Shah Rukh Khan MNIK posters torn in Nagpur, Mannat gets protection!!

Shah Rukh Khan, who had advocated the inclusion of Pakistani players in Indian Premier League (IPL) matches and invited the ire of Shiv Sena in Mumbai, seems to be getting in deeper trouble with the posters of his upcoming flick ‘My Name Is Khan’(opposite Kajol and directed by Karan Johar) being torn in Nagpur.

Even in Kolhapur, which has been relatively peaceful of late, a group of Sainiks went on rampage and garlanded the effigy of King Khan with shoes and chappals.

Reports from Thane district say that the activists of Shiv Sena had left a letter calling the badsahah of bollywood a ‘traitor’ for his views on Pakistani players taking part in the upcoming cricket matches.

In Mumbai, too, the activists from Sena held a demonstration outside Shah Rukh Khan’s house ‘Mannat’ but police bandobast was good and no harm done at the venue. Now, the Maharashtra Government’s home minister Mr. RR Patil has warned the agitating political party of dire consequences if they tried to take law into their hands or disturbed the screening of upcoming flick ‘My Name Is Khan’. 

The latest warning from the Government of Maharashtra is said to have come against Sena after its activists shouted slogans outside ‘Mannat’ asking the Bollywood icon to leave India and go to Pakistan, if he liked that place so much even after the Pak terrorists had attacked Mumbai.

Sources close to Govt say that Police started taking strict measures against the Sainiks only after the central government asked the State Government reports about the security and safety of Shah Rukh Khan and his family.

The police arrested around fifty two activists from outside of Mannat, Shah Rukh Khan’s bungalow in Bandra, after they shouted slogans and violated prohibitory orders enforced by the police. However, they are likely to get bail the same day or next day as the offence is bailable.

Shah Rukh Khan is currently out of the country and doing his promotional campaign for the upcoming flick ‘My Name Is Khan’, which is due for release on February 12. The film has been sold for around Rs 100 crore and any disturbance in its release may lead to huge loss for the producer Karan Johar and others related to film.

Meanwhile, the multiplex owners are facing dilemma and are unable to decide how to deal with the problem of Shiv Sena opposition to ‘My Name Is Khan’. Though it would be a huge loss for them if they do not screen the film on its first day but the rampaging Sainiks could create mayhem at theatres, which may cause huge losses for them. It is unlikely that they will go for screening if the issue is not resolved by then. However, they are keeping their fingers crossed and hoping for the best in the matter of ‘My Name Is Khan’.

SAMIKSHA

Shiv Sena calls Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan ‘2 Idiots’

Bollywood superstars Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan are under attack from Shiv Sena which has labeled the duo as “2 Idiots”.

First it was SRK who was under heat for supporting the inclusion of Pakistani cricketers in the IPL, and now it’s Aamir.

On Friday, Aamir’s one comment infuriated the Sena, when he became vocal about the selection procedure of players in IPL and said that if he were to select players he would do so only on the basis of their performance and not nationality.

The party’s Hindi mouthpiece ‘Dopahar Ka Saamna’ said in a statement: “In real life, Aamir and Shah Rukh have been proved as ‘2 Idiots’ as both are making stupid statements supporting the cause of Pakistani cricketers.”

The party’s MP Sanjay Raut even said about Shahrukh that if the actor was so keen on them (Pak players), “he could go play his matches in Lahore, not in India.”

Meanwhile, on Sunday, the Sena activists took a morcha to SRK’s residence Mannat. The vibhag pramukhs of Sena have also written to theatres owners in Mumbai, telling them not to screen Khan’s upcoming movie My Name Is Khan which releases on February 12.

Karan Johar wants to work with Aamir Khan

Though it's well known that Karan Johar loves to work with Shahrukh in his films, but the celebrity filmmaker is not averse to the idea of working with the other Khan, we mean Aamir Khan too.

Reportedly, in a recent interview the filmmaker admitted that he has huge respect for Aamir Khan's talent and would like to work with him some day.

Though there are no films in the pipeline with Aamir, but it seems KJO has no qualms working with the other Khans as well.

The filmmaker is also upset over the fact that none of his recent films brought him any award. In a candid admission the filmmaker said, "I am very touchy about awards and I am disappointed that none of my films won any award despite being critically acclaimed."

Aishwarya Rai To Woo Hearts With ‘Laawaris’ Number

It is a rare case now to see Aishwariya Rai sizziling out on screens often but finally she has decided to make a comeback to show her jalwa at an oldie hit number 'Apni to jaise taise, thodi aise ya waise' from her father-in-law, Amitabh Bachchan's ‘Lawaris’.

Though she is hard admirer of her father-in-law but this is the first time she will be performing in his previous hit number.

Sajid Nadiadwala has brought the rights of the music to use it in one of his promotional track for his upcoming movie ‘Housefull’ starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif in the lead.

Sajid is excited to feature Aishwarya in this item number, source states, “Talks are currently on with Aishwarya and things should get finalised in a couple of days. Both the Sajids - Nadiadwala and Khan - loved the idea of using the song and bought the rights from the music company. Everyone knows it was a chartbuster in its heyday.”

But Sajid has different story to add, he states, “Yes, we have bought the rights of the song but Aishwarya Rai is not in our version. We can confirm names only when everything is finalised.” But the director Sajid Khan seems quite positive, he states, “I will neither confirm nor deny the news. We will be making an announcement at the right time.”

The song sequence is heard to be  shot in a grand scale with over 500 extras and about 200 dancers on a huge set at Filmcity, where Ashwariya will perform her jalwa after completing ‘Action Replay'. Consequently it will her third item number added to her following two hit numbers’ Ishq Kamina’ and ‘Kajra Re’ earlier.

RAKHI SAWANT

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