'My Name Is Khan' continues to shine at box office

In the absence of no big releases last Friday, My Name Is Khan continues to shine at the box office.

The movie’s Monday collection was of Rs 1.75 crore which takes its 11 day total to Rs 58.75 crore approx. The second week collection of ‘My Name Is Khan’ is likely to finish in the Rs 16-17 crore mark, taking its two-week total to Rs 62-63 crore.

Now, it’s expected that the lifetime business of MNIK should cross the Rs 70-75 crore mark in India. The movie is already a superhit in Bengal and Mysore region. But to become a nationwide superhit it has to get close to Rs 40 crore distributor share mark, which seems quite attainable if the movie continues a good run over this week.

However, last Friday’s releases Toh Baat Pakki and Click couldn’t warm up the box office. If ‘Click’ opened to a dull response of 10-15% occupancy, Tabu starrer ‘Toh Baat Pakki’ was a bit better with 15-20%.

This Friday there are two thrillers for you, the Amitabh Bachchan starrer Teen Patti and Deepika-Farhan’s Karthik Calling Karthik.


Aishwarya Rai boycotts award function

Aishwarya Rai is an angry young lady nowadays. And she isn’t in the mood to forget or forgive the tabloid that recently published a report of her having pregnancy problems because of stomach tuberculosis.

Now, the Bachchan bahu rani has boycott an award ceremony because the function is associated with the mother company of that same tabloid.

Main nahi nachhongi no matter how strong the lure of lucre. That’s the message Ash seems to be sending.

According to media reports, Ash has backed out of performing at the award function for which she was offered a staggering Rs 85 lakhs. This was the only event for which she had agreed to perform this year.

Ash is demanding an apology from the tabloid and her parivar is with her, supporting this decision. She has even mailed the tabloid about the slanderous report and asked for an apology but none has come from the tabloid till now.

Seen her beauty, now see her anger!


'My Name Is Khan' in German and Turkish

Gauging the stupendous run of Shahrukh Khan’s latest film My Name Is Khan worldwide, the film’s distributor Fox STAR Studios India has plans to dub the film in German and Turkish to reach a wider audience.

The movie, directed by Karan Johar and also starring Kajol, opened last week to a record breaking start for any Hindi movie at the box office abroad. Since the film’s subject strikes a resonance with Muslims the decision to dub it in Turkish has been taken. Moreover, the movie will also be released in Poland with Polish subtitles.

“In Germany, we want the film to go down much deeper to the German audience and that particular market prefers films to be dubbed. So that's why we are dubbing it in German and Turkish,” Vijay Singh, CEO of Fox STAR Studios India, is quoted as saying.

Singh also revealed the company’s plan to release ‘My Name Is Khan’ in 25 non-traditional markets throughout the world from March to June this year. In Germany it will release on 40 screens, the most for any Bollywood film so far. And in Poland, the subtitled version will release in March on 50 screens.

Well, the SRK magic seems to be working worldwide.


When Shahrukh Khan met Leonardo Dicaprio

Superstars bond in Berlin By ApunKaChoice Mon, Feb 22, 2010 12:56:48 GMT

One is the superstar of Hindi film industry while the other is the Hollywood heartthrob. Imagine what happened when they met, shook hands, struck up a conversation. Shahrukh Khan, Leonardo Dicaprio and Oscar winning director Martin Scorsese bonded well during the Berlin Film Festival recently.

“Leonardo, Martin and I spent some time together (at Berlinale)” SRK is quoted as saying in a media report.

To SRK’s surprise Scorsese remembered meeting him way back in 2002 at Cannes where SRK was with Aishwarya Rai and director Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Devdas.

Now, in the meeting at Berlinale, Scorsese expressed his wish to see ‘Devdas’.

“He (Scorsese) wants to watch Devdas and I've promised to send it to him. I'll do so right away,” SRK said.



Bipasha Basu just a call away for Ranbir Kapoor!

A platonic relation! By ApunKaChoice Tue, Feb 23, 2010 06:30:02 GMT

She is a friend in need and is a good listener who lends him constant support. Bipasha Basu is just a call away whenever Ranbir Kapoor needs to bare his heart.

But their friendship is not new; it started during the days of Bachna Ae Haseeno and has grown stronger ever since. A source tells a daily that whenever Ranbir wants to unwind or is looking for a quiet dine-out with a friend, he just calls up Bipasha.

The sexy lady of Bollywood is also a good friend of Ajay Devgan and together they get along like a house on fire. So what makes Bips so special as a friend, especially for male actors? Is it something that John Abraham needs to worry about?

Certainly not! John knows about it and has no problems, claim sources. Bips likes Ranbir and thinks he will be ‘No. 1’ someday.

Good friends never let you down!