SRK to make journey to 25 cities in 5 months

Shah Rukh Khan is soon ready to enter his film ‘Raone’ in the Limca Book of Records. Like Aamir, he has adopted a unique promotional strategy and has decided to start the longest fan mail for the movie.

He wants every Indian city would know about it much before than the sci-fi releases. SRK will be travelling to 25 cities in 5 months to promote ‘Raone’. The tour starts on Monday in Mumbai and will continue with cities like Chandigarh, Indore, Delhi and Ahmedabad.

He will also be seen signing autographs which will be available in theatres. The film releases on October 26th.

Shah Rukh welcomes Ganguly to a party

Shah Rukh Khan, threw a lavish party at his mansion Mannat in bandstand last night for his IPL team, Kolkata Knight Riders. Since, the Pune Warriors and the Deccan Chargers were in Mumbai, the actor decided to show them a good time after their well fought match. And since, cricket and Bollywood are inseparable since times immemorial, and more so during the IPL, Khan decided to spice up the party by inviting his friends from the film fraternity as well - including Arjun Rampal, Priyanka Chopra, Shahid Kapoor, Suzanne and Hrithik Roshan. Apparently, even Dada aka Sourav Ganguly made it to the guest list.

Now, we all know why inviting Dada automatically makes this party interesting. Sourav Ganguly, who led Khan's KKR for three years, was rudely left out during this IPL's auctions. The former captain of the Indian cricket team would have missed IPL altogether had Pune not picked him up. Last night, while the usual faces at a SRK party Arjun Rampal, Priyanka Chopra, Shahid Kapoor, Suzanne and Hrithik Roshan were invited, the cricketers from KKR Gautam Gambhir, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Yousuf Pathan and Mark Boucher also headed Mannat-wards.

After their match at DY Patil Stadium, players of the Deccan Chargers and Pune Warriors also joined the bash. "SRK's parties are much talked about. However, last night was something different, since Khan had invited the cricketers as well as Bollywood at his residence. While he invited everyone from his team, he also extended a friendly hand to the cricketers from Pune Warriors and Deccan Chargers. Obviously, he couldn't leave out Sourav." We don't not know whether Dada actually made it to the party, putting the past behind. But we promise we'll let you know the moment we find out!

SRK supports KKR survive

Actor Shah Rukh Khan is often applauded for business acumen. And though his team hasn't been the strongest of the lot in the previous IPL seasons, Kolkata Knight Riders is one team that, people say, has been able to rake in the moolah. And it's all thanks to King Khan! SRK has gone on record to say, IPL isn't about money. It's more about the sport. However, Shah Rukh is such a big brand himself that advertisers flock in to have him and his team display their logos. We are told, "Also, any team owner is so involved with their team that they'll go out of their way to do things for sponsors backing them. It works out more economically if you support a cause actors are so close to."

Now we hear, that a credit card company recently shot an ad with SRK, and will soon be roping his KKR team to be part of the TV commercial and ad campaign. "Shah Rukh Khan is a brand himself. He exploits himself for the good of his team. He does what he has to do and leaves the players to do what they are good at. Advertisers flock to KKR not because they are KKR, but because SRK is at the helm of their affairs. Without him, and without many memorable performances in the past, it would've been an even more difficult journey for this particular IPL team," says a brand analyst. He adds, "Yes, cricket is religion in India, and when you mix it with the flamboyance of Shah Rukh Khan it just gets more intriguing."

Shahrukh Khan gets into quarrel with a journalist

Shahrukh Khan is a media friendly person who always maintains cool in public and maintains a good relationship with media. He is one of the popular actors of Bollywood but never got into brawl with journalist. Whatever be the situation, he handles situation calmly. But recently, he got into spat with a photo journalist when he tried to click his photo when he was having fun with his wife and Bollywood friends on the street after India won the world cup.

Shahrukh could not make to the world cup final due to toe injury but to enjoy the victory, he went out to the street to enjoy with his wife Gauri, Hrithik Roshan and Karisma Kapoor. He came out of his car and started celebrating with his fans on the street.

The crowd on seeing Shahrukh went crazy and the situation almost became unmanageable.

Apparently, Shahrukh lost his patience and got into spat with a photographer, who was trying to take his photo. To get away from the unruly crowd, the actor and his friends rushed to producer Ritesh Sidhwani's house. On realizing his fault, SRK immediately reacted called the media inside Ritesh's house and asked them to take as much photos as they wanted.

SRK reveals D stands for Dhoni

After a fantastic win by India over Sri Lanka in the World Cup final, it was a celebration time for the people of the country. Even the A-list stars of the tinsel villa celebrated India's win.

Unfortunately, SRK could not attend the finals at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, still, the King Khan was spotted enjoying India's victory.

When asked about his excitement, the 'Ra.One' actor told TOI, “Chak De India.”

Surprisingly, King Khan, who had engraved a 'D' tattoo on his right hand that resembled 'Don 2', said
"Now the tattoo 'D' would mean Dhoni.”

SRK wants to make his kids to be proud with 'Ra.One'

Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan wants to make his children proud with his upcoming film 'Ra.One'.

"'Ra.One' is a very special film I made for my kids. I hope I can make my children proud and this country proud. I am trying my best to make it a very good film," Shahrukh said.

Directed by Anubhav Sinha 'Ra.One' is a sci-fi flick, starring Shahrukh, Arjun Rampal and Kareen Kapoor, who plays the love interest of Khan, and will be released on October 26.

King Khan has two children, 14-year-old son Aryan and 11-year-old daughter Suhana, from wife Gauri.

"It is a kind of film, a genre that we haven't tried. You make a film with passion and love. You want to make it right and want the world to watch it," Shahrukh said.

The 45-year-old actor also said he was inspired by Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman to make this superhero film.

"I watched all the 'X-Men' movies. The role of Wolverine was the biggest inspiration for me to make 'Ra.One'. I was completely inspired by Hugh's film," he said.

Did Abhinav Kashyap rejects Shah Rukh Khan from Dabangg sequel?

Though Dabangg director Abhinav Kashyap has stated that actor Shah Rukh Khan is not the reason he left his launch pad, sources claim otherwise. The director is apparently spending most of his time networking with King Khan for his forthcoming film. It is learned that the film-maker is keen to launch a film with Shah Rukh at exactly the same time that he was slated to direct the Dabangg sequel. Abhinav apparently moved out of Dabangg with his team of assistant directors. One of them, Himanshu Mehra, is the co-producer of his forthcoming film.

“Abhinav had kept the Khan brothers — Arbaaz and Salman — in the dark about his plans for his own film. He didn’t want to shoot the film at the allotted dates. It then came to light that he was having meetings with Shah Rukh for an action thriller. His friend Sunil Vohra brought in a corporate giant as the producer, and has already had at least three meetings to get Shah Rukh on board. The actor’s yet to finalise the project, and Abhinav is eagerly waiting for the final nod,” informs a source, adding that the film is tentatively titled Project 18.However, an official from the production house confirms that the film is on even though Shah Rukh has not signed on the dotted line.

When contacted, Arbaaz Khan said, “The official reason that Abhinav gave me was that the film is being done too soon. But I have to go ahead as soon as I get the dates from Salman. I’ve heard of talks of him having received an SMS from us that prompted him to break off, on the contrary I was the one who got the SMS of him not doing the film.”

But what of the fact that he ditched Salman’s film for SRK? “Whether he ditched the film for someone else’s film is a question that he can answer best. For me, Abhinav is a closed chapter! It’s a good thing that we had our differences now, and not when the film was being made,” says Khan, who will be making his directorial debut with the Dabangg sequel.