SRK on Recieving the Datukship

Shah Rukh Khan was in Malaysia on Saturday. He was conferred a Datukship, the country’s equivalent of a knighthood.
The actor is among 78 people to get the award in conjunction with the governor’s 70th birthday, alongside the country’s navy chief, academics, artists and journalists.
Special bond
The Datuk was given to SRK as he has helped promote [...]

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4 Temptations Concerts Cancelled

This has been issued in Public Interest
Red Chillies International Limited, today announces with great regret that they will be unable to facilitate the three city tour of the show “Temptation Reloaded 2008” with the proposed starring of Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan and other superstars in Germany . This is due to the breach of contract [...]

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SRK To Vacation With Family

After the completion of his forthcoming venture Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Shah Rukh Khan plans to take a long break. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is Aditya Chopra third directorial venture and is slated for a December 12 release. The actor has already postponed the release of his Billoo Barber to next year now.
Shah [...]

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The Power of Bollywood

Bollywood is a force for good in India, gently softening the values of a conservative nation.
The financial size of the Indian film industry is $2.5 billion, puny compared to America’s $40 billion. But Bollywood doubles in size every five years and its cultural influence is greater than its numbers.
Ticket sales in Bollywood represent only 0.7 [...]

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The New Generation of Movie Posters

This is what it eventually comes to. When Om Shanti Om was released, some of the posters looked like they had been painted in the old style. But the producers were taking no chances with the likenesses of Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone. The posters were generated by a computer programme. This meant that [...]

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SRK’s Dubai Villa to Replicate Mannat

Sources say the superstar’s wife Gauri Khan has already started doing up his Signature Villa at Jumeirah on the lines of their bungalow in Bandra
While Shah Rukh Khan is already the proud owner of a 58 million dirham Signature Villa on the Palm Islands at Jumeirah in Dubai, he has acquired yet another apartment in [...]

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Punjabs & Muslims in Hindi Cinema

Bollywood has always been dominated by either Muslims or Punjabis, the so called minorities in India. It is the Khans, Kapoors, Chopras or Roshans who rule the Hindi film industry. There is hardly any Hindi movie which does not have a glint of Punjab either as a producer, director, dialogue-writer or a hero. If nothing [...]

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Bollywood’s Shooting Stars

It’s a force that powerfully pervades our lives, rivets our collective imagination and subtly yet surely influences how we dress, talk, the way we love – even think. And, just below the surface of Bollywood’s seemingly monolith structure, made up of so many powerful people, is a definite pecking order. DNA After Hours delved deep [...]

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SRK’s Old Producer Passes Away

Veteran filmmaker and owner of Minerva cinema, FC Mehra, passed away on July 29 at Bhatia Hospital, Mumbai. He was 85.
Mehra had a massive heart attack and was admitted to the hospital, where he breathed his last at 11.30 pm IST. His funeral was held in the morning on July 30.
Mehra produced more than 17 [...]

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Aamir or Shahrukh: Top Brand

Amir Khan, clearly, has emerged as the biggest brand in the film industry today. Although his popularity has been consistent over the last two decades, his recent work behind the camera and the quality of films produced under his banner — Lagaan, Taare Zameen Par and Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na — have made him [...]

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