January 15th, 2009
Yash Raj Films not only had a difficult time last year as all their films came croppers at the box-office, they also have new trouble to deal with. The buzz is that differences with their blue-eyed boy Shah Rukh Khan, have begun to come out in the open. Cracks have developed in this oh-so-long relationship on both, the personal and professional front.
Our source close to Shah Rukh claims, "Shah Rukh is miffed and irritated with Yash Raj Films. The actor has been having differences with Yash Chopra and has been extremely vocal with his friends about it."
The source further says that the Chopras feel that Shah Rukh owes his success to them. This makes them expect that SRK should cut his price for them, an exception that he wouldn't make for any filmmaker in the industry. The Chopras also think that if Baazigar was a hit, it was Darr that brought him into the limelight. They feel that Dilwale Dhulaniya Le Jaayenge made Shah Rukh Khan what he is today. "They (Chopras) treat him shabbily on the sets. There have been several occasions when they have taken Shah Rukh for granted. The Chopras have always had a one-up attitude towards Shah Rukh."
The source reveals that Shah Rukh felt strongly about the Chopras being unfair to good friend Karan Johar in their business dealings. "The Chopras owe a huge amount of money to Karan. But neither Karan nor Aditya will talk about it. Karan is too upright to even broach the topic of money with the Chopras."
The difference has finally reached a stage that Karan is in talks with UTV for the distribution of his film, Wake up Sid and Rensil D'Silva's film, while Yashraj Films is in talks with Aamir Khan for their next venture which is to be directed by Yash Chopra
