''Ra.One'’s VFX supervisor wants credit for his 750-strong team.

Star-producer Shah Rukh Khan is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that his superhero sci-fi fantasy, RA.One, is a one-of-its-kind Hindi film. Recently, director Anubhav Sinha got a mail from his VFX producer, Keitan Yadav, stating that officially 750 people were working on the visual effec related stories

Anubhav reaction was, “I love my team, I love my kafila. Shah Rukh and I started dreaming about RA.One four years ago, and today such a large number of talent is colouring that dream. I can never thank them enough.”

The team has been picked from across five countries, including India, Canada, France, Thailand and the US. And at least five of them, Anubhav, Keitan, Jeff Kleiser, the lead VFX supervisor, Harry Hingorani another supervisor, are on video conference everyday at the oddest of hours because of the time difference.

Anubhav admits that both Shah Rukh and he are making this film primarily for their kids. “Shah Rukh’s son Aryan is 13, and his daughter Suhana is 10, while my son, Shlok, is nine. Every father wants to be a superhero in the eyes of his child,” he muses. “It’s a cycle. As a parent you go beyond your capabilities to make your child proud of you. And then, when the child grows up, he or she goes beyond his capabilities to make his parents proud of him. It’s my turn now, both as a father and a son.”

Just before the film’s first look was unveiled, Anubhav left on a 10-day, much-needed break. On his return, he was prepared for some negative reactions because Shah Rukh has never been presented like this before. “SRK’s blue look has been universally acceptable,” he exults, quick to dismiss speculations about RA.One being a ‘desi’ Avatar. “But if it does even half the business of James Cameron’s sci-fi adventure, I’ll be a superhero.”

In this age of sequels, will we see a RA.Two? “Why not?” retorts Anubhav. “Sequels are in vogue, and this one is designed as a franchise. But there’s still time for Part 2. Right now, I’m so busy with RA.One that I have no time to eat or sleep. I haven’t even had a drink in months.”

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10 lakh people don't make a hit!! SRK

Shah Rukh Khan has been one of the most active Bollywood celebs on social networking site Twitter.

However, the star has been out of action since sometime now. Many would be content in believing that the Khan is inactive as he has no projects to promote and will be back as soon as his films near release. But the real story is very different from the common assumption.

In a recent interview when enquired about his absence from micro-blogging, Shah Rukh explained, "As an actor and as a celebrity, I often come across people who look into my eye and ask me embarrassing questions at press conferences. However, I don't have any option other than putting up a smiling face and replying to the questions even if I am upset or angry.

"It has been happening since 20 years and it happened even during my interactions on Twitter. But I am socially inept, I don't know how to handle relationships and am not very good at dealing with such questions and therefore I thought it would be best to quit," said Khan.

SRK also said that he was having a great time while on Twitter and thought it's great to deal one on one with his fans, until some people started posting crazy questions and comments. Relating one such instance SRK said, "There were comments that 'Oh he only comes on Twitter when he wants to promote his films'. Well with all due respect to everyone, I want to say that 8-10 lakh do not make a film hit."

But SRK also confirmed that he would go back to Twitter someday and as usual talk about life.

Shah Rukh, Vishal and Sajid to go international with ‘2 States’

Vishal Bhardwaj, who is known for his impeccable sense of filmmaking and his abilty to adapt novels into cinema, is planning to use the international platform for his latest adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s ‘2 States’. And superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Sajid Nadiadwala will team up with the ace filmmaker to go global with the film.



Talking to a tabloid, a source revealed, , “For Shah Rukh, as well as his director Vishal Bhardwaj and producer Sajid Nadiadwala, ‘2 States’ will be a chance to crack the international market.”

Moreover, SRK, who has an uncanny knack of grabbing eyeballs across the globe, believes that Bhagat’s novel has the formula that can appeal to the international audiences.

“Not that Shah Rukh is looking to give Brad Pitt and Colin Farrell a run for their money but he feels that Chetan Bhagat’s novel has the potential to appeal to NRI audiences,” added the source.

And the flick will be King Khan’s first bi-lingual project. Bhagat was initially asked to write the script but the filmmakers along with the industry heavy weight have zeroed in on Sabrina Dhawan to write the screenplay.

Producer Nadiadwala, while confirming the news said, “Yes, we’re looking at ' States' as a project with a much wider reach than our other films, as it has the potential to break through boundaries. We’ve got Sabrina Dhawan on board to write the screen adaptation. Sabrina and Vishal are now in Delhi working on the script. We’ll finalize the casting after the script is done. It should take about a month as we’re going on floors in July.”

However, the biggies have not discussed the film’s proceedings with Bhagat. And the author has very little idea about the development regarding the film. Bhagat said, “I have not been in the loop so I don’t know what the progress is. I’m busy with my next book. If things are moving along with '2 States', that’s great.”

SRK clueless about Shakira dancing for KKR

If the morning papers were to be believed, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was going to rope in international pop diva Shakira for a promotional music video for his Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). But King Khan says he is quite clueless about it.

"We have a team of people working around the marketing for KKR. But I really don't know if Shakira is going to dance for KKR. It is wonderful if she is going to... but I really don't know yet," Shah Rukh said at a press conference here Monday.

The actor was here to launch Nokia's latest phone smart phone E7. He said Nokia, which is one of the main partners for KKR, too had no idea about any such development.

The promotional song for his cricket team is said to be composed by Salim-Suleiman and sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.

But Shah Rukh was quite overwhelmed when he had met Shakira at the FIFA World Cup 2010 along with his family.

"Gorgeous, gracious and absolutely heartwarming Shakira. (She) was so nice to the kids. We are (her) fans for life," Shah Rukh had posted on his Twitter page, along with a family photograph with Shakira, in July 2010.

SRK salutes girls with long hair!

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who grew his hair long for his role in " Don - The Chase Continues", is more than happy after getting rid of it and says his respect for girls with long hair has increased manifold.

"I think girls are wonderful, for they are able to keep long hair for years and years. It's great. I had to maintain long hair for my look in 'Don 2' and that was the first thing I wanted to get rid of after I finished shooting for the movie," said Shah Rukh, looking suave in a black suit.

The actor, who was here to launch Nokia's latest smart phone E7, says he was so desperate to get back to his short hair that he got his hairdresser to trim his locks at 3 a.m. as soon as he finished shooting for the movie.

"When I used to get up in the morning, I used to feel there were a lot of others sleeping with me. It used to take two people to shampoo my hair and believe me, I didn't feel pampered at all...So I feel it's amazing how girls are able to manage long hair everyday," he said.

Shah Rukh sported his long-haired look on his last visit to the capital for a quiz organised by the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM). But young female fans gave a thumbs down to it. One wonders if his look would work any wonders for "Don - The Chase Continues".

SRK, Sonam named worst actors at the third ''Annual Golden Kela Awards''!!

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan was named the worst actor and Sonam Kapoor the worst actress at the third annual Golden Kela Awards Saturday night, a spin-off of Hollywood's Razzies awards, which recognises the worst in cinema.

While Shah Rukh won the award for Karan Johar's " My Name is Khan", where he played a patient of Asperger's syndrome, Sonam got the award for her home production "Aisha".

Ironically, Shah Rukh has also won the Filmfare award for the best actor for the same film.

"My Name Is Khan" also received the worst film award.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali won the worst director award for "Guzaarish". "Guzaarish" also got Black Award for Emotional Blackmail.

Director Ram Gopal Varma was awarded the Bas Kijiye Bahut Ho Gaya Award (Please Stop Its Enough), asking him to stop making films.

The worst supporting actor male went to Arjun Rampal for "Housefull", and worst supporting actress female went to Kangana Ranaut for "Kites".

Interestingly, out of five nominations in the category of supporting actress, three were for Kangana in "No Problem", "Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai" and "Kites".

Bawra Ho Gaya Hai Ke award (Have You Gone Nuts) was given to actor Ben Kingsley for his participation in the film "Teen Patti".

However, there was a special category of 'Anti-Kela' awards for the films that were the saving graces of 2010. The awards were for the films that were meaningful and entertaining, while still being in the mainstream.

Those awarded in this category were "Udaan", "Ishqiya", "Love, Sex and Dhoka", "Do Dooni Chaar", "Peepli Live" and "Tere Bin Laden".

"I think we should learn to make fun of our own work and I think it's just fun although it's tough because we make a lot of bad films. It will be easy to choose good films but it will be difficult to choose worst work," said Vishal Bhardwaj, producer of "Ishqiya, who was present at the award ceremony hosted by Cyrus Broacha in Rockdome at the Ambience Mall in Gurgaon.

"Ishqiya" director Abhisek Chaubey added: "Nobody wants to admit that they have made the worst film and coming here would be admitting it, nobody really wants to believe that they did something worst. But really hope people who are nominated see the lighter side of it and come here."

Small-budget film "Udaan" swept this year's prestigious Filmfare awards and here also it won the Anti-Kela for being 2010's "saving grace".

"Being given an award by people who are looking for bad stuff in films means a lot," said director Vikramaditya Motwane in a video message.

Meanwhile, Aditya Narayan and Pakhi Tyrewala were awarded the Golden Kela for worst debut male and female for "Shaapit" and "Jhootha Hi Sahi" respectively.

Actor Uday Chopra was given the Chimpu Kapoor award (No talent award for relatives of celebrities).

"Pee Loon" from "Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai" was adjudged the most irritating song and Sanjay Leela Bhansali won another award for the most atrocious lyrics for song "Sau gram zindagi" from "Guzaarish".

Akshay Kumar-Aishwarya Rai starrer "Action Replayy", which was the big screen adaptation of a play, was given the award for the Most Original Story.

Director Sanjay Sharma's gay love story "Dunno Y... Naa Jane Kyun" received the Lajja (Shame) award for worst treatment of a serious issue. "Ek Second... Jo Zindagi Badal De" won the When did This Come Out Award.

Rohit Shetty's "Golmaal" series won the worst triology ever in the history of films and Salman Khan starrer "Dabangg" was given the Ajooba Award for Sheer Awesomeness.

The worst animated film award went to "Baru the Wonder Kid".

Pradeep Sarkar's "Lafange Parindey" was given the Jajantram Mamantram Award for Worst Named Film.

Singer Sukhwinder Singh was given the Sonu Nigam Award for Career Suicide for his debut in "Kuch Kariye".

Vivek Oberoi-starrer "Prince" was given the Golden Kela for the most ridiculous sequence in the film.

Jackie Shroff won the worst casting ever award for his role as Shirdi Sai baba in the film "Malik Ek".
Host Cyrus was at his wittiest best during the award function. Also present were actor Praduman Singh of "Tere Bin Laden" fame and "Do Dooni Chaar" director Habib Faisal.

SRK, Gauri & Suhana shakes leg at SRK's bro-in-law's wedding,,

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan flew from Malaysia on Friday evening especially for wife, Gauri Khan's, cousin's wedding. The star landed in Delhi around 11pm for brother-in-law, Rustam Tiwari's wedding, which took place on Saturday evening.

Even though SRK looked very tired, he was ful...l of energy during the entire ceremony and partied till the wee hours. The private party was hosted at the groom's residence.

Delhi-based DJ Amit B spun some popular Bollywood chartbusters at the do. He told us, "Shah Rukh looked quite happy and was enjoying the party with his wife, mother-in-law and family members, and kept dancing all through the night to some of his own popular songs. He was dressed casually in a T-shirt and denims and was dancing with wife Gauri on the number "Mil Gayi Aaj Yahan Pe" from the movie "Guzaarish". Later, he also danced with his saasu ma and other relatives on the song "Ainvayi Ainvayi" from the movie "Band Baaja Baaraat"." After a while, actor Chunkey Pandey also made a surprise visit to the do and was seen having a good time with all the guests at the party.

SRK's son, Aryan, was busy reading a novel and didn't participate much in the function, while daughter Suhana was busy playing with her cousins. Gauri was dressed in a simple long floral printed kurta and jeans, and looked radiant with hubby dearest by her side.

A videogame for ''Ra.One''

King Khan has created a videogame that can be played at home,

Shah Rukh Khan and Arjun Rampal, friends turned foes turned friends again, G.One and RA.One respectively from the upcoming megaflick RA.One, will also lock horns in a video game inspired by the same film.

Yes, a game is being readied along these lines. The entire videogame, based on the playstation format, is being created in Los Angeles.

The Game is the brainchild of Shah Rukh Khan. Says a source, "Shah Rukh sat down with a lot of software experts and envisaged the game.

He was thinking about it for a year. His thoughts on this precipitated only recently and the deal with the makers of the game was locked."

Adds the source, "RA.One is Shah Rukh's most ambitious venture till date and he is leaving no stone unturned. He might surprise you with a lot more other things during this year." RA.One is expected to release by 2011 end.

Explaining what the game is about, our source said, "There will be two main characters in the game, G.One and RA.One. Besides these two, there will be other fighters too. Basically, it's a fight game.

The game has something unique for every age group at home. It will be available at many outlets even before the film hits the theatres."

Shah Rukh has also ensured that Arjun's and his characters in the game will have not only the same look but also the same weapons, which their characters carry in the film. Let the games begin.

SRK to Join the Cast of ''Krrish 2''

The stars just keep coming for Rakesh Roshan's Krrish 2! After roping in Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra, the movie director has now managed to convince none other than Shahrukh Khan to play the role of a villain in the highly anticipated sequel.

Rakesh Roshan, who... has worked with King Khan in movies like King Uncle and Koyla, wants to recreate his son's and SRK's chemistry from movies like Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham and is hoping that the star will soon finalize the plans to join the Krrish cast.

Apart from Priyanka and Hrithik, Rekha will portray Krishna's grandmother Sonia Mehra and Riya Sen will play the villain's girlfriend, and it looks like the villain could be Shahrukh! According to the buzz out of B-town, PC will once again play a journalist named Priya. Rumors had it that Deepika Padukone would replace Priyanka in the role of Priya but the actress will come back to the set of Krrish once again.

Krrish was a follow-up to the 2003 movie Koi... Mil Gaya. It told the story of Krishna, a boy with superpowers that he had inherited from his dad. He falls in love with Priya and follows her to Singapore where he tries to keep his identity unknown. The superhero soon goes on a mission to save the world from the wicked Dr. Siddhant who has invented a machine that can see into the future.

After the success of Krrish in 2006, director Rakesh Roshan promised fans that a sequel would come out after he was done shooting Kites with Hrithik. Krrish 2 will reportedly tell the story of Krrish saving the Seven Wonders of the World, but the sequel was put on hold for a long time.

Are you excited to see Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra and Shahrukh Khan in Krrish 2 or would you prefer other stars?

I can call Malaysia my home, SRK

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan feels right at home whenever he is in Malaysia...
KUALA LUMPUR: "After filming for 45 days in Malaysia, I feel I can go to any house and call it my home," said Datuk Shah Rukh Khan, a smile dimpling his cheeks.

"The people are very sweet," the star added, as he ran his hand through his thick hair and waved to a horde of fans shouting his name.

Bollywood's king of romance, who was awarded the Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka Kehormat in 2009, was pleasant when answering a deluge of press queries after launching Tag Heuer's global concept store at Suria KLCC here yesterday.

Shah Rukh, 45, is filming Don 2, directed by Farhan Akhtar, in Malacca, Langkawi and here.

It is the sequel to his 2006 remake of Don. The story revolves around Shah Rukh as Don, an undercover police officer masquerading as the leader of an international gang of drug smugglers. Priyanka Chopra plays his love interest in Don 2, set for release by year's end.

Ready to be the Bollywood ambassador to promote Malaysia, Shah Rukh said the first thing to come to mind about the country was that "it is modern and (Tun) Dr Mahathir (Mohamad) lives here, so I love it".

"I've been filming in Malaysia for 45 days so far, with nine days in Langkawi.

"I've been to every part of Langkawi, fed the eagles, rode on the cable car. The beaches there are awesome."

He feels Malaysia is defined by, "in terms of personality, Dr Mahathir, who is looked at as a world leader; for nature, Langkawi beaches; and for buildings, the Petronas Twin Towers".

Not allowed to divulge details about Don 2, Shah Rukh instead mentioned an upcoming film with Hollywood director Martin Scorsese and said to also star Leonardo Di Caprio.

"Martin and I have discussed the film. India is ready for a mix of Western and Eastern films."

Shah Rukh leaves for India today and is set to return to filming Don 2 next week.