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After Hrithik Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan played superheroes in Krrish and Drona respectively, SRK is all set to play a sci-fi superhero in his next titled RA-1.

Tech-savvy Shah Rukh has come up with this unique title which means ‘the Egyptian sun god’. The flick is slated to be directed by Anubhav Sinha.

To be produced under his own banner Red Chillies productions, SRK is taking keen interest in the scripting of the movie. This thriller is expected to hit the floors around September.

The hit team of Priyadarshan’s Hera Pheri, consisting of Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty is all set to come together once again in a film to be produced by Venus and directed by Priyadarshan.

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Salman Khan has suffered enough in broken relationships. It looks like he is at the receiving end once again, as his relationship with his love Katrina Kaif seems to be slowly drifting apart.

Well, Katrina always goes out with Salman, be it party or function, ever since they started seeing each other. However, for the first time, she was spotted partying late at night without him. And, the man she was partying with was Ranbir Kapoor of Saawariya fame. It is said that the duo had met each other on a couple of occasions.

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Halla Bol is a negligible film. Yet, Pankaj Kapur manages to tower over it. MINTTY TEJPAL talks to the man who’s played some of Hindi cinema’s most distinct characters

You’ve had 20 successful years on TV. Office, Office, Karamchand. How did you do it?
By God’s grace. In 1985 when I was offered Karamchand, I initially refused. I thought, “who wants to do TV?” But I realised I had no money, so I said “Okay, let me have a look.”

Who gave the character all the nuances we all grew to love?
Barring the carrot, it’s all me. Pankaj Parashar suggested the carrot. Many things I suggested were also incorporated, like the office Karamchand had, which looked like a tiny garage. I said, let’s not get into this “smart spy” thing because James Bond has already been there. My idea was that somebody who is a genius may not necessarily look like a genius. I believe Einstein went to attend a conference somewhere and the person who was to receive him had his own idea of what a genius looked like. Einstein just kept standing there. So we dressed Karamchand in a way that would turn no heads. We went to Colaba to buy those goggles, which later became “Karamchand goggles”. That’s the kind of popularity the series had. Of course, there was only one channel then.
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The superstar has paid an advance tax of Rs.270 million ($6.8 million) on his estimated income during the current financial year of 2007-08, but a major share of it has gone into paying for his income from endorsing a slew of products and other sources.

Sources in the advertising agency for which the superstar has worked reveal that his income from endorsements fetches him Rs.1.5 billion ($38 million) a year, the highest for any Indian advertising “model”.

In comparison, though Amitabh Bachchan endorses more products than Khan, earnings from his annual endorsements do not cross Rs.1.2 billion.

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It may seem to be incredible, but the truth is that ‘one film wonder’ Deepika Padukone is proving to be costlier than former Miss World Aishwarya Bachchan to the film producers. Before her entry into Bollywood, Deepika was talked about more because of her string of boyfriends, but today she is also in the news for demanding exorbitant rates for acting in films.

Soon after the resounding success of the Shahrukh-Deepika starrer Om Shani Om, a producer from south India Shankar, who made the super hit film Shivaji –The Boss with Rajnikanth, had approached the former model for the female lead role in his forthcoming film Robot,but Deepika is reported to have charged such a high fee which left the producer stunned as well as silent. Next, Shankar approached Aishwarya Bachchan-Bachchan for the role, but there is no confirmation whether the actress has said yes.

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STAR OF THE YEAR – MALE
Akshay Kumar (Heyy Babyy)

STAR OF THE YEAR – FEMALE
Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met)

EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARDS FOR BEST ACTOR
Shahid Kapoor (Jab We Met)

BEST FILM AWARD
Jab We Met

THE DREAM DIRECTOR AWARD
Farah Khan (Om Shanti Om)

STANDOUT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Vivek Oberoi (Shootout At Lokhandwala)

ACTOR PAR EXCELLENCE
Dharmendra

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Director : Vivek Sharma
Producer : Ravi Chopra
Music Director : Vishal-Shekhar
Cast : Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Amitabh Bachchan, Satish Shah, Rajpal Yadav, Aman

Bhootnath is directed by Vivek Sharma. The music of the film is composed by the Ta Ra Rum Pum duo Vishal-Shekhar. The film stars the two biggest superstars of Hindi Film Industry. Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan.
Bachchan and SRK will hardly share any screen space, except for the climax sequence in the supernatural film. Apparently, mortal beings cannot see Bhootnath and so Amitabh will not be visible to Shahrukh Khan. This might be a conscious move on the part of the production house to avoid any friction between the actors.

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After hearing the two Lil Champs, Tanmay and Aamir, on Zee TV’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, music-directors Vishal and Shekhar were so thrilled that they wanted them to sing for, Ravi Chopra’s Bhootnath starring none other than Amitabh Bachchan.

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Taare Zameen Par swept the Nokia 14th Annual Star Screen Awards on Thursday, but Chak De India ran away with the Best Film Award and Chak De boy Shah Rukh Khan bagged the Best Actor Award at the first film award function of the year.

However, it was a tie for the Best Director’s Award between Shimit Amin for Chak de India and Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par.

This year’s event saw some of 2007’s top films like Taare Zameen Par, Chak De India, Life…In a Metro, Om Shanti Om and Guru vying for the top honours.

Taare Jameen Par bagged six key awards including Best Director (Aamir Khan), Best Story (Amol Gupte), Best Child Actor (Darsheel), Best Lyricist (Prasoon Joshi), Best Dialogue and Best Supporting Actor (Aamir Khan).

But Chak De India was adjudged the best film of the year while Mani Ratnam’s Guru earned AR Rahman the Best Music Director Award. The Best Actress Award went to Kareena Kapoor for Jab We Met.

Shah Rukh Khan performed his Dard-e-Disco number from Om Shanti Om while Shahid Kapur, Katrina Kaif, Urmila Matondkar, Riteish Deshmukh and Dia Mirza shook a leg to the year’s chartbusters at the award ceremony, which was hosted by ace compere and Heyy Babyy director Sajid Khan.

Shah Rukh Khan also won the honour of Best Pair along with Deepika Padukone, who also carried a second trophy for the Best Newcomer (Female). The Best Newcomer (Male) Award went to Ranbir Kapoor. Irfan Khan bagged the Best Comedian Award for Life…In a Metro while Anurag Basu won the Best Screenplay Award for the same film.

The Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award went to Manoj Kumar. Pankaj Kapoor bagged the Award for Best Negative Role for while Chak De girls shared the honour for Best Supporting Role (female).

Singer Soham won the Award for the Best Playback Singer (Male) for his soulful rendition of in the film Life…In a Metro while Priya Ghosal was adjudged Best Playback Singer (female) for Guru.

The Complete List:

Best Film: Chak De India

Best Director:Shimit Amin for Chak de India and Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par.

Best Actor: Shah Rukh Khan, Chak De India

Best Actress: Kareena Kapoor, Jab We Met

Best Music: AR Rahman for Guru

Best Story and Screenplay: Amole Gupte for Taare Zameen Par

Best Supporting Actor: Aamir Khan for Taare Zameen Par.

Best Supporting Actress: Chak de India girls

Best Child Actor: Darsheel, Taare Zameen Par

Best Pair of the Year: Shah Rukh Khan-Deepika Padukone

Lifetime Achievement Award: Manoj Kumar

Best Choreographer: Farah Khan for Om Shanti Om.

Best Lyricist: Prasoon Joshi, Taare Zameen Par

Critics Award for Best Actress: Tabu for Cheeni Kum.

Best Newcomer Male: Ranbir Kapoor

Best Dialogue: Taare Zameen Par

Best Newcomer Female: Deepika Padukone

Best Negative Actor: Pankaj Kapoor

Best Male Singer : Soham

Best Female Singer: Shreya Ghosal

Best Screenplay: Anurag Basu for Metro.

Best Comedian: Irfaan Khan for Metro.