Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Om Shanti Om’ has become a big hit in London with the entry into UK’s Top 10 films, with a collection of USD 2,001,834. American Gangster is heading the list with a gross to date USD 5,280,819 followed by Beowulf and Ratatouille. Earlier in the 1 st week of the screening ‘Om Shanti Om’ overtook Tom Cruise’s ‘Lions for Lambs’

‘Om Shanti Om’ is being shown across 1,400 plus screens globally. ‘Om Shanti Om’, released with a World Premiere here on November 9, 2007, has so far grossed over USD 19 million from India and overseas in the first week.

In June, Rajnikanth mega hit Sivaji: The Boss has become the first-ever Tamil movie to find a place in the UK Top 10 — at No. 9.

Bollywood Star SRK and Superstar Rajnikanth are making waves in London !!!

Shah Rukh Khan, superstar of Bollywood has announced that he will not watch cricket matches in the stadium in future, after some BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) officials claimed that the leading man of Hindi cinema is using the platform provided by the matches to promote his latest flick, Om Shanti Om, and not the match itself.

“I am disappointed,” Shah Rukh said, adding, “I take my children to watch the match and if someone asks me a question about my film, I will obviously answer them.”

“I will not watch a cricket match in future. Even if my children Aryan and Suhana go, I will tell the BCCI officials not to focus the camera on them and make a statement that their father is Shah Rukh Khan,” the actor stated.

Off-late Shahrukh has been appearing in matches involving the Indian team. He was there in the final of the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa and again in Twenty20 match against Australia in Mumbai. He was present along with Deepika Padukone in the last India Vs Pakistan ODI in Jaipur and talked about his new movie in the commentary box.

Kapil Dev’s Reaction
“Shah Rukh is already a popular personality in the world through his films. Does he need cricket to popularise himself and his work?” asked, former Indian caption Kapil Dev.

BCCI Reaction

“The BCCI has no objection if any film star watches any matche involving the national team. We do not think the players get distracted by film stars or any other spectator.” said BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla.

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan bagged the best actor trophy for his portrayal of a hockey coach in ”Chak De India”, the inspirational sports blockbuster at the V Shantaram Awards held over the weekend in Mumbai.

The movie also bagged the awards for Best Film (Gold) and director Shimit Amin bagged two awards for Best Director (Silver) and Best Editing.

V Shantaram award is considered very special by the Indian film fraternity due to its unique feature of not being restricted to any particular Indian language.

Other winners included Guru which bagged awards for Best Music, Cinematography and Director, while last year’s blockbuster Lage Raho Munnabhai also fetched three awards for Best Supporting Actor, Story and Screenplay.

Shah Rukh Khan apologised to Manoj Kumar as the veteran actor had felt offended by a few scenes in Om Shanti Om. Khan is also a co-producer of the movie, directed by Farah Khan.

Manoj Kumar is reportedly angry about a sequence in which he has been shown being thrashed by policemen outside a theatre. In the movie Om Shanti Om, Khan’s character steals Kumar’s pass to enter a movie premiere, and police, not recognising Kumar, beat him.

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Apologising to Manoj Kumar, Khan said “I was completely wrong…If if he is hurt, I apologise.”

“I called him in the afternoon and the first thing he said to me was “it is no big deal, son“, Shah Rukh Khan said.

Om Shanti Om star Shahrukh Khan will be the chief guest of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) which is to be held in Goa from 23 November. Actress Priyamani the rising star of South Indian Cinema will lit the lamp.

The first IFFI was held in 1952; since 1975, it has been held annually. The thirty-sixth festival was held in Goa, between the 24th of November and the 4th of December 2005.

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