Three Khans in a row, What more could Katrina Kaif ask for?
Katrina Kaif is all set to romance her ex’s rival, Shahrukh khan. The actress recently shot for Salman’s Ek Tha Tiger and now, she has moved on to the King Khan.
Shahrukh’s movie will be directed by Yash Chopra, who will be directing films after eight long years. Yash Chopra’s son, Uday Chopra tweeted,
“Launching my dad’s film today with a little pooja at YRF… shoot starts tomorrow with @ iamsrk and Katrina Kaif.. Dad directing after Veer- Zaara.”
The film goes on floors today, i.e. Monday. The yet to be titled flick will be shot in London, Thailand and India and is said to be a pure epic love story. Music of the film by A R Rahman and lyrics by Gulzar.
Anushka Sharma also plays a pivotal role in the film.
Whats more interesting is that Katrina will then move on to Aamir khan, to shoot Dhoom 3, post shooting with SRK.
Don 2 soaring high…..
Its a collection of $3.3 million in the United States for Shahrukh Khan’s Don 2. The film is now the highest grossing Bollywood movie in North America, beating Hrithik’s ZNMD, which was at $3 Million mark.
We are also aware that Don2 is the first film to have the biggest opening week in North America, collecting $2.64 million.
In the UK, Don 2 is the 5th highest grossing flick to cross the £1 million mark in the opening weekend.
In India, Don2 closes at Rs 100 crore.
Well, the most interesting part is that director Farhan Akhtar walks away with loads of praises for two biggies at the international box office for 2011, with Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara being one and Don2 being the second.
Salman Khan may be ruling the Indian Bollywood industry. But SRK is the King, world wide. Agree with me?
Don 2 at the box office!
Ever since Shahrukh Khan’s latest flick Don 2 hit theaters, one question that has raised up quite a few times is that will the movie make it to the Rs. 100 crore club.
Well, the collections currently are around Rs. 94 crore. The first weeks collection saw a sum of Rs. 75 crore adding Rs. 19 crore in its second week. However, Don 2 is sure to reach the 100 crore mark by end of this week, says trade pundits.
Have you watched Don2? What do you think about the movie?
Shahrukh Khan’s soccer match with daughter on New Year eve!
While most Bollywood stars were partying really hard on the eve of new year, guess what the baadshah of Bollywood was doing? Well, Shahrukh Khan brought in 2012 by playing a match of soccer with his daughter Suhana.
“A different bringing in the new year..near midnite soccer with my daughter…she is leading 2 to 1. Lemme show her the stuff I am made up of,” Shah Rukh wrote on Twitter.
The actor is currently in Dubai, holidaying with wife and children.
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.
Salman keeping a tab on Don 2 collections!
If buzz is to be believed, Salman Khan is said to be keeping a close look on the collections of his rival Shahrukh Khan’s latest released film, Don 2. Buzz also had it once that, Aamir Khan did the same thing for Ra.One.
A source informed, “Salman was keeping an account of the collections of Don 2 ever since it hit the theatres on December 23. Distributors were calling him up every hour to keep him updated on the latest collections.”
“Salman was even taking down notes. After he had evaluated the weekend collections of the film, Salman was heard telling his friends how it was important not to waste money on film promotions,” added the source.
Well, what does Salman Khan have to say about Don2?
Say’s a source, “He kept a poker straight face. We couldn’t guess how he felt,” said the source.
Don 2 at the box office!
As reported earlier, Shah Rukh Khan’s much awaited action thriller “Don 2: The King Is Back” has opened to an awesome collection of over Rs.48 crore.
Thanking his fans for making the film a hit, director Farhan Akthar writes, “Thank you all.. our film has taken a super start and your support has everything to do with it… Thanks for the incredible feedback on the film. We’re glad to have entertained you… Do keep it coming…,”
The film was shot in exotic locations in Malaysia and Germany and was made on a budget of about Rs.75 crore. Earning around Rs.15.30 crore on Friday, Rs.15.09 crore on Saturday and approximately Rs.18 crore Sunday, making a grand total of Rs.48.39 crore, the film is on it’s way to become a hit.
“We are very happy with the response that the film has got so far in domestic as well as international markets. It has had a record opening on a non-holiday Friday and the word of mouth response is also good,” Reliance Entertainment CEO Sanjeev Lamba said.
Did you watch the film?
‘Don2′ opening day collection beats ‘Bodyguard’s’ first day collection!
“Don 2 – The King is Back”, Shahrukh Khan’s latest flick which released on last Friday, has opened to a very good response at box office. On the opening day itself, the film earned a collection of Rs.15.3 crore, making it the highest first day collection, keeping in mind Friday being a working day.
Don 2 is a sequel to Farhan Akhtar’s 2006 “Don” and it is a remake of the 1978 Amitabh Bachchan starrer of the same name.
The film released at 3105 screens including 550 3D screens.
At the overseas markets, the film earned an approx of US$82,000 on Friday making it the highest single day gross for a Hindi film in Australia. Don 2 has broken the records of Salman’s “Bodyguard” which earned around US$74,000 on its first day.
In North America, Don 2 saw a total collection of $550,000, again beating the collection of “My Name is Khan” which earned a gross of $445,000 on its opening day.
The film stars Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani, Kunal Kapoor and Lara Dutta.
Will Salman ever follow SRK’s way?
If rumors are to be believed, the makers of Ek Tha Tiger, starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif in the lead, are planning on converting the film from 2D to 3D. 3D version being the latest fasination in Bollywood, many of the studios have appraoched Aditya Chopra and Kabir Khan to shift their latest from 2D.
However, Salman Khan on hearing this, immediately gave a firm NO. Well, we know the reason for his NO. Apparently, SRK’s Ra.One and Don 2 are in 3D version and so Salman is not keen on being the formers follower.
Says a unit member from the sets of the film, “Director Kabir Khan was the first to dismiss making Ek Tha Tiger in 3D. And his decision was strongly supported by Salman, who categorically stated, ‘I don’t believe in herd mentality. The film will not have a cutting edge
And the fourth annual Golden Kela award goes to…
OMG! This is specially for all the SRK and Salman fans. We have some real bad news for you. Well, 2011′s much hyped films ‘Ra.One’, ‘Ready’ and ‘Bodyguard’ are said to be in the race for the worst film trophy at the fourth annual Golden Kela awards.
This award is purely based on the audience poll and is given to the best of the worst in Bollywood. Cyrus Broacha hosts the award ceremony.
Other films in this list are ‘Mausam’, ‘Singham’ and F.A.L.T.U.
The nomination in the worst actor (males) category goes to Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt’s for ‘Rascals’, Emraan Hashmi (Murder 2), Ranveer Singh (Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl) and Imran Khan (Mere Brother Ki Dulhan).
The nomination in the worst actor (females) category goes to Kangna Ranaut for ‘Tanu Weds Manu’, ‘Rascals’ and ‘Miley Na Miley Hum’, Sonam Kapoor (Mausam), Deepika Padukone (Aarakshan) and Nargis Fakhri for her debut in ‘Rockstar’.
The nomination in the worst actor supporting actors are Pratiek (Dum Maaro Dum) and (Aarakshan), Tom Wu (Ra.One) and the cast of Pyar Ka Punchnama.
The nomination in the worst director list include Roshan Abbas (Always Kabhi Kabhi), Rohan Sippy (Dum Maaro Dum), Anubhav Sinha (Ra.One), Anees Bazmee (Thank You and Ready) and Puri Jagannadh for Amitabh Bachchan starrer (Bbuddha Hoga Tera Baap).
Don 2 – Movie Review
How ironic but, everyone in India has been chewing on Ra.One and Shahrukh Khan ever since it hit the screens in October, and most people even wrote Shahrukh Khan off saying that he’s reaching the twilight of his stardom. But tell you what, “The king is back” – and this time he looks unstoppable. Don 2, Farhan Akhtar’s sequel to his own remake of Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘Don’ has the “Baadshah of Bollywood” back in the shoes of the “Bad Guy” – remember it was his performances in negative roles during the early part of his career that got everybody to notice Shahrukh. 5 years after his outing as Don, SRK is back with a bang, once again!
If one remembers well, when Don came out five years ago, it didn’t open to such a good response although it eventually ended up being a hit. Enacting a legendary character that was made so popular by the Big B and trying to remake the very popular original were huge risks. Farhan Akhtar though, added his own mark and style with a super twist in the climax to the original and SRK did the rest. So, Farhan had to make sure that the sequel also carries forward the style and the twists. One has to agree that Farhan Akhtar has pulled it off!
The story of Don 2 starts with where the first part ends, with Don narrating his story of how he’s become the king of the Asian drug market. Now Don has his eyes set on the European market but, the European drug lords do not want Don’s domination over them and try to have him killed. Don escapes the attempt, and devises his own plan to get rid of the European bosses. Farhan Akhtar made sure that the story had all the twists and thrills of a thriller on the lines of MI, Bourne and Bond. The film is a perfect thriller, and the audience are sure to have a blast.
If Shahrukh Khan is the one responsible for pulling you to the theatres, believe me, you are not going to be disappointed. He is a pure joy to watch on the screen. He just gets into the skin of the character and carries of all the various looks in the film with extreme finesse. His one liners, the way he walks, talks and laughs as Don – simply brilliant. Shahrukh exudes such panache while playing the bad guy that he makes us feel it is in fact good to be bad. Not only Sharukh Khan’s fans are in for a treat but, movie going audience are just going to love what this charismatic Supertsar is going to offer.
Priyanka Chopra does not have a big role to play but she does her bit well. The same goes to Lara Dutta but she does her bit decently. Boman Irani is back as Vardhan, and as always he delivers a brilliant performance. Om Puri is retained as Malik, but the veteran does not have a lot of scope for performance. Kunal Kapoor is alright. Hrithik Roshan makes a guest appearance, and I would not want to reveal as to why he comes, because that would be a spoiler. His tango with Priyanka Chopra is good.
The film belongs to Farhan Akhtar as much as it does to Shahrukh Khan. Farhan, who is also the writer of the film has done yet another marvellous job. His dialogues are simple yet cheesy and are sure going to tickle your funny bone. The first half sets the pace for the film and the second half just kicks off from there. Music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy is alright, although there is only one song in the film. This was to make sure that there were no hindrances in the screenplay. Action sequences have been very stylishly choreographed. The camera work is fabulous and the editing is crisp. As is the case with all Farhan Akhtar’s films, the production values are outstanding.
This Christmas weekend, movie loving junta are sure to have a blast, thanks to Don 2 . “The King is Back”! Go for it.
Review by Sriram Boyanapally
SRK in legal soup for dancing with ‘skimpily clad’ girls!
Shahrukh Khan gets himself into trouble after he was caught dancing with with ‘skimpily clad’ girls, at a function in Kerala.
As per reports, the Kerala police has registered a case against the actor, according to the (Prohibition) Act 1986, for Indecent Representation of Women.
According to news, Shahrukh was in Kerala earlier this month, for the inauguration of a showroom. It was then when the actor danced to the popular number ‘Chamak Challo’, along with some skimpily clad dancers.
Police said the cases have been registered against Shahrukh Khan and partners of a textile showroom, who organised the function, under sect 3, 6 of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) act 1986 and under IPC sections 294 (obscene acts and songs), and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).
