Ra.one press conference at grand hyatt Dubai
SRK Causes Hungama at Ra.one Premiere in Dubai
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
"I Don't Feel Invincible": Shahrukh Khan
I just spoke to one of the promoters of the Ra.one Premiere in Dubai and he said that SRK will be landing in Dubai shortly. There's a press conference at the Grand Hyatt hotel at 3 pm in the afternoon, followed by the Premiere at Grand Cine Plex at 6 pm and there's a grand dinner party at the Baniyas Ballroom in Grand Hyatt at 9:30 pm (All these timings are Dubai specific). Dinner tickets are available at Grand Cineplex and Grand Hyatt Dubai.
A huge ad for the premiere has appeared in 'Gulf News' paper with the headline: 'Ra.one Arrives in Dubai! Get ready to do Chammak Challo' with superstars Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal. The event has been put together by Essar Events. There are names of several sponsors, one of them is Filmfare Middle East. I never knew they had an edition for Middle East.
On the front page of 'Gulf News' there's a news report titled 'Shahrukh: UAE has been very kind towards my movies'. The report says: As a co-producer on what's billed as Bollywood's most expensive sci-fi venture-estimated to have cost over $20 million (Dh 73.45 million)-Khan's own money is also riding on the film, in which he plays an all-conquering superhero, G.one.
Here are a few of SRK's quotes in this news report:
1) I don't feel invincible at all, and whenever I do feel it, I try and do a film that challenges me. That keeps me younger, fitter, faster and better.
2) I am very fond of everything in Dubai, Abu Dhabi. The UAE has been very kind towards my movies. Apart from that, it is an essential market for Indian movies.
3) Business wise it makes sense to me and my partner. After that, we head to London and Toronto.
I still remember the chaos that happened at the My Name Is Khan premiere at Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi last year. There was a huge gathering and the fans went crazy trying to get close to the stars, especially Shahrukh. A middle aged woman had tripped in front of me and fell down as SRK walked past her. Once the stars had gone in, a few senior journalists were invited inside as well. Before the film began, Kajol, Karan Johar and Shahrukh Khan came on the stage. SRK did a small jig on the stage, blew kisses towards the fans who were screaming the loudest and then the film began. It was a huge auditorium and it was absolutely full. I was moved by the film immensely and so were my friends from the news channels. Once the film ended, we spoke to several viewers (from various nationalities) and got their reactions. There were families, small excited kids, Arabs speaking in broken English...the film had touched everyone's hearts. Here's the video of MNIK Premiere in Abu Dhabi on Bollywood Hungama.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/broadband/video/Parties-and-Events/mIMfzu69/3/My-Name-Is-Khan-World-Premiere-In-Abu-Dhabi.html
I am sure today's premiere will be a Big event as well. There's a tremendous excitement amongst the locals out here. A few months back, we had covered 'Ready' premiere at the Grand Cineplex here in Dubai. Salman's entry had created a huge commotion. Our cameraman Tahir Shaikh had done a great job in getting awesome visuals. Here's the video of the Ready premiere in Dubai
Aazan premiere in Dubai earlier this month didn't have much excitement. It was a quiet affair with negligible presence of aam junta.
A huge ad for the premiere has appeared in 'Gulf News' paper with the headline: 'Ra.one Arrives in Dubai! Get ready to do Chammak Challo' with superstars Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal. The event has been put together by Essar Events. There are names of several sponsors, one of them is Filmfare Middle East. I never knew they had an edition for Middle East.
On the front page of 'Gulf News' there's a news report titled 'Shahrukh: UAE has been very kind towards my movies'. The report says: As a co-producer on what's billed as Bollywood's most expensive sci-fi venture-estimated to have cost over $20 million (Dh 73.45 million)-Khan's own money is also riding on the film, in which he plays an all-conquering superhero, G.one.
Here are a few of SRK's quotes in this news report:
1) I don't feel invincible at all, and whenever I do feel it, I try and do a film that challenges me. That keeps me younger, fitter, faster and better.
2) I am very fond of everything in Dubai, Abu Dhabi. The UAE has been very kind towards my movies. Apart from that, it is an essential market for Indian movies.
3) Business wise it makes sense to me and my partner. After that, we head to London and Toronto.
I still remember the chaos that happened at the My Name Is Khan premiere at Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi last year. There was a huge gathering and the fans went crazy trying to get close to the stars, especially Shahrukh. A middle aged woman had tripped in front of me and fell down as SRK walked past her. Once the stars had gone in, a few senior journalists were invited inside as well. Before the film began, Kajol, Karan Johar and Shahrukh Khan came on the stage. SRK did a small jig on the stage, blew kisses towards the fans who were screaming the loudest and then the film began. It was a huge auditorium and it was absolutely full. I was moved by the film immensely and so were my friends from the news channels. Once the film ended, we spoke to several viewers (from various nationalities) and got their reactions. There were families, small excited kids, Arabs speaking in broken English...the film had touched everyone's hearts. Here's the video of MNIK Premiere in Abu Dhabi on Bollywood Hungama.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/broadband/video/Parties-and-Events/mIMfzu69/3/My-Name-Is-Khan-World-Premiere-In-Abu-Dhabi.html
I am sure today's premiere will be a Big event as well. There's a tremendous excitement amongst the locals out here. A few months back, we had covered 'Ready' premiere at the Grand Cineplex here in Dubai. Salman's entry had created a huge commotion. Our cameraman Tahir Shaikh had done a great job in getting awesome visuals. Here's the video of the Ready premiere in Dubai
Aazan premiere in Dubai earlier this month didn't have much excitement. It was a quiet affair with negligible presence of aam junta.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Aamir Khan To Attend London Premiere Of 'Ra.one'?
I'm at the Bombay airport, waiting to board my flight to Dubai where we shall be covering the Ra.one Premiere. There's a Press Conference tomorrow afternoon, Premiere in the evening and an After Party in the night. Shahrukh and Kareena will be present. We at Bollywood Hungama will try and bring the best possible coverage for all the fans across the world. Hopefully our coverage will be different than the rest of em.
We were promised a Shahrukh Khan interview. It hasn't happened so far. Not sure if it will happen in the near future either. For all the SRK fans, spamming me with their emails as to why we haven't done the interviews of Shahrukh and other stars from Ra.one (including VFX guys, I'm keen on doing interview with the kid in the film too), well, our repeated requests have gone unanswered.
We did interview Kareena a couple of days back but in tragic circumstances, the interview tape got misplaced as the delivery boy carrying it, met with a bad accident. I'm glad the boy is still alive. Kareena was enthusiastic about the interview. She spoke on Chammak Challo becoming a rage and laughed off Rakhi Sawant's claims that she'd have made a better Chammak Challo than Bebo. Kareena spoke on Heroine. The shooting starts from November 25 and she is kicked about the script. She didn't reveal any dope about her Look at the Madame Tussauds. She'll be accompanied by her mum and best friend. "Saif won't be able to come as he is shooting in Bikaner for Agent Vinod, Karisma is busy with her shooting as well," Kareena said. Will Aamir be attending Ra.one premiere in London since he is reaching there for the shooting of 'Dhuaan'? "Aamir will be reaching London on Oct 29 so he won't be able to attend the premiere." Kareena also spoke on how she manages to work with all the Khans without upsetting anyone. She was all praise for Gauri Khan. "I share a great equation with Gauri. She is like a sister. We get along very well." Its said that you guys won't be able to see this interview with Kareena. Its destiny I guess.
On the way to the Airport, I completed composing and writing a song for Aarefa's birthday (Oct 27). It is not a cakewalk, writing or composing anything for Aarefa, as she is not easily impressed. There's a lot of stuff that I rejected keeping Aarefa's thought process in mind. She has liked the lyrics. Let's see what she thinks of it once I record it after comin back from Dubai. Here are a couple of lines from this song called 'Haan Naaz Hai....'
SMS ki khushboo se mobile mein hulchul hai
Sannaton ke shor mein saath tumhara hur pal hai
Shaam ki kashti, raat kinaara, sukoon patvaar hai
Mehnat tumhaari, kismat hamaari, khushiyon ki bharmaar hai
Haan Naaz Hai....Naaz hai....
We were promised a Shahrukh Khan interview. It hasn't happened so far. Not sure if it will happen in the near future either. For all the SRK fans, spamming me with their emails as to why we haven't done the interviews of Shahrukh and other stars from Ra.one (including VFX guys, I'm keen on doing interview with the kid in the film too), well, our repeated requests have gone unanswered.
We did interview Kareena a couple of days back but in tragic circumstances, the interview tape got misplaced as the delivery boy carrying it, met with a bad accident. I'm glad the boy is still alive. Kareena was enthusiastic about the interview. She spoke on Chammak Challo becoming a rage and laughed off Rakhi Sawant's claims that she'd have made a better Chammak Challo than Bebo. Kareena spoke on Heroine. The shooting starts from November 25 and she is kicked about the script. She didn't reveal any dope about her Look at the Madame Tussauds. She'll be accompanied by her mum and best friend. "Saif won't be able to come as he is shooting in Bikaner for Agent Vinod, Karisma is busy with her shooting as well," Kareena said. Will Aamir be attending Ra.one premiere in London since he is reaching there for the shooting of 'Dhuaan'? "Aamir will be reaching London on Oct 29 so he won't be able to attend the premiere." Kareena also spoke on how she manages to work with all the Khans without upsetting anyone. She was all praise for Gauri Khan. "I share a great equation with Gauri. She is like a sister. We get along very well." Its said that you guys won't be able to see this interview with Kareena. Its destiny I guess.
On the way to the Airport, I completed composing and writing a song for Aarefa's birthday (Oct 27). It is not a cakewalk, writing or composing anything for Aarefa, as she is not easily impressed. There's a lot of stuff that I rejected keeping Aarefa's thought process in mind. She has liked the lyrics. Let's see what she thinks of it once I record it after comin back from Dubai. Here are a couple of lines from this song called 'Haan Naaz Hai....'
SMS ki khushboo se mobile mein hulchul hai
Sannaton ke shor mein saath tumhara hur pal hai
Shaam ki kashti, raat kinaara, sukoon patvaar hai
Mehnat tumhaari, kismat hamaari, khushiyon ki bharmaar hai
Haan Naaz Hai....Naaz hai....
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Breaking News: Aamir Khan To Announce His TV Show On Oct 22
Aamir Khan will be announcing his entry in the lucrative Television arena this saturday Oct 22 at a five star hotel in Bombay. The show will be aired on Star Plus. So, will Aamir be hosting a Chat Show? Will he be hosting a Reality Show? All the questions will be answered on Saturday.
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Send Questions For Shahrukh Khan
Guys send in your questions for an interview with Shahrukh Khan at faridoonshahryar@gmail.com. Will try and take a few questions, time permitting...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
SRK Fan Rina Golan's Casting Couch Truth
Here's an interesting interview with Rina Golan, a Shahrukh Khan fan from Israel who has written a book 'Dear Mister Bollywood'. This book is making news in Bombay these days as Rina has made Casting Couch allegations on some senior Bollywood biggies.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Sonu Sood, Vinod Khanna in Dabanng 2, Aishwarya's God Bharaai
As is well known by now, Dabanng 2 shooting will start in March 2012 and it will release on Christmas 2012. Arbaaz Khan is the producer director of the film. Apart from Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha, Arbaaz Khan, Vinod Khanna and Sonu Sood (he died in Dabanng) are also part of the starcast. Talks are on with Prakash Raj as well for a role in the film. The script is being penned by Dilip Shukla who was the co-writer (along with Abhinav Kashyap) of Dabangg. Music is by Sajid Wajid.
The God Bharaai ceremony of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan happened at their bungalow Jalsa in Bombay today. Raveena Tandon, Karan Johar, Sonam Kapoor, Saira Bano, Poonam Sinha, Twinkle Khanna, Manyata Dutt, Hansika Motwani were a few of the guests who came.
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The God Bharaai ceremony of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan happened at their bungalow Jalsa in Bombay today. Raveena Tandon, Karan Johar, Sonam Kapoor, Saira Bano, Poonam Sinha, Twinkle Khanna, Manyata Dutt, Hansika Motwani were a few of the guests who came.
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