Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri, Others Return From Australia!

MUMBAI: Now that Shah Rukh Khan and his crew of Bollywood friends have entertained foreign Bollywood fans through their Temptations Reloaded tour, it is time to return home.

Shah Rukh Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Meiyang Chang (with a cool shade of glares on) and Madhuri Dixit-Nene were spotted leaving the airport.

Madhuri Dixit-Nene’s husband Dr. Shriram Nene came to the airport to pick up his wife. Shah Rukh Khan and Dr. Nene shared a hug and some conversation too.

Also seen at the airport was Abhishek Bachchan who is coincidentally starring as Shah Rukh Khan’s co-star in Farah Khan’s directorial ‘Happy New Year’.

'Temptation Reloaded' makes a comeback to Sydney after 9 years

Melbourne: Sydneysiders are preparing itself to witness the biggest Bollywood event of the year when Shah Rukh Khan will perform at the extravagant musical show 'Temptation Reloaded'. A part of Paramatta's arts festival - 'Parramasala', the show, which will happen today, has already sold 10,000 tickets till now. Khan, 47, is currently travelling with a team of Bollywood stars including Madhuri Dixit, Rani Mukherji, Jacqueline Fernandez.

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The concert has been relaunched after 2004 and has already been creating huge buzz in Down Under. "We have already recorded over 10,000 sold tickets and hopefully by evening it will touch over 12,000 mark," said a spokesperson of 'Temptation Reloaded'. In an interview to a local ABC channel, Khan, dubbed as a Bollywood's Brad Pitt, said how Bollywood cinema is different from other foreign film industry. "It's a hundred years old industry. I think its the earliest industry in the world," Khan said, adding, "Somewhere down the line the fantasy and escapism we offer in our cinema is somewhat real like getting a job or buying a car or settling down with a happy family. Its not like we go and blow up a meteor with the earth. We don't have superheroes as yet. Our heroes are superheroes who fight against the system. It's deep rooted of what the society is going through." Khan also discussed his love for cricket and the Australian connection through the game. Mentioning about Brett Lee, Khan said 'I keep joking with him if he does not take 10 wickets then he has to come and sing and dance in films. Australian players are extremely warm and friendly people. They are great cricketers."

Shah Rukh Khan's Happy New Year shoot fetches $ 5m for UAE: report

The shooting of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Happy New Year' has brought an estimated $ 5 million to the UAE.

The film commission said that its $ 5 million estimate for 'Happy New Year' will be followed by a more precise figure this month or next.

According to a report in The National, benefits to the Emirate's economy would have included spending on hotel rooms, flights and equipment and space rentals.

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'Happy New Year' took three weeks to shoot and is the first full-length feature film to be shot almost entirely in the Emirates. The film is to be released next year.

The film commission expects more interest from Bollywood now with two more films already confirmed. The commission did not provide details of the additional films.

The commission worked with Shah Rukh's production company, Red Chillies Entertainment for about a year to organize the shoot.

Bollywood films earlier used to choose Dubai as a location only for one or two scenes.

"This is not just a dance scene, but about 80-90 per cent of the whole film that was shot in Dubai. We had to learn the logistics. Normally we've only dealt with a maximum of 40 people who come to do a dance scene in two to five days," chairman of the film commission, Jamal Al Sharif, said.

The Red Chillies team was given many incentives from Dubai International Airport, Emirates Airline and immigration authorities. The entire movie crew booked 180 rooms at the Atlantis hotel on the Palm for 25 days.

"This will impact culturally on what they're doing. They're creating jobs and we're hoping that further Bollywood films will support (our) GDP. We are expecting the next door to open for Bollywood to be in Dubai and the Middle East," Al Sharif said.

PHOTOS: Shah Rukh Khan’s Bombastic Performance In Auckland!

AUCKLAND: Shah Rukh Khan and his companions brought the house down miles away from the Indian mainland.

Last evening, Shah Rukh Khan along with Meiyang Chang, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Madhuri Dixit-Nene, Rani Mukerji and Jacqueline Fernandez among other performed at the first stop for the Temptations Reloaded tour in Auckland. As expected, the Indian diaspora and foreign fans as well crowded the venue.

The stage was set to international standards and Shah Rukh Khan and his Bollywood gang of merry friends lit the stage on fire as well.

From performing to their famous songs from their films to Yo Yo Honey Singh performing his songs as well as Bollywood heroines shaking a leg with THE romantic star of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan, it was a night to remember for the audience.

After Auckland, Shah Rukh Khan and gang will next perform at Perth and Sydney in Australia. We’re sure audiences there too will be in for a treat.

Did Shahrukh Khan's Son Misbehaved In a Party ?

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan father of three, Aryan, Suhana and AbRam, has always been a doting and protective dad.

It seems that Shah Rukh is now worried that his eldest son Aryan may not be able to 'handle himself at a party'.

The worried father shared his woes on his Facebook Page: "Is it normal to feel, my son wont be able to handle himself at a party & i should be there disguised as a fly on the wall to look after him."

Shah Rukh seems to be having sleepless nights, the worried dad posted: "Sometimes I spend a big chunk of the day sorting out non issues becos i make them so big in my head. Does it happen to everyone...???"

Looks like Shah Rukh's teenaged son is giving him sleepless nights. So far there have been no rumours of Aryans misconduct or otherwise.

Shah Rukh had previously shared that his star status sometimes embarrasses and angers both Aryan and Suhana, who are uncomfortable sharing the limelight. Shah Rukh had said: "They were feeling embarrassed, shy and were even angry but I feel they should do this."

Did Shah Rukh Khan plagiarise JK Rowling's speech???

New Delhi: In his interviews and shows, Shah Rukh Khan comes across as someone who quickly connects with the audience through his words. Recently, the actor was invited to speak at an AIMA (All India management Association) gathering where he talked about the fundamental things that shape the life of a common human being. He talked about failures, success, education and poverty and how these things play a crucial role in our lives. However, this time the actor seems to be taking the support of someone else's words to express his feelings. Shah Rukh's speech at AIMA event won him many new fans but now a blog called 'MeLaNGe', run by Agratha Dinakaran, has come up with the allegation that Shah Rukh's speech is hugely inspired from British author JK Rowling's speech that she made at Harvard in 2008. It was titled 'The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination.' Now, when several people are taking a close look at Shah Rukh's speech, it is surfaced that his speech is 'inspired' from more than one source.

Advertising professional Mahesh Murthy has pointed out on his Facebook page that Shah Rukh's famous speech is a compilation of quotes from several uncredited sources. There are striking similarities between the speeches made by Shah Rukh Khan and JK Rowling at two different venues at different times. The tone and the texture are similar at more than one level. However, Shah Rukh didn't credit anyone for the words he spoke. At one point in his speech, Shah Rukh Khan says, "Poverty is not an ennobling experience at all. Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. I had seen my parents go through it many times. It means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships." While JK Rowling had said, "I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools." At another juncture in his speech, Shah Rukh Khan said, "Won't bore you with more details of how failure is a good thing because you won't call me back again for a talk on success etc next time but would like to tell you all that life is a not just a check-list of acquisitions, attainments and fulfillment.

Your qualifications and CV don't really matter. Jobs don't matter. Instead life is difficult and complicated and beyond anyone's control and the humility, respecting your failures will help you survive its vicissitudes." While a part of Rowling's speech says, "I would tell my 21-year-old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone's total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes." It can be said in the defence of actor's speech that somebody else wrote the speech for him but still the ghost-writer was required to give due credit to JK Rowling. If Shah Rukh Khan is making a speech at a public meeting then the onus is on him to be careful about the authenticity and originality of the words coming out of his mouth. If the actor has made the speech without knowing the facts then he should be probing into the matter and should issue a clarification as soon as possible.

Copying word by word text from Rowling's speech is a grave violation of intellectual property rights and it's Shah Rukh Khan's responsibility to explain whether it was a conscious decision or not. We found the transcripts of Shah Rukh and Rowling's speeches on internet. We are also embedding the videos of both the events, so that you can see all facets of the dice. Mahesh Murthy writes on his Facebook page, "It's not just JK Rowling he ripped off without attribution. In the same speech, Shah Rukh Khan also ripped off, without attribution, a writer from Slate.com, William H. Cosby, Jr. (Bill Cosby), the founder of Honda, Thomas Henry Huxley, John Wooden and Eddie Rickenbacker . And you may yet find a few more! The JK Rowling plagiarism was originally pointed out by Agratha Dinakaran in her blog http://mercurialpurple.blogspot.in/2013/10/from-jk-to-srk-word-sure-travels.html?m=1 Starting with the assumption that "when there's smoke, there's fire", I looked a little closer. There were at least 6 other cases I found of using uncredited sources - or plagiarism, if you'd like to call it that. It was apparently a speech about failure. Guess what, SRK - you failed big time here!

Find boyfriend like me, SRK tells daughter

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan often tells his daughter Suhana that if she decides to date someone, he should be like him.

"I am a good man to love. I am very decent, loving, educated and caring. I would tell my daughter, that if she was to find a boyfriend, apart from my anger sometimes, she must find a boyfriend like me," Shah Rukh said.

"If I can say this to my daughter, then I can say this to every girl," added the 47-year-old, whose portrayal of romantic heroes in films like "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge", "Dil Toh Pagal Hai", "Kal Ho Naa Ho", have given several girls their idea of a perfect man.

Riding high on the success of his latest blockbuster "Chennai Express", SRK finally took out some time for rest here Friday.

"Dedicated the day for rehab of shoulder, mind and heart. Been pushing all three too hard," he posted on Twitter.

Success of Chennai Express good sign for Indian films, says SRK

Shahrukh Khan’s latest flick ‘Chennai Express’ has reportedly been doing remarkably well in North India and the southern box office, as well as internationally.

Khan told the reporters at INOX theatre, while promoting his flick with Rohit Shetty, that the film’s success is a good sign for Indian cinema.

“It’s a good sign not only for us, but for the films that came and that will come in the next five-six months... the market of Indian films is so big,” King Khan said.

The film has already crossed 100-crore-mark in its first weekend and is still going strong at the box office.

“Our market is growing extensively and very soon people will be comparing our market to international markets and for me that is very heartening,” Khan added.

Inside pics of Shah Rukh Khan's Eid party

Shah Rukh Khan certainly has a lot to be happy about. The actor along with wife Gauri threw a party on Eid as well as celebrating the birth of little AbRam and of course the success of Chennai Express with his friends from Bollywood. Here's a look at what was happening inside the party.
Shah Rukh Khan plays the perfect host as he feeds veteran actor Dilip Kumar, while Saira Banu watches. This image was posted on Twitter by Ayaz Memon







Amitabh Bachchan, son Abhishek are all smiles as they pose for a picture along with photographer Dabboo Ratnani and his wife Manisha.
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Nikhil Dwivedi, Abhishek and Farah Khan pose in style as they celebrated Eid at Shah Rukh's residence Mannat.
"Super Fun &turnout at SRK's Eid Party yesterday!," posted Nikhil.
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Director Farah Khan, looking pretty in a wine outfit, seems to be having a blast as she smiles for a picture along with Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff.





Madhuri Dixit looks regal in a floor-length anarkali as she attended the bash along with husband Dr. Sriram Nene. She tweeted: "On our way to SRK's EID party." This image was posted on Twitter by Madhuri Dixit





Anil Kapoor, Nikhil Dwivedi and Jackie Shroff were having fun at the most happening party.
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Shah Rukh Khan looks dapper as he poses for a picture along with Dabboo Ratnani and wife Manisha.
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Shah Rukh is all smiles as he and Farah Ali Khan pose. Farah, who recently bagged the award for ‘Best Jewellery Designer Of The Year,' wrote: "Thank you King Khan @iamsrk for making my evening even more special. Love u & Eid Mubarak."
This image was posted on Twitter by Farah Khan Ali







The Main Hoon Na team is back -- Farah Khan, Sushmita and Shah Rukh Khan.
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Student of the Year Varun Dhawan looks dashing in a navy blue and white pathani suit.
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