Ok, I cracked. But how could I resist it when there's a fresh new 'mini' controversy right out of the oven!

One of the many articles I stumbled upon on the subject (not to mention several forum arguments against the machine.. but of course governments, in whichever country we're living in, are smarter than the people who've elected them and won't listen to any contradicting opinion)

As I have commented in a previous post.. Shah Rukh, the lovely star whom I love so much and who's so down-to-earth and humbleness itself.. has this great ability to generate controversy with the slightest remark. It's a curse! Or a blessing! Either way, the BAA is tripping all over itself to prove that Shah Rukh LIED in Wossy's show on the body scanner thing.

Yep, I can so totally see how the body scan CAN'T be "stored digitally nor distributed to anyone in any form". Right. Next, they'll call up Shah Rukh and ask him to clarify that there is no such incident and that it was all a BIG FAT LIE. Guys.. it's called a JOKE?! If Shah Rukh has truly autographed that thing, won't it be circulating the net by now? Come on.. us gals (and many of the guys, I bet) would trip over ourselves trying to download it. Those airport staff would have made millions of dollars from the sale.

(The fact that the BAA people're so nervous about it smells like something's burning in the kitchen. They'd better take better care of the buns next time)

Note: I think I need to install a new label/tag in my blog called "controversy". That label is becoming more and more a necessity as Shah Rukh's popularity gets bigger. I mean, it's not every movie star who can have the assurance of an entire state police to guard the security of the cinemas screening his film. What with it happening in the backdrop of several parties trying to gain visibility for the coming election, he is almost always at the right place & at the right time (or is it the opposite?) that it's eery when I think about it.

Shahrukh Khan On Vodafone MTV IMix

Interview rounds

I have this image of Shah Rukh going, "Ok..next, next, next" and all the endorsers lining up outside that studio room in Mannat waiting for their turn.. :P

Promo is out!

I'm currently loving these little promo bits he does for the film...

Now all the girls in the audience are gonna come to this promo event wearing full bridal attire.. :P

The 20-year old Tillana Desai has started a trend. How many girls are Shah Rukh gonna marry in his next promo destination? :P

That said, I think Shah Rukh is truly brave to have gone through this. I think.. with lesser men.. they would have panicked when being surrounded by very VERY passionate girls all wanting to marry them. Remember The Bachelor?

But girls, however excited you are, please be careful not to pull any of his appendages. They're quite sensitive.. since most of them have gone through some sorta surgery. Yes, yes.. I have my serious face on while writing this.

To all the girls who got to marry Shah Rukh Khan.. CONGRATULATIONS!! I'm genuinely happy for you. May you have a happy wedded life. Had I been a cuter, more courageous and less shy person.. I would have loved to be on that stage singing "tujhe dekha to ye jaana sanam" to him and asking him to marry me too.

Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol meet SAJA and SAMMA

He talks so good.. na?! I love the way his words just seem to re-arrange themselves into the most coherent speech you have ever heard from a public personality. And he can give these beautiful speeches not only when he's talking about films (in terms of acting).. but sports, politics, finance, filmmaking aspects.. about all he's involved himself in, really.. which is like almost everything that has to do with the world of entertainment. Mmm.. according to me, politics is a form of entertainment. You don't believe me? Watch the news.

I think this is the best interview presentation I have ever seen of him. He looks so close to the camera, making the whole shot looks genuinely real. Don't know how to explain it, but the way they capture this interview makes me feel as if I were in the same room with them albeit a little bit further back. Nice.

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What does it mean by "marked for the month"?? Is he gonna appear non-stop in all those programs he mentioned?

LoveGuru Shahrukh Khan - MNIK

Several things I gotta say...

• For someone who doesn't understand the language, hindi sounds so beautiful when I hear it from Shah Rukh.. coz he speaks so fast! Nobody speaks hindi as fast and loaded with as many interesting points as he does in impromptu interviews. He has at least 3 paragraphs ready for the the host 2 seconds before the question is to finish. And they're not necessarily politically correct all the time either. 
• The way he conveys his messages across... whether it's about movies, sports, business, rumours on his personal life, current world/national issues... makes me feel as if he's been fed the questions beforehand and spent the whole night searching for just the right words and practicing a coupla hours saying the lines in front of a mirror to come up with such answers. He sounds that prepared.
• No matter how much in trouble he gets from his previous interviews, he'll just turn the situation around in his favour during his next ones.
• He gave his MNIK promo schedule in this clip.. the full version to the one he briefly gave us in twitter.
• I adore his love-hate interactions with the media. Wait for his punchline at the very end of this interview. And I do mean punch.. :P

My Name is Khan - full SRK interview

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K Korner clips

The triumvirate unveils the first look of My Name is Khan

Shah Rukh is soooo unpredictable, yaar. Why suddenly did he turn to Kajal and told her in the middle of talking about autism, "Because you helped me with my acting..I like you..we're wearing the same red thing..." Whaaaa?? *was LOL-ing so much* ..well, life is never dull with Shah Rukh around.

Another version of the press conference. I was laughing when the reporter described how Shah Rukh and Kajal quietly took their spectacles out and wore them to watch the promo. Hey, I think that's the red thing Shah Rukh was babbling about in the first clip LOL. Aww.. so cute~

I cried just watching the trailer...

Ish speechless. May have more words to say after I watch the movie. And since I don't like watching movies in a cinema hall, there'll be a gap of about 6-7 months after the movie is released before I can get to buy the DVD. But I'll wait.



...Shah Rukh talked about the movie and Karan tweeted about its official website.

The first look of the movie comes out today! TODAY!!

Here I am all excited, and I don't have cable.. shucks. But I love love love the little I saw of Rizwan Khan in this clip. It reminds me of the time I watched Suri disembark from the train in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. I was going, "That can't be Shah Rukh..." I think this is going to be my most favourite character to replace Suri. Shah Rukh is right, his best role IS his next role. Even when a movie of his is not going the way I want it to (Dil Se, KANK, Paheli, Chaahat, etc.), I still love the role(s) he played in it.



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My Name is Khan will premiere at the Berlin Film Festival on February 12. It is expected to be screened at one of Berlin's most important locations, Potsdamer Platz. Incidentally, it is the first Indian film to be premiered in Berlin.

I quote a bit of Karan Johar's interview in the Mumbai Mirror post:

• How long do you plan to work only with Shah Rukh Khan considering that actors have a limited shelf life, unlike directors?

I have never worked without him and I have no clue what the experience will be like. I do my best work when Shah Rukh is on the sets as there is this tremendous sense of comfort when he is around and I feel that everything will be fine and fun on the sets. I think I will be working with him for the rest of my life as we have this special connection not only personally but also professionally. We understand each other very well, he is a member of my family and vice versa.

Ha! Now they're asking that. If Karan were to go and work with another hero, they'd be going all over the place saying Karan has exited Shah Rukh's camp, the way it's been happening with poor Farah. What a low strategy this media type employs, all for the sake of a story.

Nowadays I just boycott from reading stupid dushman-dostana posts like that.. be it with Salman, Aamir, Farah, Shirish, Amitabhji, etc. Boring stuff! I want real meat. No.. I demand real meat that I can bite into and chew in satisfaction. Stop being lazy, you journalists! You're not from some cheap tabloid papers! Go out there and find some really interesting news! I know you can do it~~