Shahrukh-Salman welcome 2012 in Dubai!

Bollywood stars are all set to welcome 2012, going to various holiday destinations. However, Bollywood’s rivals, Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan will be in Dubai.

While Salman Khan is currently in Dubai with his family and will be throwing a a private party. Shahrukh on the other hand is in Mumbai, still caught up with work. However, his wife and kids are already in Dubai. The actor will soon be joining them.

It is heard that SRK will host a party at his Palm Jumeirah villa.

The guests on Shahrukh’s invite list are, Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Kapoor and their wives and kids. Karan Johar will also be there.

Meanwhile, Sanjay Dutt and family are holidaying in Bali.

A lot of Bollywood celebrities are also headed towards Goa for the sunburn festival.

Bollywood Movie: Don2 is boring

Film: Don2; Director: Farhan Akhtar; Rating: **

You have a sequel of an adaptation of a mediocre thriller from the 1970s that gained pop-classic status only because of Amitabh Bachchan, and you would think, finally, some free reign of the imagination? The second instalment of Farhan Akhtar’s Don is unfortunately, again, a classic case of borrowed imagination.

Akhtar, the actor-director-producer synonymous in Bollywood with films which best project the affluent urban youth, is on shaky ground here. He is evidently better with another milieu. His 2001 debut, Dil Chahta Hai, has been his directorial pinnacle so far. Both the Don instalments are weak imitations of Hollywood staples of this genre, such as, most recently, the Ocean’s Eleven and Mission: ImpossibleLearn more films. Despite the budget on display, Don 2 doesn’t excel in story, performance or plot ingenuity, three bedrocks of a great work of crime fiction.Going by its production value, which is an amalgamation of art direction, cinematography, costumes and all the other visual aspects of the film, Don 2 is notches above the first, and indeed many other Hindi films of today. The world-roving drug lord, Don (Shah Rukh Khan), careens through the backwaters of Thailand, the streets of Zurich and Kuala Lumpur and navigates the hi-tech corridors of a financial centre in Berlin, against gorgeously captured visual backdrops. Don jumps off a skyscraper and glides down its refracted glass surface. Well, familiarity with Mission: Impossible could kill this scene for a viewer.

Don wears the best, his wardrobe designed by New York-based designer Jaimal Odedra. The nightclub song, totemic in most Hindi films, has dazzling flourishes of the camera, dance choregraphy and lighting. Don 2’s star is indeed its cinematographer, Jason West.

Beneath the sheen, however, there’s little in the film to sustain a discerning audience’s interest. It is meant to be a thriller, with a climactic bank heist. The master plan for the heist has some amount of the criminal cunning integral to an astutely executed heist. The execution has some edge-of-the-seat moments. But because the entire film suffers from severe literality, even the best sequences don’t have genuine surprises or thrills. Nothing is left unsaid. As they carry out the heist, every move of Don and his league of men is explained. That annoying tool used compulsively by our film-makers, the narrative voice-over, is on overdrive. The screenplay by Akhtar, Ameet Mehta and Ambrish Shah is ultimately secondary to the visual rigmarole.

We first meet Don in Bangkok, where he is fighting Europeans for control of a drug mafia. On his trail is an Interpol officer Roma (Priyanka Chopra), who takes over the reins of the case from CBI officer Vishal Malik (Om Puri). Don surrenders to Roma knowing he would meet his old foe Vardhaan (Boman Irani). They plan an escape, and then together, with the back-end support of his moll, Ayesha (Lara Dutta), plot a grand heist. He must avoid assassination or arrest, whichever comes first, so that his plan reaches the gratuitous end he wants.

While the Hollywood template is obvious—the background score by Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy sounds strikingly similar to that of Ocean’s Eleven, and a few scenes are all too familiar—the trademark touches of 1970s’ Bollywood make the film an odd fusion. Even if it was intentional, the fusion is not seamless. For example, part of Don’s plan to escape from jail is to add a liquid to the food of the inmates in order to induce food poisoning! The dialogues, written by Akhtar, have a faux-retro ring: “Get me Don! Get me his head!” screams Vardhaan in one of the climactic interludes.The lead woman in Akhtar’s story is Don’s “wild cat”. She is incapable of even the smallest of jobs, although her boss seems to have entrusted her with the toughest case. Chopra gets some naive, laughable lines; Roma’s only defining qualities are her amazing artlessness and lack of resources. Watching her at work, it’s difficult not to recall the character Kangna Ranaut played in another film produced under Akhtar’s banner, Game, in which most of what Ranaut did was look at a monitor and say, “Let’s go!” or “Let’s do it!” but finally went nowhere and did little. In both these roles, the writers’ obvious attempt to create a dubious alpha female composite of a Bond girl and a tough cop falls flat. Chopra, though, gets a fight sequence, in which she excels. Dutta doesn’t have much to do; watching any Bond girl cursorily would teach her the ornamental nuances of the role she’s playing.

While visual wizardry and the action, by Matthias Barsch, accomplished but not pioneering, acquire more importance than the writing, the star playing eponymous lead tries to overwhelm everything else in Don 2. Khan has no improvisations and no new methods. He plays himself; after a few dramatic entries, the animated swagger and few wicked one-liners, the familiar charm wears off. Khan’s age-old tricks, the hamming and the twisted expressions, his trademarks, get tedious. Don, like all other characters he plays, has to adapt to the SRK mega-mode.

Barring some sequences, the 2 hours and 26 minutes of Don 2 are pretty, and remarkably boring.

DON 2 Tv rights sold for Rs. 37 Crs

Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan’s upcoming film Don 2: The Chase Continues, directed by Farhan Akhtar which is planned to launch on December 23, has apparently, fetched massive amount of cash from its Tv rights. ‘Don 2′ is SRK’s initial sequel in his 20 years old career, has wrapped up all pre-release deals,except the satellite agreement.Zee has received satellite rights for DON 2, Don 2 – The Chase Continues, for an predicted Rs. 37 crore.

Jayantilal Gada, head of the film acquisition business at the Zee Group, didn’t expose the size of the 7 yr agreement, which is possibly the greatest satellite agreement singed by Zee for a movie. As per industry sources requesting privacy, Reliance given close to Rs. 80-85 crore to receive the movie and spent another close to Rs. 22 crs in print and advertising the movie.

Reliance has also got the maximum satellite sum for Don2 as compared to their other movies this season.

Shahrukh Khan planning ‘RA.One’ sequel

Could not get enough of SRK’s sci-fi ilm ‘RA.One’? Then this reports is for you! The follow up to ‘RA.One’ is absolutely on the cards, and this occasion around the film will likely be named ‘G.One’. Shah Rukh’s near pal Mushtaque Sheikh, who was also part of the ‘RA.One’ writing staff, has verified that the follow up is on. He says that right now everybody was soaking in the achievement of the film, and that they would shortly start work on part 2.Mushtaque added that he’d currently had chats along with SRK about the ‘general direction’ the follow up would take. He also says that the way the last film ended obviously confirmed that more was on the cards. In an earlier interview along with a Television channel, SRK had also says that he was keen on creating a sequel.And in the next part of the sequence, the focus would be clearly on his role G.One. SRK also says that he desired the next film to be called G.One.

Friday update: 'Ra.One' holds well, despite Bhau-Beej celebrations

RA.ONE had a slow start on Friday morning and noon as Bhau-beej was celebrated. Consequently, the business slowed down considerably in several circuits till noon, but the business was back to normal [read strong] from 12.30 noon/1 p.m. onwards.

Meanwhile, the film has collected Rs 18.50 cr nett on Wednesday [the highest ever Diwali day collection] and Rs 25.10 cr nett on Thursday [the highest collection ever on a single day] in India, taking the 2-day total to Rs 43.60 cr nett. The total includes the business generated from all three versions -- Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

Dildara Teaser - ‘Ra.One’ Movie trailer

Michael Schumacher to promote ‘Ra.One’??

Shahrukh Khan is doing everything possible for the promotion of his upcoming flick Ra.One. The latest we hear is that at the upcoming Noida Grand Prix, the superstar get Formula One sensation Michael Schumacher, to drive a car, carrying the name Ra.One on it.

Ra.One releases on October 26.

The Grand Prix is all set to take place in Noida on October 30.

Tells a source to the tabloid, “The idea of tying up Ra.One’s promotions with the Formula One race in Noida is entirely Shah Rukh’s. The details are being worked out. If all goes according to plan, Schumacher will be racing in a car that says, Ra.One”.

Katrina Kaif - she will not play mediator between Salman Khan and Shahruk Khan

Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif is working with both of them in Yash Raj Films' separate projects.

She also clears that she will not play a mediator, as she believes that both of them are true professionals.

As per Latest Katrina Kaif Interviews, she said that, “Shahrukh and Salman are my co-stars in two different films. I think they can handle the equations between them. I also believe that they both are very professional, so I don’t need to try to bring them together.”

“Two of my sisters live there, but they are fine. It is very shocking and also a good reminder about the volatile situation in the world. Everything is transient and unstable today in the world we live in. But my family is safe.”

“The one in Salman’s latest film is not an item number. It is small part in the title track. But the other rumor of doing an item number with Sanjay Dutt for the film Agneepath is absolutely untrue.”

“There is nothing like opting out. The YRF films — Ek Tha Tiger with Salman and the other film with Shahrukh Khan — were commitments made long before. There are films that will be discussed. Sometimes they happen, sometimes they don’t. It’s that simple. I haven’t chosen anyone over someone else.”

Patching up the Khan’s is not Katrina’s responsibility!

It’s a known fact that Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan are inseparable and are like the best buddies in the industry. Well, Katrina and Shahrukh Khan are also good friends. Now the question is, can this beauty turn the foe Khans to friends???

Kats will be seen with Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan, in two separate films. Now that she would have to work closely with both the Khan’s, her fans are expecting a little too much from her. Well, let’s see what Kats has to say about it…

“They both are my co-stars for different films and at the end of the day we go to our respective houses. It (their enmity) does not have any impact on me. And I am glad that I am working with two senior…respected professionals in the industry. I think they can handle whatever their equation is between them. I am not common between the two,” Katrina said in an interview.

When the actress was asked if she would like to see the two patch up, she said, “It is hardly my place. I don’t think it is my responsibility.”

Sigh! We wonder who can help the two foes turn friends!!!

Katrina is terrified to work with King Khan!!!

Katrina is terrified to work with King Khan!!!

Katrina Kaif admits that working with the young actors is much more fun than that with the older ones. By young actors, Kats means actors like Ranbir Kapoor in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani and Raajneeti and Imran Khan – Mere Brother Ki Dulhan which is about to release.

“I don’t think anyone will mind if I say that it is very different working with older heroes because the age difference is of about 20 years, and just about two to three years with the younger heroes with who you can even do nonsense on the sets.

For instance, Imran would come on the sets, he would kick me playfully…at times there would be nothing constructive what we were doing..there is so much bachpana..”

Well, coming to the point now, Katrina confesses that she is super terrified working with senior actor Shah Rukh Khan. She will soon be seen working with him in Yash Chopra’s next.

“I don’t know what it will be like working with Shah Rukh but I have heard that he makes his heroines very comfortable which is good.

I am only on hi, hello terms with him and now I am doing Yash Chopra’s romantic film with him! I look at him longingly but am always short of words while in his company,” says Katrina.

Katrina Kaif says that she is an exception who hasn’t grown up watching SRK’s movies.

“I have not grown up watching his movies at all. He is now, he is there and I am here now and I look at it from that angle. And I definitely don’t think Shah Rukh Khan has seen me growing up either,” she jokes.

'Ra One' Movie completion bash

'Ra One' completion bash

'Ra One' completion bash

L-R) Gauri and Shah Rukh Khan with Kareena Kapoor at the completion bash of the movie 'Ra One' at Esco Bar, Mumbai on July 31, 2011. (Pic: Viral Bhayani)

Shah Rukh Khan's expensive bike gifts to Sanjay Dutt

Shah Rukh Khan's expensive bike gifts to Sanjay Dutt

Shah Rukh Khan is in a generous mood. On Sunday, he also presented Sanjay Dutt with a cruiser motorcycle costing over Rs 15 lakh.

Says an eyewitness from the sets, "When SRK approached Sanju for a cameo in Ra.One, he immediately agreed but refused to discuss money for the part. Touched by his gesture, Khan wanted to do something special for him in return."

Sanju's passion for bikes is well-known, so SRK decided to get him one as a token of appreciation. Reveals the source, "Dutt had been enquiring about a particular Italian model, so SRK arranged for the custom-made bike to be imported direct from Italy. What's interesting is that Dutt had bought some biking gear including a helmet, jacket and gloves of the Italian company from South Africa a few months ago, but didn't buy the bike due to custom problems." Shah Rukh also gifted Dutt an expensive watch along with the bike. Says Dutt, "I really appreciate what Shah Rukh has done. It's a thoughtful gesture."

Shahrukh Khan and Farhan Akhtar's Don 2 - Official Teaser !!!

 

Don 2- Directed by Farhan Akhtar, Produced by Ritesh Sidhwani, Shahrukh Khan and Farhan Akhtar

Cricket : India will win the world cup: Shahrukh Khan

Shahrukh Khan is super elated at the win of India over Pakistan in the semi-final match at Mohali. Now, he thinks the momentum is with India to go the whole hog and win the Cricket World Cup.

King Khan watched the semi-final match at his residence Mannat but he will watch the final at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Saturday.

“We will win the final also. I have bought an extra T-Shirt for that... so I have to go there and watch the finals Inshallah! The kids want to go and see,” Shah Rukh told reporters at Mannat.

The superstar also thinks that by expecting the 100th century from Sachin Tendulkar, fans are putting undue pressure on the Master Blaster.

“Sachin is the peg for the team and I think 85 is a great score. You know, for Sachin Tendulkar you needn't worry if he misses century once. I think we shouldn't put such pressure on him. He doesn't come under any pressure because he is used to it,” Shahrukh added.

A whole regiment of Bollywood stars is likely to turn up at Wankhede Stadium for the final match against Sri Lanka on April 2.

Movie: A sneak peak into ‘Always Kabhi Kabhi’

Shah Rukh Khan’s production house Red Chillies Entertainment gave a superhit in 2010 with ‘My Name is Khan’ which was co-produced with Dharma productions. Now, thw production house is all set for their next release in June which happens to be a romantic-comedy titled ‘Always Kabhi Kabhi’. Directed by debutant Roshan Abbas, the film has the ‘Love Aaj Kal’ find Giselle Monteiro play one of the main leads while Karim Morani’s beautiful daughter Zoa Morani is making her Bollywood debut with this film.

The film also marks the debut of Satyajeet Dubey, (who played young Nana Saheb in the popular serial Jhansi Ki Rani) and has Ali Fazal (popularly known as Jay Lobo from 3 Idiots) in leading roles. Other actors include Satish Shah, Lilette Dubey, Navneet Nishan, Vijay Raaz, Manoj Joshi, Mukesh Tiwari and Aakash Khurana. The music for the film has been composed by Pritam.

The flick, which is said to draw its inspiration from popular 1999 play Graffiti is about a set of four friends in their last year of their school in Mumbai. The first promo of is expected to be showcased at the screening of the movie Game, which releases this Friday, 1st April 2011.

Talking about his experience of making the film, Abbas says, “It took time to develop it into a full-fledged screenplay. Shah Rukh pointed out two things. One, cinema and play are two different mediums and the written material had to be more cinematic. Two, it had to be contemporary. Also, I’d like to clarify, though the film revolves around teens, it’s not inspired by ‘Archie’. It actually borrows from real life experiences.”

“I have truly enjoyed the experience of making Always Kabhi Kabhi. And I wish to continue chasing my dream,” he added.

Check out the first look of the film which has a young, vibrant and fresh feel to it!!

Shahrukh Khan – Daring Acts in Don 2

Shahrukh Khan, the King of Bollywood, is one star who does not step back from going into the ultimate zone of performance, if the requirement of the script is such.

Thus, just after his fans were digesting the fact that SRK had performed some daring stunts for his home production flick ‘RA.ONE’,there is a buzz floating around that the daring star has performed a deadly stunt ,a super hero act for Farhan Akhtar’s ‘Don 2’. Reportedly, Shahrukh has managed to jump from an astounding height of 300 ft for one crucial scene in the flick.

Well, as reported in a popular tabloid, the ‘Baadshah’ has admitted that he indeed had done the act, and has tweeted about it in his micro blogging site twitter. He also has thanked the body doubles, who had given the shots earlier, for the long distance shots, and it seems that SRK is really very thrilled with his daring performance.

Well, as ‘Don’ where Shahrukh had portrayed a double role with absolute style and élan, was quite an entertainer, with it having some shades of the original flick, which had Amitabh Bachchan playing the protagonist, all eyes are pinned on this sequel ‘Don 2’, which according to gossip mongers is going to be a far more challenging and action filled drama than the first one.

Well, seems like Shahrukh Khan has shifted his gears from being a diehard romantic hero to a super hero, and will be seen in ‘RA.ONE’, as one superhero, who saves mankind from ultimate doom.

In ‘Don2’, he plays the protagonist, a gang leader, and will again be seen in action zone, but, the romantic angle in both the forth coming flicks are intact, as Shahrukh’s films do need a dash of romance, as his image as a romantic, can never be wiped out, can it?

- Sampurn Wire

Shah Rukh Khan drives world's fastest car VW Bugatti in Ra.One

Bollywod superstar Shah Rukh Khan will drive the world's fatest car Volkswagen Bugatti for his forthcoming movie Ra.1.

Ra.One, the most awaited movie in 2010 will feature Shah Rukh Khan as a superhero called Ra.One (Random Access Version One) and the car will be his supercar.

Ra. One, directed by Anubhav Sinha which features Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal in the lead roles, will be produced under Khan's production company, Red Chillies Entertainment. SRK has earlier approached Jackie Chan to do a role in the film, but he declined it. Singer Akon will sing a song for the movie.

The car Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is one of the fastest and most expensive production road cars ever, with a top speed of 408.5 km/h (253.8 mph). The car engine produces 1,001 metric horsepower, and generates 1,250 newton metres of torque. It was named "Car Of The Decade" (2000-2009) by the BBC.

The technical team from the Pirates Of The Caribbean movie will teach SRK to handle the Bugatti car for the shoot.

Shahrukh replaced by Hrithik Roshan at IIFA 2010

Bollywod badshah, Shah Rukh Khan, has decide to skip the IIFA awards this year.

“I don’t think I will be able to come for IIFA…too much work here, will miss Colombo,” SRK tweeted.

SRK was supposed to be the star attraction at this year’s IIFA awards in Colombo from June 3-5, apart from this, SRK was also supposed to captain the Bollywood team in a friendly cricket match against the Sri Lankan team.

Sabbas Joseph of Wizcraft, the show’s organisers, said,

“Stars have their commitments. Hrithik Roshan will now be the captain. Even Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and hubby Abhishek announced that they won’t be attending the gala”.

Amitabh Bachchan will only make a fleeting appearance.

Shahrukh Khan shoots for ad despite fever

Mumbai, Shah Rukh Khan is known for his professionalism and the superstar proved his commitment to work recently when he went to shoot for a toothpaste ad despite having fever.

Shah Rukh, the new brand ambassador of Pepsodent toothpaste, had to shoot for its latest ad campaign “Pappu and Pappa” at Filmcity for three days.

Even though Shah Rukh was down with 104 degree (Fahrenheit) fever, he made sure that it did not affect the shooting schedules. The actor made it a point to shoot for the campaign instead of cancelling it, said a source.

Shah Rukh has teamed up with child artist Keval and had to give multiple shots till his young co-star got it all right.

Shah Rukh did not complain throughout the long hours of shoot besides the numerous takes he was made to go through, said the source.

The ad is about a father-son relationship and on the sets Shah Rukh behaved a perfect dad encouraging Keval at every cut, pepping him if he would get bored.

Top 5 most active Bollywood stars on Twitter

Bollywood stars are not far behind in tweeting on Twitter as compare to Hollywood

. The new crops of Bollywood stars have embraced Twitter as their connection to their fans across the world. Some stars are going as far as asking their fans on what to wear in an award function or a party. Let’s have a look on five most active bollywood stars on Twitter.

5. Ritesh Deshmukh: From cricket updates to social issues, Ritesh loves to share his opinion on twitter. With around 2,258 tweets and 119,927followers by mid of May, Ritesh is active on Twitter most of the time and following almost all big names in Bollywood.

4.Salman Khan: Salman had recently join twitter and since then he is generating lots of interest. Salman joined twitter the same day Shah Rukh completed 100 days on the microblogging site and within six hours, accumulated as many followers as Shah Rukh did in the first day. 24-hours after his first post, Salman had 18,833 followers, compared to SRK’s nearly 10,000, in the same time. In a short spam Salman has 430 tweets and 148,489 followers.

3. Shahrukh Khan: Shahrukh joined twitter on special request by Karan Johar. With 1493 tweets, King Khan has a huge followers list of 394,736. Shahrukh regularly tweets all his updates, related to IPL, films and his personal life.

2. Priyanka Chopra: Priyanka is always connected to her fans and never miss the opportunity of expressing her feeling and gratitude to them. With 3,243 tweets and 372,395 followers, Priyanka outshines all other bollywood actress on twitter.

1. Abhishek Bachchan: With as much as 6,335 tweets and 219,845 followers, Junior B is always visible on twitter. Abhishek manage to bring wife Aishwarya and papa Amitabh Bachchan as well on twitter. Thanks to twitter, fans are able to receive all recent updates of Bachchan family directly through Bachchan’s.