Expect Superb Action In Salman Khan’s Bodyguard

“Post Wanted and Dabangg, Salman knows his bearings quite well. He has constantly reinvented himself and in the current phase of his career he understands that ‘masala’ is in. This is the reason why even in a family entertainer like Ready, there were a few action sequences included though they were more in a lighter vein.
However in Bodyguard, the core of which is an emotional romantic drama, there are quite a few hardcore action sequences included as well to make it a ‘masala’ affair”, says a source attached to the film’s writing team.
This made sense as well since the film’s title pretty much gives an impression of an action flick. Since Salman plays Kareena’s bodyguard in the film, audience are bound to expect a few stylised sequences that would involve their hero bashing up dozens of goons in one go. Source
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Shahrukh Khan’s Ra.One Is 150 Minutes Long?

Bigger the star, bigger the expectation. Bigger the expectation, bigger the scale. And bigger the scale, larger the duration. This is what Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra.One promises when it gets ready to arrive this Diwali. To justify hundreds of crores that have been pumped into the making of this Anubhav Singh directed film, the running length of Ra. One too would be good enough to give audience a complete ‘paisa vasool’ experience.
“Though the current trend is to make films last not more than two hours, Ra.One would be an exception. It would be a two and a half hour spectacle as Shah Rukh as well as Anubhav believe that there is a lot to be told, something that the audience should not be deprived of, especially since expectations have been sky high”, says a source attached to the film.
The only other film in the recent times which has actually clocked 150 minutes is Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and it has turned out to a good success. Even Singham is much longer than two hours and audience don’t seem to mind those extra minutes presenting an overdose of action. On the other hand, one of the bigger hits in last few weeks, Delhi Belly, has been the shortest of them all by clocking under 100 minutes.
“At the end of the day, it is also about the kind of genre that you are exploring”, an editor remarks in defence of the Shah Rukh Khan starrer. “Ra.One is the first ever sci-fi film of this scale and setting to have been made in Bollywood. Shah Rukh has pumped over Rs. 150 crores in this film and is still counting. It makes sense to present to audience everything which is special about a new world that has been created here. Even Avatar had lasted 162 minutes.”
Shot for over 125 days, it was only this Monday that Ra.One came to a close with its final schedule lasting for 10 days. While the film was being edited simultaneously over last few months, now comes the challenge of putting everything together in one place and make it a seamless movie watching experience.
“There is so much to be told in Ra.One”, admits Anubhav, “However both Shah Rukh and I are of the opinion that we should be keeping the film’s length under 150 minutes. Of course it’s a struggle to do that but at the end of the day, it’s the film that will dictate its duration rather than vice versa. Now that the film’s shoot is complete, we should know within next fortnight how the theatrical cut will look like.”
Given the fact that we didn’t mind Rajinikanth’s antics that lasted for three hours in Robot, there is no reason why Shah Rukh won’t hold our interest for those two and a half hours. Source
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Salman Khan’s Bodyguard To Rock The Box Office

Salman Khan’s upcoming film ‘Bodyguard’, also starring Kareena Kapoor is all set to tickle our funny bones…
The movie promises to be loaded with lots of masti, laughter and action. Kareena seems to be at her bubbly best while Salman is out to make girls go weak in knees with his hot, macho image.
At the same time, one can expect the ‘Dabangg’ star doing some amusing antics and proof here says it all.
As reported earlier, the buzz of Katrina Kaif in the movie came out. In a cameo role, the sizzling beauty is said to do a special item number in this one. Source
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Will Shahrukh Khan’s Ra.One Live Up To The Expectations?

Time passes very fast and you won’t even believe that ‘Ra. One’ is just about 100 days away from release, one wonders whether Anubhav Sinha, the film’s director, is scared of all the expectations from the Shahrukh Khan starrer.
“Why should I be scared? And frankly, I don’t really care about what others have to say. You tell me, would the film have managed such curiosity even a year before it’s release? This is the reason why I keep telling the younger film makers that every opportunity has a potential pitfall but one should not be scared about picking it up on way”, philosophises Anubhav.
“Well, I am aware of all the ‘if-s’ coming my way and more than happy to be grilled and face all volleys with my chin up”, smiles Anubhav before proceeding with yet another hectic month ahead that would be occupied with VFX supervision. Source
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Aamir Khan’s Midas Touch Turns Delhi Belly Into Gold

‘Delhi Belly’s’commercial success has been important not just for Imran and Aamir but also Bollywood in general as it has opened a window for a new genre of cinema in Bollywood. Of course there is a segment of audience that has loathed the movie but this is the second decade of the new millennium which means there are enough followers of such cinema that have enabled heavy footfalls. For the ones with a conservative mindset, the film has precious little to offer. However the multiplex going junta which has been exposed to movies coming from Hollywood, ‘Delhi Belly’ is progressive cinema by all means as reflected in countless positive reviews that it gained for itself.
As for ‘Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap’, it was clearly swept under the wave of ‘Delhi Belly’. It was expected as well, more so since ‘Transformers’ too had released on the same date. Many followers of Bachchan Sr. had expected that ‘Delhi Belly’ would come crashing down after Friday which would end up benefiting ‘Bbuddah….’ to show rapid progress.
Well, that was not the case to be as ‘Bbuddah…’ stayed miles behind ‘Delhi Belly’ over the entire weekend and though it did show improvement with every passing day, the jump in collections was not major enough to be termed miraculous.
Resultantly ‘Bbuddah’ ended up collecting around 6.5 crores over the weekend once it sustained itself after a so-so 20%-30% opening. The film can take solace from the fact that it has seen mostly decent to very positive reviews as well as word of mouth which means it has in it to try and stay afloat for one more week at the least. So even though a mega earner is certainly ruled out, there are good chances for this out and out Bachchan show to turn into a coverage affair at the least. Mid- level budget should further help it’s cause. However the fact cannot be denied that if only ‘Bbuddah…’ would have arrived alongside lesser competition, it would have done far better than how it has performed now. Source
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Salman Khan’s Wishes For Aishwarya On Her Pregnancy

While the world is going gaga over Abhishek and Aishwarya Bachchan’s big news and showering their blessings and hearty congratulations, bollywood superstar and Ash’s former boyfriend, Salman Khan has also poured in his best wishes for the couple, who are expecting their first child.
At a recent event held, Salman Khan wished the couple, “I am happy for Dadaji (Amitabh Bachchan), I would also like to congratulate Abhishek and Aishwarya. I hope they make a cricket team,”
Amitabh Bachchan announced the pregnancy news on Tuesday night on a micro-blogging site. Source
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Aamir Khan’s Gift To His Father

Flashback: Between 1969 and 1994, a producer who was always inevitably struggling launched 12 films, many of which didn’t exactly set the boxoffice on fire. Fast forward to June 2011: The beleaguered producer’s son decides to buy the perpetual rights to 11 of those films for a few crore, more in a fit of nostalgia and less with commerce in mind. Such a transaction wouldn’t raise too many eyebrows in the big stakes environs of Bollywood. Except that in this case the son buying the perpetual rights is a certain Aamir Khan. The producer is the late Tahir Hussain who died last year at age 71.
Ironically, the one film whose rights are in dispute and therefore not with Khan is one in which he stars, called ‘Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke’. “My father was not a top-notch producer like say Yash Chopra or Gulshan Rai. As kids, we have seen really close the lows of his films failing really close,” says a dewy-eyed Khan. Memories of those times still make the emotions well up inside Khan.
In the absence of corporate and institutional finance, almost all producers borrowed money from the market at ridiculously high interest rates. Business wasn’t Hussain’s forte; that apart, long delays in the completion of films and a string of turkeys at the box-office resulted in a Domino Effect on the Khan family.
Khan recalls his and his brother’s name being up on the school notice board for as many as six months for non-payment of fees. His mother, he adds, would make their uniforms three sizes too large so that they would last longer. “The toughest times were during `Locket’ (starring Jeetendra and Rekha, 1986), which took eight years to complete, or even earlier — ‘Khoon Ki Pukar’ (1978) which took three years. Actors troubled him with dates and there would be at least 30 calls a day from creditors calling for their money,” recalls Khan. Calling up farflung theatres across the country for collections is a vivid, if painful, memory as the figures were invariably imminently forgettable. Hussain for his part did give breaks to a lot of young talent like Reena Roy, Rakesh Roshan , Raj Babbar and Bappi Lahiri, among others.
The rough road his father traversed would explain why Khan avoided wearing the producer’s cap for years.
“It’s a thankless job because after employing an entire unit you get all the brickbats for things going wrong; and when the film becomes a hit, the creative talent gets all the credit, never the producer,” says Khan. The reality, he adds, is that if it hadn’t been for the producer, the creative talent would not have got an opportunity. Source
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Salman Khan’s Thoughts On Baba Ramdev

When Salman Khan was asked about Baba Ramdev and his fast, the star replied in his inimitable way that he knew only of three Babas…
1 The Baba at home (he meant his father Salim Khan)
2 Bollywood’s Baba (Sanjay Dutt who is fondly called Baba)
3 And Sai Baba (the Shirdi Sai Baba who several Bollywood folk hold in reverence)
Obviously Sallu is not exactly a yoga fanatic as he believes in pumping iron only in the gym, so the Ready star remains clueless about Baba Ramdev’s yogic existence! Source
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Salman Khan’s 10,000 Feet Jump For Mountain Dew Commercial

Bollywood`s `Dabangg` actor Salman Khan will be seen doing a daredevil stunt in PepsiCo`s new Mountain Dew ad - he jumps from 10,000 feet in a “wingsuit” from which a parachute springs open. “Everyone is afraid of something or the other at some point of life. But if you try to run away from fear, you`d be tired and eventually fear will win. So the best way to overcome fear is to face it, run through it because `Darr Ke Aage Jeet Hai`,” Salman said in a statement.
Salman was initially not so sure about the stunt but he eventually did it. Wingsuit flying is a new sport of flying through the air in a special jumpsuit and pulling the parachute`s ripcord as one apporaches the ground.
He is said to be the first celebrity brand ambassador roped in by Mountain Dew.
Alpana Titus, category marketing director (flavoured carbonated drinks), PepsiCo India Beverages, says the new campaign is quite big in terms of quality and budget.
“Salman has jumped from a mountain which was 10,000 feet high. He did have jitters initially but was confident it would work out well and he would be able to overcome his fears in turn,” she said.
When asked why Salman was chosen out of all the known faces, Titus said: “Salman was our first choice because he embodies our (Mountain Dew`s) tagline `Darr Ke Aage Jeet Hai` accurately and he also has a nationwide fan following. People in not only the metros but also the remote areas follow him.”
The 45-second TV commercial will air from Friday and a 60-second commercial will be shown in theatres.
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Salman Khan’s Action In An Autorickshaw

News is that for his next film, READY produced by T-Series and Rajat Rawail, Salman Khan recently shot some high-voltage action sequences driving a Tuk Tuk in the narrow streets of Pattaya, Thailand.
Salman, known for adding that extra ‘zing’ to his films, came up with the idea of shooting an action sequence in Thailand’s famous Tuk Tuks as this was never done before in a Hindi film. Subsequently, an action scene was written and shot, showing two Tuk Tuks blowing up and the actor jumping into another one and driving off.
Obviously, the producers had to buy off 3 Tuk Tuks especially for this scene since the vehicles would face considerable damage in the course of the shoot. But Bhushan Kumar & Rajat Rawail happily did so as they wish to leave no stone unturned in creating bigger and better action scenes for READY after the success of WANTED and DABANGG.
Bhushan Kumar confirms, ‘It was Bhai’s idea to shoot with Tuk-Tuks which are very fast and powerful. He wanted to shoot an action sequence nobody has done before. People have shot romantic songs or scenes perhaps but such a high-voltage action sequence will be seen for the first time in READY. People will enjoy this unique Thai action.’
An insider adds, ‘Salman drove the Tuk Tuk expertly, although it was his first time doing so!’
READY is slated for release on 3rd June. Source
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Is Salman Khan Guilty For Zarine Khan’s Flop Career ?

Zarine Khan is one lucky gal. Even after delivering a dud in her debut performance in Anil Sharma’s ‘Veer’, the actress is being offered cameos in films! And why not? When you are Salman Khan’s protégé, you are bound to go places.
If sources are to be believed, recently Salman pulled some strings, convincing director Anees Bazmee to bring Zarine on board, for a small appearance in Ready. Zarine, accompanied by actor turned producer, Arbaaz Khan, flew down to Bangkok, last week to shoot the cameo with Salman, in Pattaya.
Bazmee confirmed to a leading daily, “It’s a small scene. We needed Arbaaz and Zarine. Salman’s equation with them made it easy for us to get them to agree to do the scene.”
A source said, “Salman felt Zarine is being left behind for no fault of hers.
Salman somehow feels responsible for Zarine’s career not taking off. He is trying to get her into his new projects.” Source
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Salman Khan’s Dabangg Sequel Is On A Roll

After an acrimonious fallout, Salman Khan and Abhinav Kashyap have patched up for good. The actor-director duo of 2010’s biggest hit ‘Dabangg’ had fallen apart after Abhinav quoted an outrageous fee to direct his next film.
However, after being snubbed by top producers for his astounding demands, Abhinav has made his peace with the Khan brothers and is now busy laying down detailed plans to direct a sequel to ‘Dabangg’.
Confirming the news of fallout, a source told a daily, “Abhinav is a good director, but the success of the film may have gone to his head. However, the fallout is a thing of the past and it will only be fitting if Abhinav directs the sequel.”
According to reports, Kashyap peeved a lot of producers by making astonishing demands. “He demanded more than Rs 10 crore from Eros International while negotiating for a film which did not materialise for obvious reasons. Kashyap next had a meeting with PVR Pictures. There too he demanded something between Rs 15 and 18 crore”, adds the source.
“When Salman learnt about Kashyap`s pricey ways, he responded with putting him off his radar,” says the source.
Nevertheless, Abhinav has now cleared the air with Salman. “We have Kashyap`s dates in place, which were finalised only last week. Both Salman and Arbaaz love Abhinav. Let`s not get into what went wrong, but look forward to a killer sequel,” adds the source. Source
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Salman Khan’s War With Arbaaz Khan

Going against Salman’s wishes is not an idea worth pursuing. The same lessons are being learnt by none other than Salman Khan’s younger brother Arbaaz Khan. According to sources, Salman is miffed with Arbaaz for trying to broker peace between him and SRK. The issue has reached a point where Sallu has told Arbaaz in no uncertain terms to avoid playing such a role.
In the past Arbaaz has been friendly with SRK despite the fact that SRK and Sallu’s chemistry is going through its coldest phase. But, now Salman is keeping a close watch on any attempts that might end his arch rivalry. He is no mood to let go so soon.
Our sources further add, “The fact that Salman does not forgive his enemies has become one of his brand features. It is very difficult for him to go against the same since it is something that defines him. His fresh diktat to Arbaaz has to be seen in that light. Look at what he did to Vivek Oberoi. He is trying to repeat it in case of his cold bond with SRK.”
While Bollywood and its brawls would not stop from taking place, but this one is the baap of all as it involves two biggest stars who happen to be arch rivals. Source
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Shahrukh Khan’s Stage Show In Dhaka

The superstar Shah Rukh Khan received a grand welcome in Dhaka when he performed there along with colleagues Rani Mukerji and Arjun Rampal. SRK was there to perform at the show ‘King Khan Live in Dhaka’ and he was supposed to campaign to make Sundarban’s mangrove forests as one of the seven natural wonders of the world.
However, the adulation by the audience was so lucrative that King Khan probably forgot about the serious job! Shah Rukh even greeted the fans in Bengali saying that he has brought good wishes from India to this nation of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was the founding leader of Bangladesh. SRK performed on his popular numbers like ‘Dard-e–disco’ and ‘Shava Shava’.
Rani, who is a Bengali, thrilled the audience when he started speaking in Bengali. She also performed on her hit tracks like ‘Hum Tum. ‘Saathiya’ and ‘Shava Shava’.
When both Rani and SRK charmed the Bengali audience in Dhaka, Arjun Rampal was also not left behind. He made a dramatic entry on a motorbike and yelled to the audience in his broken Bengali. The handsome actor said that he has come to Dhaka even when he is not keeping well. He is here so that his fans in the country are not left disappointed.
Earlier, the organizers of the show claimed that Shah Rukh will promote the mangrove forests of Sunderban but it was not done. So, is it done intentionally or Shah Rukh really forgot about it? The answer is only with the organizers or King Khan himself! Source
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Deepika Is Imran Khan’s Favourite Co Star

When you are a romantic hero, the obvious question that everyone will keep asking is who is your favourite heroine.
Imran Khan too got a lot of it while promoting his upcoming film, BREAK KE BAAD.
So who is it? Imran Khan has worked with Sonam, Katrina and Deepika.
Imran Khan candidly said that Deepika is my best co star till date. He rates her over all his previous and current co stars. Interestingly it includes Sonam.
He has spoken this in London: “I love Deepika and she is my best co-star till date.” Source
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Aamir Khan’s New Look

Our sources revealed that Aamir Khan has cropped his hair very short recently. And it is believed that its the new look for is forthcoming film with Reema Kagti.
For couple of weeks Aamir had been keeping himself from public eye and the reason, birdies reveal was for his new image.
In the untitled flick, Aamir is said to be playing a cop and the project will be produced by Aamir Khan Production along with Excel Entertainment (Ritesh Siddhwani and Farhan Akhtar’s production house).
Hmmm, we had enjoyed Aamir’s ‘Ghajini’ magic; so we hope that his upcoming project repeats the same effect as well. Source
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Shahrukh Khan’s Fans In Germany

People love Shah Rukh Khan in Germany. The superstar is in Berlin shooting for Don 2 and there’s a crowd outside his hotel every morning just to meet him. It’s the same scene when he returns at night from his shoot. SRK happily obliges fans with autographs and poses for photographs. Says an eyewitness, “He does this every day without fail. Fans queue outside the hotel even when it’s freezing or if it rains. SRK even sends out for coffee and pizzas for those waiting for hours.”
But it does get embarrassing when they refuse to accept payment for services rendered. Like the time he got a free cab ride in lieu of a pic and an autograph. Here’s what happened: After shooting, the Don 2 cast and crew indulge in soccer matches at a ground close to the hotel. One day, it went on till 4.30 am. SRK decided to go out for coffee. Instead of calling for the hotel car, they hailed a cab.
As soon as they stepped in, the driver recognised SRK. When they reached their destination, the cabbie refused to let him pay for the ride. Despite King Khan insisting, the driver in Berlin said he would accept only a picture with the actor as the fare because his daughter was a big fan. Shah Rukh posed with the driver and signed an autograph for his daughter before thanking him and leaving.
Producer Ritesh Sidhwani confirms, “Yes, Shah Rukh is pretty famous among the local people and yes, the taxi ride was a impromptu plan as we decided to step out pretty late and this taxi guy refused to accept money from us.” Source
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Saif Ali Khan’s Dangerous Stunt In “Agent Vinod”

The nawab of bollywood Saif Ali Khan is undergoing rigorous training these days for his upcoming home production AGENT VINOD.
According to latest reports, Saif will be doing a major action sequence for the film which involves a chopper. In order to do this sequence, which requires risky stunts, Saif is undergoing special training for the same.
His earlier film with Sriram Raghavan - EK HASINA THI, had won critical and commercial acclaim. Now, with the two coming together in AGENT VINOD, the expectations have only risen.
With Saif donning a tough image yet again, let’s hope AGENT VINOD changes Saif’s fortunes further. Source
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