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For the last few years we all have been constantly hearing stories about the cold war between Amitabh Bachchan (Big B) and Shahrukh Khan (King Khan), as to who is better amongst the two. Do you really think that it is valid to compare the talent of a senior actor with an actor who is in league of his son’s generation? While Amitabh Bachchan celebrated his 67th birthday few days back, Shahrukh Khan is 42 years of age. While Amitabh Bachchan has 128 films to his credit, Shahrukh Khan has only 49 films in his kitty. While Amitabh Bachchan has been able to experiment with varied types of roles over the span of 3 decades, Shahrukh has just started deviating from his comfortable cocoon of romanticism. If Shahrukh claims to be a competitor of Big B then he needs to correct himself first as Big B has already reached the summit of acting while King Khan has just entered the arena of mature acting.

Though the box office statistics show that King Khan is more successful with a success rate of 67.4 percent in comparison to 53 percent of Big B, we should not forget the difference in the experience level of both the actors.

Apoorv Phalle, a student from Pune says, “Shah Rukh has been very good with all his romantic roles, but he has a long way ahead of him to be near to Big B, who has already reached the summit, where no one can reach. Of late Shah Rukh has often been seen following Big B’s footsteps in the entertainment world after doing Farhan Akhtar’s Don, which was a flop.”

Saurabh Shirsath studying in FTI (Film Television Institute) says, “Shah Rukh has made a mockery of himself by comparing himself with Amitabh Bachchan, its too childish of him to do remakes of his films and doing shows like KBC. All these are making him earn a bad name; an actor of his class deserves to stand distinctly and should not fight to reach the summit, which Amitabh has already reached.”

In my opinion they both are fine actors in their own leagues and they should simply continue to entertain us with their tremendous talent. All this hype of there being a cold war between the two actors is media created. Gossip hungry media has never spared any celebrity so how can these two be left behind?

Tags: Amitabh, Amitach Bachchan, Bachchan, Big B, Box Office, Celebrity Gossip, Celebrity News, Don, Farhan Akhtar, FTI, Gossip, KBC, Khan, King Khan, Mumbai, Pune, Shahrukh, Shahrukh Khan

In favor of ICC code of Conduct, BCCI today has said that the law is above all and even Bollywood superstar and Kolkata Knight Rider’s owner Shah Rukh Khan would have to keep out of the dug out following Code of Conduct. BCCI said that they would issue a notice hoping that all would comply in the ongoing IPL.

Earlier in the day, the Anti Corruption Unit officials had cautioned the actor about going into the dressing room and the team dug out during the IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings.

Shah Rukh Khan on Sunday night expressed disappointment at the ICC Anti Corruption Unit barring him from going to the team dug out and dressing room in the remaining matches of the IPL.

However the Kolkata team director, Joy Bhattacharya, has defended the franchisee owner Shah Rukh Khan saying that the ICC Code of Conduct does not apply to the team owners and even if it does, it does not matter because Shah Rukh is their 12th man.

“I like to hang around with the boys. I am very energetic. I am very disappointed that the ICC has stopped me. I don’t know the ICC rules. I’ll tell only one thing. Nobody dare stop me from coming to Kolkata. I’ll be here whenever my team plays a match at the Eden,” said Khan.

ICC had earlier said that the dugout was exclusively for the players and the team manager. The officials of the lucrative Indian Premier League have decided to hold a meeting in order to decide the composition in the player’s dugout.

“I work hard. I want them to work harder. I would have liked the Kolkata Knight Riders to reach the final,” said the actor for his team success.

SRK said “With the help of colleagues we’ve done something for this. Still there is a long way to go before it becomes the number one sporting brand”.

Tags: Cricket, Eden Garden, IPL, Khan, King Khan, Kolkata Knight Riders, Shahrukh Khan

Shahrukh’s much awaited reality show ’Kya aap paanchvi pass se tez hai’ has been started at 8pm on Star Plus on April 25 (Friday). Shahrukh has once again proved himself as the best by his brilliant performance as a host of the show playing the part of a school teacher and asking simple yet tough questions.

The first episode has revealed all about his charisma and wit. He was looking elegant with casual light blue shirt with a black waist coat and a pair of blue jeans. His funny strokes in between the show keep the viewers bounded at cool place.

On a funny note, he said that he always wanted to be a teacher but ended up being an actor. After he got a chance to play the role of a teacher in the movie, Mohabbatein, his wish again came true through the current show ’Kya aap paanchvi pass se tez hai’.

The show deals with simple question said to be of level 5th standard.In the show, three life saving options were also there – taal jhaank, copy and bachao. After answering 10 questions correctly, one question will be asked, ’Sawal paanch crore ka’. If that is answered correctly, the mega prize money belongs to the contestant.

The 39-year-old Vedula Ramalaxmi, a PhD in Hindi and an MA gold medalist was the first contestent. The Orrisa based lecturer did not expect the questions to be so tough, yet so simple.

After a series of questions earning 2,00,000 rupees, Ramalaxmi requested to quit and has to entitled herself a coward, a ’Bhagoda’ and also has to say, “Main paanchvi pass se tez nahi hoon (I’m not sharper than a fifth passed out).” as a rule of the show.

29-year-old Pramod Tripathi came as the second contestant but after answering the first question, the school bell rang, thus ending the show.

It must be accepted that Shahrukh is an all rounder, whether it is cricket, movies, reality shows or whatever, he has proved himself ‘the King’. Earlier he has hosted Kaun Banega Crorepati(KBC), which was firstly hosted by Big B. Shahrukh seems at ease and performed better in the current show as there is no pressure to perform better than Amitabh unlike KBC.

Tags: King Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Star Plus

The glamorous cheerleaders in short skirts and short blouses might have made their place among the film stars and the ongoing IPL cricket matches but their presence has started a moral debate among the political leaders.

The Maharashtra government said it will not allow the specially hired girls to go on with their ‘vulgar and obscene’ performance during the April 27 league match at Navi Mumbai.

The semi-nude girls entertain the viewers by dancing when players hit boundaries and six or anybody gets out without scoring. Some of the ministers have told the girls ‘worse than bar dancers’.

Minister of State for Home Siddharam Mhatre described the cheerleaders and their dancing at the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches as ‘absolutely obscene’.

“We live in India where womanhood is worshipped. How anything obscene like this cans can be allowed?” he asked.

Mhatre wondered why the organizers require ’semi- nude’ women to entertain people at cricket matches.

“The organizers may have invested crores of rupees organizing such matches. But this does not mean that they make semi-nude women dance in front of people,” he said.

Mhatre suggested organizers can use animated characters when players hit boundaries and six or anybody gets out without scoring.

Some cricketers also gave comments regarding the issue. Pakistan Cricketer Shahid Afridi said that the semi-nude girls are diverting the attention of batsmen, hence they should be banned.

On the other side, BCCI president Rajiv Shukla said that there is nothing wrong in the dancing of cheerleaders to enhance the magic of the cricket. He said that the girls dance at sixes and fours only and this is only for a little amusement.

However, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan favors the cheerleaders and he did not find anything vulgar about them.

“What’s wrong with cheerleaders? I am also a family person, I do not see anything negative in it,” the actor, who owns the Kolkata Knight Riders, said.

Tags: Bollywood, Cheerleaders, DLF IPL, Entertainment, IPL, IPL Matches, King Khan, Shahrukh Khan

The ongoing Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) 2008 is rocked by many top Bollywood stars on show. The celebrities sizzled the ramp in top Indian designer’s creations in Mumbai.

The main attraction of the show included the first time ramp walk by the Saawariya fame Ranveer Kapoor. He showcased his designer friend Arjun Khanna’s collection. People gave a cheerful applause for the graceful Ranveer in an embroidered long coat with standing collar, straight pants in batik print and a scarlet tied around the neck.

Neetu Kapoor and Deepika Padukone cheered Ranbir as he walks the ramp for Arjun Khanna.

“I’m a bit degraded as far as fashion is concerned. All I know is through Arjun. He’s very passionate about everything in his life from designing clothes to his cars and bikes and even interior decoration. I love this guy to death and he asked me if I could walk on the ramp and I was more than happy to walk as I also love his fashion,” said Ranbir Kapoor.

Khanna’s collection offered evergreen slim fitted pants and cropped jackets. “Fabrics were coarser in my collection. I am looking at the fall-winter. I played with fabrics like Coudray, Cotton Coudray and Woolen Coudray. There is a lot of technique which went into making of all these clothes,” said Khanna.

Other Bollywood icons on the show include Urmila Matondkar, Farah Khan, Amrita Rao, Kajol and Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor. King Khan’s wife Gauri Khan was also there to grace the occasion.

Saif admitted to his relationship with Kareena at the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai last year. This year too the couple was spotted at designer Manish Malhotra’s showing.

It was for the first time the Bath and body product giant Lux showcased a line at the Lakme Fashion Week. Bollywood designer Manish Malhotra inspired by Lux’s new fruit extracts - strawberry, cream, peaches and put on display an array of flirty, feminine garments in shades of pink, ivory, oyster and coral.

“I have done it long time back when Urmila Matondkar walked on the ramp for the first time then. Then Preity Zinta, Kajol, Karishma Kapoor and Urmila all of these girls who have walked for me have worked with me for ten years. They believe in my brand, they believe in me, I believe in them and we had a long association but I just feel that now it has become that let’s make so and so walk. So I think now it is time that I don’t make any one walk so today I was the Lux boy,” said Manish.

Overall the day went totally unique and exclusive presenting the cool summer spring collections of Indian designers.

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Bengal Marxist Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is now the new target for the Union Health Minister Ambumani Ramadoss. After King Khan Ramadoss has trained his gun on Buddhadeb against his smoke puffs.

Buddhadeb being a leader should be an example for others. His behaviour should be ideal and should be worthy to be followed by others. Ramadoss said that he is a senior person and doesn’t need his advice.

Bhattacharjee is known to smoke in privacy of his chamber in spite of a ban in the Writer’s Building. As the chief minister was the prime offender there is no strictness on the rule. Though smoke detectors worth lakhs of rupees have been installed in all the chambers of ministers and bureaucrats but perhaps they are not working or not been activated. There seems no law for the ministers. Ironically, the chief minister has company in the Health minister Dr. Suryakanto Mishra and a number of others Left Front ministers who are also finding it difficult to kick the habit.

A nationwide survey on tobacco consumption reveals almost three-fourths of all Bengalis are hooked to the cancer stick. On this Ramadoss had to say, “Seventy per cent of men in West Bengal people take to tobacco, including the chief minister.” He also pointed out the northeastern states have the highest number of smokers in the country.

Bhattacharjee lighting up at the drop of a hat has been in the news for a long time. It surfaced in the nineties when a nettled West Bengal Finance minister Dr Asim Dasgupta upped and slapped a constable on duty on the Writers Building corridor for smoking. He proposed an enactment of a ban on smoking the corridors of the secretariat and public places. Bhattacharjee, then Home minister, and a batch mate of the finance minister told his cabinet colleague to turn a blind eye to his chamber.

Now the PWD Minister Kshiti Goswami has upped the ante and put up notices on the corridors of Writers’ Building, which reads, “Smoking and spitting on the corridors are strictly prohibited.”

Tags: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, King Khan, Ramadoss, Smoking, Tobacco

There started a silent war between the two Khans of Bollywood. Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has ignited a verbal fight against the King Khan. However Shahrukh may think himself as the King Khan of Bollywood but he is at number two for the superstar Aamir Khan. At the occasion of promoting the Samsung mobile handsets as the Brand Ambassdor for Samsung mobiles, he made comments on the King Khan. He positioned Srk at rank 2. His comments didn’t stop here. When asked about cricket he again pointed his answer towards Srk and said, “He likes to watch cricket, not to sell purchase it”.

Actually, he is asked that what he will ask to Shahrukh if he would be a reporter. In reply of this question he said that he will ask him how he feels to be at number 2 in front of Aamir. Although said in amusing tone, the words directly points that Aamir thinks himself as the top Khan of bollywood. After catching lots of praise for his role and his direction in ‘Taare Zameen Par’ he said that there is no competition between the two stars.

At the same time, when asked regarding purchase of any IPL or ICL team by Shahrukh then he taunt that he likes to watch like a common cricket fan. He is not interested in selling or purchasing the teams. Everyone is aware of the fact that Aamir is not used to speak much with media. Against his taunts for Shahrukh a strong reaction from King Khan can be expected.

Aamir also said that he do not like to have a mobile with him as it hinders his creative concentration. But now he keeps mobile to be in touch with his kids and family. He promotes only those products which he really likes. When asked about his forthcoming movies he told that he is busy in making ‘Gajni’ and he has no problem of being bald till its production.

Tags: Aamir Khan, Bollywood, ICL, IPL, Khan, King Khan, Shahrukh Khan

After acquiring six-pack abs in Om Shanti Om, Bollywood’s King Khan is going to give next surprise. He is going to play the role of SpidreMan in his forthcoming Hindi version of the movie. This role will be a gift of father to his son. Khan’s Son, Aryan is a big fan of FX and his father, Shahrukh Khan.

Indian version of SpiderMan will be the most expensive movie in Bollywood. Film will be directed by Anubhav Sinha and would be made by SRK’s own production house Red Chillies. Shahrukh is very excited for the project and was busy on the script for three months with the director.

Though Sinha is not willing to disclose anything about the film, but sources said that a 12 year old child will be playing a crucial role in the film to co-star with Shahrukh. Hunt is on for the child artist in this SRK’s ‘super hero’ project. It’s not an animation film. Latest techniques and effects will be used for the magic role of Shahrukh and the magic of computer games will also be there.

Film will definitely going to be the biggest entertainer and will be the costly films of Bollywood ever. The film will go to the floor by the end of this year.

Tags: Bollywood, Entertainment, King Khan, Shahrukh Khan

Three people were arrested by Mulund police while shopping in Mumbai for illegally using Shahrukh Khan’s credit card. Intelligence of one of the sales executive there helped police to catch them.

According to police, Vinay Tambe, James Parenell and Shaker Jadhav were nabbed when they are trying to buy clothes in a mall using King Khan’s credit card. All three are unemployed. They bought things worth Rs. 25,000 and used the Khan’s credit card for payment that they got on road in Santacruze a day before. The sales executive got alert when he saw the name of Shahrukh Khan on the transaction slip and immediately reported about it to the executives of the mall.

Police reached the spot as soon as the executives reported about the case. The concerned bank was also informed about it. A case is filed against them according to IPC clause 420.

Tags: Credit card, King Khan, Shahrukh Khan