Signaling the end of the bitter war that ensued between Shah Rukh Khan and yesteryear actor Manoj Kumar with the release of Om Shanti Om in 2007, Shah Rukh visited Manoj recently and spent nearly four hours with him.
He shared some light moments with Manoj’s grandchildren too. Shah Rukh also went to enquire after the health of Manoj’s ailing mother-in-law, Savita Devi, who is SRK’s late mother’s good friend.
Says Manoj, “Look, there wasn’t ever an epic war between us that we wouldn’t meet again. He made a mistake and apologised for it. My 94-year-old mother-in-law had to be recently operated upon, and Shah Rukh wanted to meet her. My mother-in-law used to make khakras for Gandhiji. She is a former MP from Congress and Shah Rukh’s mother was a social worker, that’s how they met.”
Ask him more about the visit and Manoj continues, “Shah Rukh asked me why I was not making films anymore. I asked him what his problem was if I don’t make any and just rest at home. We joked about it. It was nice to meet him, I hardly interact with present day stars. I’ve just spoken to Aamir Khan over phone. And imagine, I haven’t met Salman since the last 19 years, despite his father, Salim Khan, being one of my closest friends.”
Less than a year in Bollywood and with just two releases, one a blockbuster and the other a good hit, and projects with almost all the top stars coming up, what more could the hottest newcomer have asked for? So, let us end the suspense, we are obviously talking about Deepika Padukone and her two releases OM SHANTI OM with Shah Rukh Khan and BACHNA AE HASEENO with the teenage heartthrob, Ranbir Kapoor.
Farah Khan's body of work continues to find global followers. Come 22nd October and The Mayfair Media Club, London, would be hosting a reception to celebrate her award winning career as a Film Director and Choreographer. The event would be held at The May Fair Hotel, London.
Industry sources say, Khan’s popularity has soared after his association with Kolkata Knight Riders, with many Kolkata-based brands looking beyond Sourav Ganguly, tagged ‘maharaja’ of Bengal, and pursuing the ‘baadshah’ Khan’s endorsements instead.
Aamir Khan may be the only well-known actor who was conspicuous by his absence in the number All Cool Boys from Om Shanti Om. But dahlings, even Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapur were nowhere to be seen. And that’s quite surprising since Kareena has been dying to work with SRK for a really long time.
The premiere of Hindi blockbuster "Om Shanti Om" was one of the most popular events of the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, which concludes here tonight with the awarding of the golden and silver bears for the best films in the competition section.
The D-Day has come and how! Very much to the expected anticipation, the ace director cum choreographer, Farah Khan, gave birth to triplets today at Jaslok hospital in Mumbai, at 9.45 am IST.
Now that Kuselan, Rajinikanth's quickie before his Robot, is all set to take off, the gossip mongers are working overtime. Each day some new incredible rumour starts making the rounds.
Meanwhile, Farah Khan we heard has got herself admitted at the Jaslok hospital. No her due date is still far, but she wants to escape the trouble of driving down everyday from the suburbs to town to her hospital.
This could turn out to be the love story of 2008. 'Mr Sixer' Yuvraj Singh is dating Bollywood's latest heartthrob Deepika Padukone, sources close to the families say. The sources, however, scotched media reports that the model-turned-actress had been invited to Australia by the cricketer, currently on tour Down Under.
