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Take a look at the pics of Shah Rukh Khan and Bipasha Basu who were spotted in the capital for the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2011 yesterday.

Shah Rukh Khan knows that the cigarette is harmful and the actor is trying hard to quit the smoking but it seems he is unable to do so. Many times he has said in the past that he wants to get rid of this bad habit.

Recently he said, “I hate carrying cigarettes. I think it is the most sickening habit someone can have.” He also said that now a days he only smoke six-seven cigarettes a day.

SRK further said his daughter Suhana doesn’t like his smoking habit, “Today, when I was leaving home she (his daughter) wasn’t happy to see me carry a pack. But one needs time to give up a habit you have developed for so many years.”

Even when SRK was promoting Ra.One he said he is trying hard to give up smoking, the film also shows the ill effect of smoking. The actor has also requested youths to not do the smoking because it gives bad breath, declines stamina and takes a toll on the health of people using it.

Well! Now we should wait to see, if SRK will be able to quit this bad smoking habit of him.

Bollywood badshah Shah Rukh had a talk with reporters along with Priyanka Chopra. When he was asked about the rumour of his linked up with Priyanka, he says, “Ask the next question.” He further adds, “You asked if I would clarify (the rumour). I said no.”

Everyone knows that Priyanka has sung for a music video and SRK praised her a lot and said, “I am tone deaf and don’t understand music, but I’ve heard Priyanka and a part of what she’s done. She has a great voice and I believe she can be a huge international crossover.” The actor added, “And she should do films as well. I hope it leads to other girls and boys wanting to do the same thing.”

Further praising Priyanka, the actor said, “I think she is talented — she can act well, dance well and speak well. She is also a wonderful-looking multifaceted performer. I will be shocked if it (Priyanka’s cross-over success) doesn’t happen. However, she has to do it with ease and happiness.”

The actor added with smile, “I hope to (be in the video). I want to be paid well and don’t make me dance. I would like to shoot in places where you have good five-star hotels. I’ll come for a short while, and have all the girls around me dance while I just do two or three steps.”

Talking to Priyanka SRK said, “Please sing in English that I can understand. And don’t say motherf****r and all that.” Priyanka replied quickly, “Nothing on the music front is ready. We are still working on it. Whenever the team, label and I are happy, that’s when the single will come out.”

Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan has been featured on the cover of Hi! Blitz anniversary issue.

Though SRK’s RA.One did not do well on the large screen as it was expected but the actor has ordered five new BMW7 series sedans for gifting to those who helped him in making RA.One.

A source said, “Shah Rukh has decided to gift one of the five BMW to Anubhav Sinha. One car will go to Arjun Rampal. Since Rajinikanth flew down to Mumbai to shoot specially for his cameo in the film, he’ll get one car.”

“There are two more people on the gift list. However, no one is aware of SRK’s plans. The cars have already been booked with a local dealer. Once the delivery comes through, the gifts will be on their way,” added the source.

The source also talked about SRK’s expensive gifts which he has gifted to his friends in the past. The source said, “Shah Rukh has always been a generous friend. Earlier, he had gifted Farah Khan a Hyundai Terracan during the making of Main Hoon Na. He even gifted her a Mercedes during Om Shanti Om.”

On the other side RA.One’s director Anubhav Sinha has lost his phone and someone else is using his phone, pretending to be the filmmaker and chatting to the actors through his phone.

Anubhav Sinha is not happy with this situation, he said, “I was in LA for the screening of RA.One and I stayed back since I wanted a break. While visiting a friend’s place, I left my phone in the cab. After I returned to India, I was talking to this friend who told me that he had been chatting with me all this while. Which was impossible since I did not have my phone.”

“On Wednesday, Shah Rukh told me that he spoke to me on chat. I was shocked. I don’t know what to do about it now. I don’t know who the guy is. There are so many actors on my chat list. I just hope this person doesn’t do anything stupid using my name,” added the filmmaker.

Bollywood badshah Shah Rukh Khan had an interview with reporters. He talked about his stardom, personal life, films, why he dances in parties? how he handles many tasks at a time? Here is what the actor has to say about himself….

When talking about the flak KKR took in the initial IPL, you’d said that the team just needs to win for the sniping to stop – that “success has the quality that it eradicates all personal and impersonal attacks”. In your case, doesn’t the reverse hold true?

Haan yaar, yeh kuch kamaal hi ho gaya hai mere saath…

From a Shirish calling “Ra.One” a fizzled cracker to a Thackeray almost calling you a Pakistani loyalist, within a week – what did you do to trigger this?

Both unimportant… let me say something sincerely. I hope it doesn’t sound too rude. Successful people do things, and get over with it, and leave others to live their life off it. I DO them. And then I leave it to others to live their life off it.

It is so strange – if anyone takes my name, I have the ability to make them famous. Just by taking my name. And that’s God’s gift. My son asked me this the other day, 6 ‘o’ clock in the morning he called me, and asked me, Papa, people say things about you. Don’t you get angry? Don’t you want to beat them up?

And I said no, your father is gifted with this. That if you want to be famous, you take your dad’s name. And I said the only persons I don’t want to be famous by taking my name are you and your sister. Let the rest of the world do that. And I truly mean that. I hope that comes true. I endorse so many people free (laughs)!

But surely statements such as Thackeray’s must provoke you to respond?

Sometimes I don’t want to dignify things with answers. And it takes a huge amount of self-restraint, patience, control, and love for your own family, to keep quiet. And dignity, and perhaps the status that I have in the eyes of the people.

I was told by Amitji once – we were sitting backstage for a show – beta, jab stardom aati hai na, koi bhi aadmi aa kar tumko thappad mar kar chala jayega. Tum use kuch nahin keh sakte. Kyunki agar tumne kuch kaha, to tum ameer ho, gareeb pe apna dum daba rahe ho. Tumne sharab pi hui hai. Tum gundagardi kar rahe ho. Tum arrogant ho. Tum apne aap ko samjhte kya ho? He said these are the things they’ll say. You have to keep quiet, put on your blinkers, keep walking.

And that is why successful people finally become a little reclusive. It’s not the reclusion of loneliness; my reclusion is the reclusion of avoiding, of ignoring, of saying, let’s move on.

Hemaji told me something like this long ago, when I was new. Somebody wrote an article which said that I’d said that Hemaji was not a good director – while I’d said nothing like that, but you know how press mein aata hai… so I was very scared and I said, ma’am, I didn’t say anything like that. Hemaji told me see, this means, either I am very famous, or you are very famous. And my fame has sort of reduced now, so this means you’ve become famous, and now this will be part of your life.

The other night, I met her for the launch of her film, and she asked me – you remember na everything I said? And I said, yes, I remember everything.

So, yes, success makes people – people not related to you or to your field – like to take a dig at you. Sometimes I go to social networking sites for a while and I’m like, arre! Kaafi personal ho gaya!

Quite vicious, the online tenor can be, on a bad day.

Yes, very. But then, I’m like, this is maybe a small dusty man in a small dusty room, taking out his angst, his loneliness, by taking someone’s name, abusing him, and feeling happy that his achievement has been recorded. So then I feel I’m also a source of inspiration for them, even if in a strange, negative sense. God bless them.

There is no dearth of actors – stars, rather – who share your surname. But the “Nishan-e-Pakistan” sort of compliments are usually directed exclusively at you. Why’s that?

(Laughs) I know, I know what you mean. Maybe I’m too flamboyant. Maybe like my son, I don’t answer back enough…

But why are you a target of angst across the range – from the guy in the dusty room to irked political leaders?

I think I invoke radical passions in people – and that is why I am such a big star! I’ll walk out with you just now, and you’ll have men, women, of all nationalities, just hugging me. I think it is the same intensity on the other side, in those who don’t like my face. And I will choose to believe in the hugs more than the hatred.

Just like Hyundai uses me, as a professional, a lot of people use me unprofessionally. I’ve become a free-for-all brand. I hope they come out with a rule that they can’t use a person’s name without paying him for it!

And the most irritating part of it is one word – opinion. You ask someone, how could you say this about him? And the answer is – it’s an opinion. You’re a dog – that’s an opinion. You’re an actor – that’s also an opinion. You’re a Muslim – that’s an opinion. Anything can be twisted into an opinion. That’s not good.

Ek “Trimurti” mein line thi – kabhi picture mein shoot hi nahin kari woh! – mujhe badi achhi lagti thi: “Jisko dekho mera baap banna chahta
hai” (laughs). It’s a strange thing. Jisko dekho mera baap banna chahta hai. Lekin theek hai. God bless them. So long as my children don’t want to be my baap, it’s ok!

“RA.One’s” revenues have been the subject of much national debate the past week.

Yeah… right now, as we sit down and talk, it is supposed to be the highest grosser, as of five days. The business is different – number of theatres, screens, audience going in big numbers… so obviously the reactions are also larger, more volatile.

The projectionists have also become part of the reactions – and they like to make projections telling you that agle din business itna achha nahin hoga.

Everybody has become hugely associated with the tangibility of this business. It is unfortunate that it is so; a film should ideally be allowed to breathe, to reach people at its own pace. That was the old style. But if you release it in the new style, like we have, with 5,000 theatres, which is the American way of doing it – and the right way – because there are no longer Silver or Golden jubilees, there’s only a weekend or two of business. In the future, all big films will release in 5,000 theatres. In an earlier interview, you said that films and filmmakers are part of a strange art form which is only measured by the yardstick of commerce. And that dichotomy is one you have to live with… You have to live with it, yes, you have to. Earlier, the business of films was not discussed on every platform. Now, if I’m getting off the plane from LA, people come up to me and say, ‘Sir, congratulations, what big figures!’ Earlier they would come and say nice film, good role – now they talk about earnings.

The applause is mixed with the jingling of coins, you have to hear both together.

It doesn’t make me too happy. My heart doesn’t crunch numbers. But my business partners are happy – mazaa aa gaya reactions. I’m like, ok… I think a film should be measured differently also.

Is it the media’s obsession with you vs Salman that got translated into the almost hourly comparison of “RA.One” vs “Dabangg”?

I don’t think it’s just the media, honestly. I think there is a section of people related to the trade who also talk in these terms. A trade person or a producer, he’ll tell you it did well, but it didn’t quite do as well as that one, or better than that one on the second day, or whatever…

I feel conversations are not viable anymore; it’s just communication. And communication boils down to monosyllabic terms. Yes, no, ok, good, like, dislike, bye, 170 (crores). It is no longer ki kaisi lagi picture… Nobody converses. Reactions are like, wow, thumbs up, smiley.

New genres, new stories are like a new shoe for a day or two. And I’ve been in the business long enough to know ki yeh joota theek ho jayega. Now it’ll swerve to the opposite – these figures are unheard of, etc, etc. I would not like to participate in either of these discussions, Day 1, Day 2, week… the messages I get are like, ’7 crores on a Monday! Super duper!’ The first four days are just about communication, then it comes to conversation about a film.

Appreciating a film is like opening a wine… good wine needs a little breathing before you drink it.

On the point of commerce vs art: Wouldn’t you be remembered for a role like “Chak De” even if that wouldn’t be a movie that made a fraction of the money that “RA.One” is making?

No, I don’t think so, I don’t think that’s a case in point. I work for now. I don’t work for two things – I don’t work for posterity, and I don’t work for prosperity. Some people work for prosperity. I’ve worked for that. But now I am prosperous, I am ok. And I don’t work for posterity. Yaar main yeh kya nishaan chhod ke jaa raha hoon? Because posterity is not created by you; it’s created by talk, by cinema, by life itself. If you’re working for either of the two, you’re on a shaky wicket. I work for NOW. I want to be untouched by this whole tangibility factor.

I was speaking to Lady Gaga, I had this long interview with her, and she said some very nice things. I really appreciated it because when I say those things, I sound as if I am philosophizing too much. But she was saying the same thing. If finally someone were to give her a choice between giving up her money, her stardom, all that she’s earned, or give up singing, she’d choose not to give up singing. If someone were to give me the choice between giving up all my cars and my money and giving up acting, I’d say, yaar, acting karte rahenge, will let those go.

Maybe if you are as successful as I am today, you have that choice. Maybe that’s not a choice one has in the first two years of one’s career. But this is my reality today. I don’t work for the prosperity; yes, it happens along the way, Mashallah, it’s very good for the business. And I don’t think about posterity.
I will not think about posterity because I still haven’t ended; I think my posterity will be when I sit down and start watching my own films, which I still don’t do.

Never?

Never, yaar. I can’t watch my own films. I’ve kept that for old age – ki baith ke dekhoonga, kiya kyaa.

What is old age?

Old age, for me? The way I’m going, about 140. That’s what my friends say. I’m 46 now – so about a hundred to go!

Your dad was 50-something when he passed away. You’ve talked about thinking more of mortality, and of him, when you approach 50.

Yes, then I did. But now I don’t… because I am the healthiest I ever was right now. And I am also more relaxed. In a happier space as a person. To me it’s no longer about wanting to have my finger in every aspect of life, like I used to be maybe 15 years ago.

But ya, it is strange to think that my son today is as old as I was when my father died. I do get reminded of that, ya. Not necessarily about mortality…but it’s good to be reminded of that, too. Like Steve Jobs said, if you know finally you’re going to die, there seems to be no risk in anything you do in life. He said this when he had cancer. I think our fear of mortality stops us from living life to the fullest. I am living my dreams – how many people get a chance to do that?

Lady Gaga tweeted a picture with you and said ‘screw Hollywood!’ That must have made you happy!

Yeah! Actually all the reviews of my movie in Hollywood are like that. You should read the reviews in LA Times, New York Times… a journalist said to me, ‘It’s like we’ve been saying this for 8-10 years, suddenly, seeing “RA.One”, we’re telling Hollywood, dude, even technically they’re here now – and the cost is one-hundredth of your films.’ I think it’s a sign of the times, whether it’s Akon or Lady Gaga, they all want to come to India. In reverse, it took an Oscar for us to recognize the genius of a Resul.

As to Lady Gaga, she’s a sweet lady, really, really upfront, honest. I spent three hours chatting with her. It was fantastic. Simple, down-to-earth middle-class girl…

‘Simple’ and ‘middle-class’ are not the first words that come to mind when you speak of Lady Gaga… An image. An image that’s bordering on the bizarre. And it’s just an image. Amazingly intellectual. A philosopher. She is very clear. As a person, she is so deep, she knows the philosophy of the world, she ad verbatim knows the philosophers… It was a great learning experience – and I say that about very few people, more so those who are 25 years old.

She said a great thing to me. She said, an artiste’s personal life should not be discussed beyond a point, because it somehow blunts the art of the artiste. People start taking the art less seriously than the personality. She says my personality is me, my art is what you see – and they are two distinct, two clear thoughts. Seeing her on stage, you expect her to be this really wild, vivacious girl – she’s actually a calm, normal person who says her most interesting pastime is cooking food for her father whenever she’s in New York. Middle-class girl. She’s very clear – I just want to sing.

It was a fantastic learning experience for me, and it was also stuff that I completely believe in. Whatever I am out here is for the people – I’ll dance for you, I’ll do a “Chammak Challo”, I’ll wear a tight suit and fly if that makes you happy. But in my personal life, I’m a deeper person. So when you say silly things about me… I have to disassociate and say, these guys don’t even know me personally. So the comment is unfounded. This guy doesn’t even know me. I was flipping through an article and somebody had written, ‘This is the most expensive mid-life crisis of a person’. Why are you talking about my mid-life crisis? What do you know about my crisis? Or where I am? Talk about the film – that’s what you’re paid for. Review the film. Don’t review my personal life. I don’t sell my personal life to you. Talk about the actor, don’t talk about the person.

When you make a personal remark about me, without knowing me, I have to take it like that – it’s your own issues in life maybe, you’re just putting it upon me because iske paas yeh sab kyun hai, hamare paas kyun nahin. I guess it’s just that, finally.
Are you still an outsider in the system after all these years?

Well, if you look at it, I’m an outsider, which my son won’t be, so maybe he’ll have it easier… but it’s not that. I’m told that I may be coming across as rude. I’m not really very social.

Maybe it’s because I don’t bend. Maybe because even in the face of bad things, I’m smiling. It irks people sometimes. They’re like, saala, akele yeh sab kaise kar leta hai?

I do that because I sleep less, I work harder. Everyone finds a different reason for my success except the fact that I act. ‘Yeh marketing guru hai yaar’. ‘You know what, saale ki luck chal rahi hai’.

Luck chal rahi hai, for 20 years?

Haan, saala, bees saal se luck hi chal rahi hai! It’s ‘Arre wohi kare ja raha hai, love stories karta rehta hai’. ‘Gaane nikal jaate hain iske; gaane achhe mil jaate hain saale ko’. ‘You know what, Muslim audience bahut pyaar karti hai isko.’ ‘Overseas! Overseas ki wajah se itna chalta hai.’

They find strange reasons for my success. But the real reason is – early to bed, early to rise, work my a** off, and advertize. It’s as simple as that.

I am my one man walking talking team. I can handle 5-6 things at a time. I can handle a cricket team, I can handle production, I can set up a VFX studio, I can make the most expensive film in the country. I can still come and launch a kabaddi tournament in Bhatinda and deliver a speech at Adasia which everybody loved and still go back home and celebrate my birthday with my kids.

And I can play video games with them. And I’m not tired. And I’m everywhere.

But your being everywhere was a point of much talk in the run-up to “RA.One” – he’s on every show, everywhere…

And why not? An actor once told me – I won’t name him – ‘I don’t like dancing at weddings’. I said, and how often have you been invited to dance at weddings? The answer: ‘I’ll never do it’. I said, pehle chance toh mile! If I’m invited, if I’m put on people’s shoulders, if I’m asked to be on, from “KBC”, to whatever programme – if I’m called, I like to do it, I’m ok. This is what I’m here for. I like doing that. You do that if you’re called. Just because you’re not invited, don’t run down my party. I’m invited to every party. And I like to attend all of them. And I enjoy myself.

Life is beautiful. I am beautiful. And the few things around me that are not beautiful – I like to think of them as nazarbattoos – tils. Woh kehte hain na, tere chehre pe yeh jo kaala sa til hai, lagta hai daulat-e-husn pe darbaan bitha rakha hai. So yeh jo negative baatein karte hain mere baare me, yeh mere daulat-e-husn ke darbaan hain, mujhe nazar lagne se bachate hain.

You looked tired, run-down sometimes while being everywhere…

I got tired. I fell sick, actually. I got a bronchitis attack but I couldn’t stop, film ke premieres they. Then I was on antibiotics.

Superstars don’t rest, do they?

I sleep an average of 30-35 hours a week. Today I slept just an hour, but on the flight from LA, I slept for 16 hours straight. I guess it comes out to an average of 5 hours. I don’t sleep very early anyway. I like that time at night. That’s the only time I get to be with myself. No cars, no clothes, no films, nothing, just my thoughts. That’s important. People think insomnia hai, but it’s not that. I like that time – 2, 3am. You hear crickets, it’s quiet. I like that time of the night.

For 20 years, when so much is asked of you, and you want to give it with happiness and love, you deserve that time by yourself. I just sit quietly, I do nothing. I’ll write, or surf channels, or read a really silly book. That time, I feel, gets me ready for the next day, more than the sleep.

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has a reason to smile, he made the most costly film in Bollywood ‘RA.One’ and now the actor has recovered its costs. He spent around Rs.150 crore but earned Rs.170 crore within a week of its opening.

Shah Rukh Khan is happy that his business partners will get their money back spent on RA.One.

He tweeted, “As always, my heart doesn’t crunch numbers and heroes don’t count zeros…but it’s nice to know how RA.One is flying.”

The actor added, “Ga Ga ooh la la…Ra Ra Ra.One. Thrilled with response. Congratulations to my business partners.”

“RA.One released to packed houses across the country on Diwali day and has already created history by taking over the mantle of the biggest domestic earner so far. The film continues to be on its record breaking spree with several new achievements since its release. It has touched the highest individual collection in circuits such as Mumbai, Delhi, Punjab and Rajasthan,” Nandu Ahuja, senior vice president, distribution, Eros International Media Ltd said in a statement.

“We see repeat viewings of the movie with the 3-D version being equally sought after. With the Eid holiday also coming up next week and no other major film release, we are anticipating the film to continue doing huge numbers,” he added.

Talking about RA.One’s overseas performance, Pranab Kapadia, president, distribution, Eros International, said: “The film is enjoying a superb run across all major regions including UK, North America, Europe, Australia and the Middle East. Overseas, the film has broken SRK’s own previous first weekend record established by My Name Is Khan and occupies the position of biggest Indian first weekend grosser overseas as well.”

Though RA.One was not appreciated by the critics in India but new technology used in the film is leaving its impact on people.

 

“I’m extremely satisfied. We set out to make a film and the way people are reacting and I’m very happy indeed.”

Kareena Kapoor was looking gorgeous and she praised Shah Rukh Khan for inspiring her.

Arjun Rampal has played the villain role in the film, talking about his character in RA.One, he said, “He’s come from the virtual world, he has no
emotion. But at the same time he has a philosophy.”

 

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s RA.One was released on October 26 and it got mixed reviews from critics, some likes it and others didn’t. The actor promoted his film till last minute. Talking about film’s reviews, he said, “I was reading some reviews and they were silly. They are looking into some other aspect of filmmaking.”

Bollywood badshah believes that internationally his film has been appreciated. He says, “LA Times has carried a fantastic movie review.” The actor added, “We presented the film to a lot of people from Fox (Fox Studios, US) and we spoke to the foreign press on the technical aspect of RA.One. It’s important that we promote this ideology and explain to the world that we can do it.”

SRK travelled to Dubai, London and Toronto, before arriving in the US within this week for promoting his film Ra.One and he talked about facing real challenge. He says, “showing the world that India too can make high-tech films.”

Shah Rukh even talked about his technically advanced studio in the city, he said, “The good news is that the studio is two or three years ahead of any other. This is the first step in that direction. This is the time to bring this genre to India. And I have started it. Instead of cribbing, if you want to modernise and make different movies, you have to use this technology.”

Ra.One’s spokesperson claims that their film has collected over Rs.60 cr at the box office in India till Friday. SRK said, “I feel relieved to see it open well. I’ve been travelling, so I wasn’t able to follow the figures much. All my partners now feel that they’ll be able to recover their money.”

Ra.One is made with the budget of Rs.150 crore and when SRK was about its sequel, he replied, “Let’s see how it fares. It’s lot of hard work. I’m happy how people have responded, despite mixed reports. Once it has come to the fore, I’ll give it a thought.”

SRK was also enquired about screenwriter Yash Patnaik who accused them of copyright infringement over the concept and story of RA.One., the actor says, “That’s utter nonsense. With all due respect to what all is happening, I don’t want to give it any credibility by commenting on it.”

The case is still pending in the court and SRK’s production company deposited Rs.1 crore in the court to get permission to release the film.

Bollywood badshah Shah Rukh Khan will attend international pop icon Lady Gaga’s show at the F1 after-party in Greater Noida.

SRK posted on his blog, “Everyone seems to be happy with ‘RA.One’ in Los Angeles…I feel so touched and happy. now off to Delhi for Formula1 and Lady Gaga show!!”

Gaga is upbeat about her performance and she says it will have an ‘Indian influence’.

Bollywood star Arjun Rampal and restaurateur A.D. Singh’s high-end lounge and bar Lap is organising the after-party.

Earlier SRK wanted to collaborate with Lady Gaga for singing a song in his latest release Ra.One but that couldn’t be possible and now he is planning to attend the after-party. Shah Rukh will also chat with Gaga on her life and career for a chat show on UTV Bindaas.

Many celebrities are expected to attend after-party.