First Look: My Name Is KHAN

Hold your breath folks !!! Coz you have just seen a glimpse of a cyclone.

A cyclone in waiting to shatter away everything in its way.

A cyclone that will rewrite history.

A cyclone that will rip apart all notions.

A cyclone that is 'In Your Face' flick.

A cyclone that stars THE KING.

A cyclone called 'MY NAME IS KHAN'.

My Name Is Khan stars the unbeatable Jodi of King Khan and Kajol. It is being directed by Karan Johar. It has been purchased by Fox Studios (the same studios which distributed Slumdog Millionaire worldwide) for an astounding 98 crores - the highest ever in the history of Indian Cinema.

Fox plans to release My Name Is Khan at an earth shattering 18000 screens worldwide. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince released at 15900 screens. The reason being that they are happy with the way it has shaped up and to add to it, the mesmerizing presence of THE KING.

My Name Is Khan is slated to release on 22 January 2010, targeting the Republic Day week.

The tremors of My Name Is Khan have already been felt. Rakesh Roshan's Kites which stars Hrithik Roshan and Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots starring Aamir Khan have postponed their respective films. Both of which were initially scheduled to release of 15th and 22nd January respectively.

The wait for My Name Is Khan begins..........

BAAZIGAR: The Reason Why I Became A Hardcore SRK Fan

I still remember vividly that we had gone to our relatives' place in Al-Khobar in Saudi Arabia. It was drizzling outside and I was insisting that I go outside and play football along with my brother and cousins. But my uncle was reluctant as he thought that we would fall ill if we played in the rain.

'Instead of football, we will all watch a movie', said my uncle.

'Which movie?', I quickly retorted.

'Baazigar, its a new actors' movie', he replied.

Back then I only liked watching action movies of Sunny Deol or Sanjay Dutt. I was contented when my uncle told me that it was also an action movie, which starred 'some new actor'.

He put in the video cassette (there were no CDs at that time) and we all sat watching the movie. Initially I was not lliking the movie nor was I liking the 'new actor'.



For the uninformed, the coin which the 'new actor' tosses in the beginning of the movie is the now extinct Rs. 10 denomination coin. It was in this scene that I came to know that the name of the 'new actor' was actually Shah Rukh Khan.

Slowly I began getting engrossed in the movie. I specially enjoyed the go kart race part in the movie. But the best part was when after the race, SRK removes his helmet and walks over to Madan Chopra. I still remember wetting my hairs with water and trying to shake my head just like SRK did in the movie.



Then followed the now legendary dialogue:
'Kabhi kabhi kuch jeetne ke liye kuch haarna padta hai,
Aur haar kar jeetne waale ko,
BAAZIAGAR kehte hai'

Then comes one of my all time fav songs: Baazigar O Baazigar. I still remember telling my uncle to rewind the song once again after it was played and slowly the horse riding SRK began etching his place in my head. The best part of the songs was when SRK emerges from the water blowing his trumpet.

The movie then progressed very interestingly with a bit of action and comedy thrown in. Then comes the song Ae Mere Humsafar. At that point of time, I hated that song but now it is one of my fav songs and I don't need to tell you why?????

Then comes the 'HIGHLIGHT' of the movie;
'Main tumhe azaad kar raha hoon,
Mujhe maaf kar dena'



This scene hit me like a thunderbolt. I was like Fu#$ing hell!!! How could he throw a woman he loved from the top of a building like a toy. But then he was a man seething in the rage of revenge.

Another scene that stayed with me was the way he changed his eye lenses. Till that time I was totally oblivious to the fact that it could actually be done that way.

The movie then proceeds again with a fast pace and you are totally into the movie as it unfolds. It in now that it is actually shown why SRK is out to ruin the world of Madan Chopra and now you begin to empathize with Vicky Malhotra aka SRK aka King Khan. The movie then leads you to the engagement of SRK and Kajol and the heart wrenching song 'Chupaana bhi nahin aata'.

This song is followed by the out of the world murder of Shilpa Shetty's friend by the ever mesmerizing SRK and the way he chews the photo which could lead to him getting implicated in Shilpa Shetty's murder is a masterpiece.



It is when Madan Chopra decides to make SRK the attorney of his company that the film starts gearing up for a dramatic climax. Kajol decides to pursue the killer of her sister with the help of Inspector Karan and this makes SRK uncomfortable. Beacuse he has begun lovng Kajol and fears that if the truth comes out in the open, he would lose her.

The song 'Yeh kaali kaali aankhen' is the last song of the movie and as they say 'All is well that ends well'. This song wraps up the amazing melodious music score of Baazigar. Specially the typical jeans that SRK wears in this song always stays with me.



But as in a typical masala hindi movie, Kajol and Madan Chopra both come to know the truth about SRK and it is when the the entire hell breaks lose. The climax is SRK's show all the way. The performance he puts in the climax could be easily the best performance ever. The way SRK laughs when he is pierced by the rod by Madan Chopra simply begs an explanation from all your senses.



The ways SRK rushes to his mom after killing Madan Chopra is superb. The way he lies in Rakhee's lap and the performance and the dialogue delivery is simply uncomparable.

'Ab main jee bhar ke sona chahta hoon, Maa'. This dialogue brings a lump in your throat. And the song that plays in the background after SRK dies;

'Mujhko galat naa samajhna,
Main nahin badal awara,
Dil ki deewaron pe maine,
Naam likha hai tumhara.

Tere pyar pe kurbaan,
Mera dil meri jaan,
Tujhe lag jaaye meri ..........'

If you want a proper defination of a POWERHOUSE PERFORMANCE, then it is of SHAH RUKH KHAN in BAAZIGAR.

Book Review: King Of Bollywood

Three days ago I started reading this book on one of the personalities to whom the word 'SUCCESS' can actually be attributed to.

Shah Rukh Khan or King Khan as he is more famously known as is the 'BIGGEST SUPERSTAR' in the exploding $1.5 billion Bollywood industry. The face of a glittering new India, he is an international phenomenon who generates Beatlemania-like hysteria at appearances around the world. Now his legendary success story is brought to life.

This engrossing book reveals how King Khan, a middle class boy from Delhi, broke into insular, nepotistic world of Bombay show business and became a sensation. His larger-than-life tale takes us through colorful and idiosyncratic Bollywood, where fantastic dreams and outrageous obsessions share the spotlight with extortion, murder and corruption.

Written by internationally renowned film critic Anupama Chopra, this definitive volume combines her knowledge of Bollywood with firsthand interviews for a unique insider's look at this billion-dollar movie industry-one that helped to change the face of India.

Some interesting excerpts from the book:
Excerpt 1:
He and his friend were standing near Juhu under a tin shed that was leaking with water as it was raining heavily at that point of time. Shah Rukh was completely drenched. It had only been 10 days since he came to Mumbai and nothing was going his way and he was almost broke.

His friend asked him to come inside the shade but Shah Rukh declined the offer and stood there completely drenched. He looked at the horizon of the Juhu beach and spoke his historical sentence;
'ONE DAY I WILL RULE BOMBAY'

Excerpt 2:
DDLJ became Bollywood's Energizer Bunny-it kept going on and on and on. The film took a life of its own and stayed on the Big Screen and still contunues to run at Maratha Mandir in Mumbai.

DDLJ set up a new heroic prototype. Raj replaced Vijay; Amitabh's Angry Young Man image was buried and gone.

Excerpt 3:
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai broke even DDLJ's record, grossing over $7 million worldwide. It hit the UK's top-ten charts at number nine. In South Africa, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai raked in more money than Titanic.

Excerpt 4:
'You see, Amitabh Bachchan has retired, Dilip Saab is very old and after that I can only see one person and that is me-Shah Rukh Khan', he said. Shah Rukh always knew that one day he would rule the city.

Do You Still Think The Word 'IMPOSSIBLE' Exists ?????

1) The first pic depicts King Khan with his friends at Hansraj College. None of his friends at that time must have thought that King Khan would one day become the World's Most Powerful Movie Star.

2) The second pic depicts Barack Obama at his Grand Mother's place. Even Barack Obama at that point of time might never have thought that he would graduate from the ordinary chair that he is sitting on to the chair of the World's Most Powerful Man.

A Power Called SHAH RUKH KHAN

With the current market slump and the sensex trading at below 8000 points, there are many comapnies that are feeling the heat of the situation. ICICI Bank is one of them. With numerous rumours floating about the closure of the ICICI Bank, just like the Lehmann Brothers, the top honchos at ICICI had a lot of explaining to do, but to no avail. With all these rumours floating, the share price of ICICI was continously plummeting.

The top management at ICICI was at a loss to fathom the ways and means to control this slump. It was then that they realised that they had an awesome weapon who could single handedly dilute or even stop these rumours. And that weapon was none other than their own brand ambassador-'The SHAH RUKH KHAN'.

It is popularly being said that in India only two things sell; Reliance and Shah Rukh Khan. And ICICI had one of them. They quickly shot off a feeler to SRK, wanting him to shoot a new ad with them in order to counter these rumours as they knew that 'what SRK says, India believes'.

SRK who is known to be very loyal to his friends responded to the feeler positively and shot for the ad inspite of being in the middle of a heavily packed schedule. He has Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi which is scheduled to hit the screens worldwide on 12th December 2008 and his home production Billoo Barber, which would release sometime in February 2009.

The ad has not yet been released on television but the ICICI are planning to launch a huge drive to promote this ad, which in marketing language is called Rapid Skimming. It was because the ICICI realised that if there was someone who could bail them out of this crisis, then it had to be SRK.

So all the Paper Tigers out there. Just stop even thinking that you could ever match SRK's popularity and his power to sell a brand.

Just by making a film which has the word KINNG(with a spelling mistake) does'nt mean that you can actually try to hijack the synonym KING-that is exclusively used for KING KHAN.

KING KHAN RULES!!!!!

Why Shah Rukh Khan is India's Biggest Superstar Ever ?

Because he is the only Indian who can stop traffic in Berlin.

Because with a forthcoming television show (Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tez Hai), an IPL cricket team (Kolkata Knight Riders), a thriving production house(Red Chillies) , and two of last year’s biggest hits—Chak De! India and Om Shanti Om—under his belt, he is everywhere at once.

Because when he sprouted a six pack, Indian men hit the treadmill with a vengeance.

Because the day when his film hits the theatres is no less than a festival in India.

Because the word KING is synonymous with his name- King Khan.

Because very few people doubted him when he said,' I will destroy Saawariya.'

Because his friends cut across several alpha people groups, whether it is Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani or Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi.

Because every Indian is privy to everything about him, including how much time he spends in the bathroom.

Because in one song of Om Shanti Om, he hosted almost the entire industry including his famed rivals, the Bachchans.

Because his work ethic is matched only by his endless energy.

Because he is not content with just being a movie star.

Because anything that is associated with SRK sells like hot cakes.

Because he is the highest paid actor of India.

Because only he had the guts to stand by Shoaib Akhtar when everybody else deserted him.

Some rare known trivia about him:-

Is Obsessive About: Installing a biometric security system in his already fortress-like home.
Biggest Discovery: “That glass is a liquid, because a window pane is thicker at the bottom and thinner at the top.”
Word He Says Most: Inshaallah.
Currently Reading: The fine print in the IPL prospectus. When he tires of reading it in bed, he switches to re-reading Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead.
Loves To Hang Out With: His 10-year-old son Aryan and his friends, in his den at Mannat.