars was apparent when Shah Rukh arrived at the party. According to our source, Akshay wanted to leave before Shah Rukh could arrive. “The minute Shah Rukh stepped in, Akshay chose to leave. The few minutes that the two were together, they avoided each other. They greeted one another very reluctantly but after that no words were exchanged between the two. Since there were only a few guests present at the party at the time, the awkwardness was very obvious.”

We messaged both Shah Rukh and Akshay asking them if they had consciously avoided each other at the party, but the two did not revert.

Shahrukh Khan on Twitter?

January 31st, 2009

Twitter.com is a popular messaging service where millions of people send messages through web, SMS and other desktop based applications. Twitter is popular in USA and is gaining popularity in India as well. Recently, 3 bollywood stars Shahrukh Khan, Farhan Akhtar and Sanjay Dutt allegedly created accounts on the social messaging service and started messaging.

Farhan Akhtar and Sanjay Dutt's accounts seem to send automated messages, when a news about each of them is published on the Internet. The alleged Shahrukh Khan's account messages (also known as tweets) are not automated and sent by person. However, all the messages are nothing much but already known information on the web. Unlike Big B's blog, there are no personal and exclusive pictures or information. Some of the tweets are:

Done with the first round of shooting for Name is Khan. Los Angeles (and GG Awards, congrats to Slumdog!) has been a life affirming blast.

Shelved Duhla Mil Gaya & MNIK not kind to the shoulder. Surgery imminent. Still: good to be home. I shall be ready for Billu press junket.

Shouts to everybody who wished 'Ghar Ki Baat Hai' best wishes. NDTV Imagine and Red Chillies proudly filling a void.

Moreover, the background used is a wallpaper from the movie Billu Barber, which is again available publicly. Though "Shahrukh Khan" ackwnoledges that the background is from Billu Barber in another tweet, "@shahpar_selim Absolutely! You may find the background at BilluBarber.com". Ths picture used by that account as the profile picture, is the 6th picture on Google Image Search for "shahrukh khan," which is again available publicly to anyone without much effort. The profile picture is cropped from the picture available on Google Image Search.

We don't think it is the real Shahrukh Khan, but it seems like it could be either a fan or perhaps even an employee at Red Chillies. We are waiting on for a comment on this from Red Chillies as well as Farhan Akhtar. Bollywood fans are hoping to see more of their favorite stars using technology to get connected with their fans. Some well-known people who are using Twitter to their advantage are Barrack Obama, Britney Spears and even Sanjay Leela Bhansali for promoting Saawariya.