Shirish Kunder apologizes to SRK on twitter

After the much talked war between Shirish Kunder and Shah Rukh Khan it seems everything has cooled down. After SRK gave the indication to let bygones be bygones by promoting Joker, the movie which was supposedly the main reason for the fight between the two, Shirish is also seen trying to patch up with the Bollywood’s Baadshah Khan!

Shirish tweeted:

 

On Kunder’s apology, his wife, filmmaker Farah Khan was quoted as saying, “I’m proud of my husband. It takes a big heart to apologise.”

However according to some, this is a publicity stunt done by Kunder since his new movie Joker is going to be released on 31st of August.

It seems both Farah, Shahrukh & Shirish are trying to mend their friendship. First SRK was seen promoting Shirin Farhad Ki Nikal Padi, then Farah was seen visiting the superstar at his home Mannat where he shot a promotional video for her husband’s upcoming movie, Joker.

Buzz was that, Farah’s renewed closeness with her old friend didn’t go down well with Joker’s main lead Akshay Kumar. Apparently he was miffed with Farah since she roped SRK to promote the film. All the media attention went to SRK when it should have been to Akki and so he felt hurt and distanced by Farah and Shirish.

In January 2012, SRK allegedly slapped Shirish Kunder for making nasty comments on his movie Ra.One.  It was also reported that he followed the star wherever he went, including the washroom!

And this was when SRK got irritated and pinned him on a sofa, first trying to talk to him. But when Shirish continued to retort back, SRK slapped him.

So will Shah Rukh Khan accept Shirish’s apology or will ignore it thinking as one publicity stunt?

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- Unknown Updated at: Monday, August 27, 2012

SRK at Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi Music Launch

It has been time and again proved that in Bollywood nobody is a permanent friend or a permanent enemy and the latest to follow this philosophy is, SRK and Farah Khan.  We all know Farah Khan is all set to make her acting Debut in Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi‎, opposite Boman Irani. But it came as a pleasant surprise when we saw Shahrukh Khan present at the music launch of this upcoming flick.

 Shah Rukh had come to unveil the third poster of 'Shirin Farhad...’ in which Farah Khan and Boman Irani have recreated the magic of the characters - Simran and Raj of the movie 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge'

 Shah Rukh praised Farah and said: "She is one of the most finest and talented director we have with us. I thank Farah for giving me some nicest moment in her films."

He then along with Boman and Farah performed a jig on stage, where the superstar played Raj of "DDLJ", Farah played Simran and Boman played Amrish Puri.

It was good to see these thick pals turned arch rivals trying to put aside their misunderstandings and be friends again.

Not so long ago the animosity between Farah & SRK had been one of the hottest topics of the town. Since the time Farah Khan chose Akshay Kumar over SRK in Tees Maar Khan things had turned sour between these best friends. A year later the most scandalous incident took place which shook the entire industry. Shahrukh Khan slapped Shirish Kunder, Farah’s better half, at a party spoiling the hopes of their reconciliation. Back then in a text to the media Farah said "Shah Rukh has always told me that physical abuse is the worst way to sort out a problem. It means the attacker has either a personal or professional crisis going on. It saddens me to see him doing the same."

Later reports said that Sajid Khan and Sajid Nadiadwala intervened and played an important role as peacemakers in the whole process, eventually mending their friendship. SRK’s presence in Shirin Farhad’s music launch can be considered as a good sign. Hope it continues to be the same forever!

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- Unknown Updated at: Thursday, July 26, 2012

Sonakshi and Parineeti out of question - Farah Khan

Juggling between her acting and directorial jobs, Farah Khan is too busy but finds time to clarify the rumors. The next venture of Farah, Happy New Year is massive one and it already has Shah Rukh Khan leading from the front. But the choreographer turned director turned actor has still not announced the leading lady. The opportunity was explored by Tabloids by mentioning that the movie will see Sonakshi Sinha or Parineeti Chopra, the young talents of Bollywood playing opposite SRK. But the director has come forward to clarify this and says  that both are not going to be leading from the front.

"We are not in talks with them (Sonakshi and Parineeti). We have not approached any one of them yet. I do meet Sonakshi regularly, she is beautiful and lovely. But we have not yet taken a call," Farah told PTI in an exclusive interview. 

"Shah Rukh has just come back from London so we need to sit and work out figure out as to who is right for that role. It is a big role and then there is only one heroine in the film," she said. 

The 47-year-old choreographer-filmmaker said she had planned ‘Happy New Year’ (HNY) even before her directorial debut ‘Main Hoon Na’ and was preparing to HNY immediately after ‘Om Shanti Om’.

"I am very excited. We are hoping to create the magic that we did with our earlier films. We have SRK and Boman Irani in the film and the other cast is not finalised yet. I can't talk much about the project," Farah Khan said.  As she is hoping for a third successful run for her outing with SRK.

"There are like four heroes and one heroine. Boman is there in the film. We have SRK, Boman and two more heroes. Boman is a full hero now (referring to Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi where he plays the lead)," she said. 

The movie is likely to see Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham in the other two leads, but Farah failed to confirm the other casts and crew.

The shooting for Happy New Year will begin from December this year. 

Meanwhile the director is happy about her debut in Shirin Farhad Ki To Nikal Padi, she says "If somebody is making a film where the hero and heroine are 40 plus and it is a romantic comedy, is a great thing to do. For a 47-year-old mother of three, married, making a debut as a lead heroine is a big thing. Looking at this it feels that Indian cinema is changing. I think everyone should be proud of this thing,"

We will wait and see in a few more weeks as to how this goes!

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- Unknown Updated at: Thursday, July 26, 2012

Sanjay, Farah - calls - SRK fly's in

The one actor who has been quite particular about his gang of friends is always ready to treat friends special. So when Sanjay Leela Bhansaali and Farah Khan invited Shah Rukh Khan for the audio and poster release of 'Shirin Farhad Ki To Nikal Padi', SRK was more than happy to fly in for the event. (latest videos of SFKTNP here)

SRK's bonding with Sanjay Leela Bhansaali started with his movie 'Devdas' the one which was ranked among top 10 movies of the millenium (news here). The friendship was marked as quite unnatural as one was the King of romance and other was the same of classics. But the duo has kept the relationship warm and although SRK did not get to work again with Sanjay their friendship still continued through the years. So when Sanjay's sister Bela is making a directorial debut with SFKTNP, Sanjay decided to call in SRK for the audio and poster launch.

There were more reasons for SRK to come in as his best buddy Farah Khan was making her debut into acting with the movie and for this occasion, SRK was insisting to be there, and it is said that SRK had cancelled all his commitments to be part of the event. 

"Yet another reason for inviting SRK was the fact that the poster that was to be launched was inspired by his old superhit, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge with actor Kajol" adds in our source. Talking about it, Farah says, “I was excited when I heard about the concept of the teaser posters that was about love stories, DDLJ stands out as one of his iconic love stories. This is the best launch a newcomer could have ever gotten.”

SRK had different thought about this spoof though, "I have seen spoofs of all movies created by others but I never thought one would ever think of making a spoof on DDLJ," said Shah Rukh Khan. The 1995 blockbuster romantic film, DDLJ had Shah Rukh and Kajol in the lead.

Shah Rukh along with Boman and Farah performed a jig on stage, where the megastar played Raj of DDLJ, Farah played Simran and Boman played Amrish Puri.

"I think love can happen at any age. There is no right time and right place for love. It can happen any time," said Shah Rukh Khan.

"We have seen love stories made with young teenagers but this one is different. I have seen the posters and promo of this film and I really loved it. It is a marvellous love story. I am sure this film will rock. I am sure people will connect with this film," he added.

Talking further about Farah, he says "She is one of the most finest and talented director we have with us. I thank Farah for giving me some nicest moment in her films."

In midst of all these celebrations, Sanjay Leela Bhansali was not present, and the reason for that was ... (read more here )

Shirin Farhad Ki To Nikal Padi is directed by Bela Seghal and will release on August 24, 2012.

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- Unknown Updated at: Wednesday, July 25, 2012

KJO - Bhansali Fight revived?

One the king of romantic genre and another the master of classy movies. The fight was eminent and long termed, but the presence of Bhansali on the birthday party for Karan Johar had buried the rumors about their rivalry, but it seems that all is not well! The two had their differences and kept to their stand for the past long years. It was Bhansali who decided to end the saga and went ahead with the friendship gifts.

But the recent absence of Bhansali at the promotion party of 'Shirin Farhad Ki To Nikal Padi' has started out the rumor of the fight. The debut movie of Bela Saigal, which is co-produced by Bhansali and Eros, was made the arena to display his anger. 

As the media is aware, Bhansali is close with the director and Boman - Farah, so the only reason why he wasn't arriving was the presence of  Karan Johar on the list. And there is a stronger reason for this to be believed as one had snapped the 'Heroine' from another!

There is speculations that Bhansali is not happy with Kareena and Karan as Kareena had walked out of Bhansali's 'Ram Leela' citing the dates issue (news here) and she had joined Karan Johar's crew for his next production. That seems to have miffed the producer-filmmaker. 

But a friend of the filmmaker attributed the absence to the music recording of his next, Ram Leela. "If you notice, Bhansali attends only the launch and first look events for his films. He never comes for the other promotions," added the friend.

A source revealed that it was Farah who invited Kjo for the poster launch. "Farah has been trying hard to reach out to a larger audience with her debut venture. She invited Karan. Also, the poster recreated the Kuch Kuch Hota Hai poster, a Dharma Productions' venture," added the source.

Dressed as Rahul and Anjali of Karan's 1998 blockbuster, Farah and Boman enacted a small scene. Bela and Karan were also a part of the act. But Bhansali, who had been a part of the first look launch of the film along with Madhuri Dixit, missed it.

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- Unknown Updated at: Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Boman Irani On Kissing : Mallika Sherawat is a nursery rhyme!

Now there can't be any other witty tactics than this. Boman Irani, who is pairing up with Farah Khan, the famous choregrapher-director for their upcoming movies 'Shirin Farhad Ki Nikal Padi' is happy about his outing. He says they both had a good time and he just adds the tease at the end of the press meet by saying "“Kissing scenes? Oh, there are lots of kissing scenes. We rehearsed kissing all the time,” says the 52-year-old, during a recent visit to the Capital.

The movie is about two 45 year old getting close to each other and ending up in marriage. Trailer of the movie has already been released (Trailer Here) and the characters are extremely hilarious. When asked if it a remake of any older day flick, he says "No. Not at all.”. The movie is going through post production and the actors are already starting at the promotions of the movie. 

When asked about kissing scenes, the reporters asked him if he was going to be a competition to the movie 'Khwaish'(2003) which had set a record for liplocks and Mallika Sherawat holds it safe,  Irani says, “Mallika Sherawat is like a nursery rhyme compared to them (the kisses in his film).” The actor will also be seen wearing only a towel, in a scene in the film. 

Was this inspired from actor Ranbir Kapoor’s towel scene from Saawariya (2007)? “It’s not that. In Saawariya, Ranbir Kapoor had his back to the camera. I don’t have my back to the camera. I face the audience in the towel,” he adds. And are these the reasons why he decided to call this film his dirty picture? “I never said that. The press said it. It’s a very innocent picture. It’s about two 45-year-old’s falling in love. How much more innocent can it be?” says Irani. 

When asked about his experience on working with Farah, he says “It was quite an experience to work with Farah Khan, who went on and on about how nervous she was. But she had no reason to substantiate that fear. She was completely enjoying the attention, and the camera, and she just took to it like fish to water.” 

On the contrary, Farah Khan was nervous about the movie and she says that her brother was making fun when the movie was announced and her friends were nervous about her acting. She even adds that her brother made a long comedy scene about her and Boman.

But ever since the release of the movie trailer, things have said to change, "Before the promo came, my friends and brother were laughing at me. In fact my brother joked a lot about Boman and me. He had made a long joke book about Shirin Farhad. He said it would be a single screen film," Farah says. "After seeing the promos, the reaction has been stupendous. It is unbelievable. Actresses, actors, my industry friends and normal people have been telling me that they are dying to see the film," she said.

So the comedy flick will be one which is eagerly awaited!

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- Unknown Updated at: Friday, June 15, 2012