Monday, February 11, 2008
Farah Khan's Shanti Om Shanti Are Here!
We at SRK-OMSHANTIOM would like to congratulate Farah on this auspicious occasion.Bollywood director and choreographer Farah Khan gave birth to two bonny girls and one baby boy late Sunday night at Mumbai’s Jaslok hospital.
Farah’s husband Shirish Kunder and her brother Sajid Khan were beside her at the time of the delivery. Sajid Khan told Zee News that both Farah and the babies were in the pink of health and doing well.
The ace director’s close friends which include Shahrukh Khan, Gauri Khan, Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwala are expected to arrive at the hospital soon.
Earlier last month, producer-director Karan Johar and Shah Rukh Khan`s wife Gauri Khan had organized a baby shower for Farah with a lavish function held at SRK`s palatial Bandra bungalow `Mannat` in Mumbai. The function was attended by stars like Rani Mukherjee, Priyanka Chopra, Karisma Kapoor, Tabu and wives of Farhan Akhtar, Suneil Shetty, Atul Agnihotri and many others.
Hope these bundles of joy will multiply Farah’s happiness!
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Farah's baby shower at Shah Rukh's 'Mannat'?
As per reports coming in rather late, producer director Karan Johar and Shah Rukh Khan's wife Gauri Khan organized a baby shower, earlier this month, for close family friend Farah Khan's expected triplets.
At a lavish function held at SRK's palatial Bandra bungalow 'Mannat' in Mumbai, the atmosphere was like a huge song and dance production, straight out of one of Karan's multi-starrers! The real life cast included stars like Rani Mukherjee, Priyanka Chopra, Karisma Kapoor, Tabu and wives of Farhan Akhtar, Suneil Shetty, Atul Agnihotri and many others.
Needless to mention that King Khan played a gracious host, along with wife Gauri Khan and close friend Karan Johar. There are also unconfirmed reports of a live 'Shava Shava' starring most of the guests! Farah Khan was showered with gifts and blessings by all the guests who had a whale of a time.
Just for those who are not conversant with the foreign custom of baby shower, it is roughly equivalent to the traditional Indian 'godh bharai' ceremony which is held by the family and friends for the expected mother, during the late stages of pregnancy.
Abid, Bollywood Trade News Network
At a lavish function held at SRK's palatial Bandra bungalow 'Mannat' in Mumbai, the atmosphere was like a huge song and dance production, straight out of one of Karan's multi-starrers! The real life cast included stars like Rani Mukherjee, Priyanka Chopra, Karisma Kapoor, Tabu and wives of Farhan Akhtar, Suneil Shetty, Atul Agnihotri and many others.
Needless to mention that King Khan played a gracious host, along with wife Gauri Khan and close friend Karan Johar. There are also unconfirmed reports of a live 'Shava Shava' starring most of the guests! Farah Khan was showered with gifts and blessings by all the guests who had a whale of a time.
Just for those who are not conversant with the foreign custom of baby shower, it is roughly equivalent to the traditional Indian 'godh bharai' ceremony which is held by the family and friends for the expected mother, during the late stages of pregnancy.
Abid, Bollywood Trade News Network
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Gauri Khan and Karan Johar are hosting a baby shower for Farah Khan
Close friends Karan Johar and Gauri Khan are hosting a lavish baby shower party for expectant mother and Om Shanti Om director Farah Khan at Shah Rukh Khan's residence, Mannat this evening.
The story goes that Shah Rukh, Gauri and Karan have been collecting books on motherhood, baby names and designer maternity clothes for a much-pregnant Farah from all over the world.
It was recently that they decided to organise a baby shower to congratulate Farah and mark the arrival of her triplets next month. Karan says, “Yes we are having a baby shower for Farah but it's too personal to talk about it.”
Although there is no particular theme for the party, the hosts have planned a few games for the guests. A source says, “We are quite fond of Articulate but Shah Rukh has promised to make arrangements for some fun games like guessing the birth date and with guessing the baby food's name after tasting it with closed eyes.”
Cakes and some snacks will be served at the party. Apparently, the hosts wanted to avoid food items that the soon-to-be mother cannot eat.
Apart from close friends Kaajal Anand, Maheep Kapoor, Bhavana Pandey, Nandita Mahatani and Mehr Jessia, the generous hosts have invited most of Bollywood's married women including Kajol and former actress Sonali Bendre. The hush-hush event will not be attended by most male actors except for Shah Rukh Khan, Farah's brother Sajid Khan, husband Shirish Kunder, scriptwriter Mushtaq Sheikh and host Karan. Sajid Khan, when contacted, says, “My mother and I are attending Farah's baby shower today.”
Baby showers are usually held in the later stages of pregnancy, mostly during the last two months. A popular tradition in the US, close friends of expectant parents organise a baby shower to celebrate the arrival of the first baby, but there are baby showers for every baby these days. Usually, a family member from either side throws a shower. There're multiple showers too, where friends and co-workers also participate in the celebrations.
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The story goes that Shah Rukh, Gauri and Karan have been collecting books on motherhood, baby names and designer maternity clothes for a much-pregnant Farah from all over the world.
It was recently that they decided to organise a baby shower to congratulate Farah and mark the arrival of her triplets next month. Karan says, “Yes we are having a baby shower for Farah but it's too personal to talk about it.”
Although there is no particular theme for the party, the hosts have planned a few games for the guests. A source says, “We are quite fond of Articulate but Shah Rukh has promised to make arrangements for some fun games like guessing the birth date and with guessing the baby food's name after tasting it with closed eyes.”
Cakes and some snacks will be served at the party. Apparently, the hosts wanted to avoid food items that the soon-to-be mother cannot eat.
Apart from close friends Kaajal Anand, Maheep Kapoor, Bhavana Pandey, Nandita Mahatani and Mehr Jessia, the generous hosts have invited most of Bollywood's married women including Kajol and former actress Sonali Bendre. The hush-hush event will not be attended by most male actors except for Shah Rukh Khan, Farah's brother Sajid Khan, husband Shirish Kunder, scriptwriter Mushtaq Sheikh and host Karan. Sajid Khan, when contacted, says, “My mother and I are attending Farah's baby shower today.”
Baby showers are usually held in the later stages of pregnancy, mostly during the last two months. A popular tradition in the US, close friends of expectant parents organise a baby shower to celebrate the arrival of the first baby, but there are baby showers for every baby these days. Usually, a family member from either side throws a shower. There're multiple showers too, where friends and co-workers also participate in the celebrations.
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Monday, December 17, 2007
Karan Johar's Media Mantra's
One of the nicest — and mutually profitable — friendships here is that of Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar. K Jo may be right up there in the marquee as a film-maker but he is still sporting enough to take care of Shah Rukh’s clothes, without ever feeling that he’s too big to be doing this now.
“I do clothes only for Shah Rukh, nobody else,” Karan is clear about that. “I connect with what Shah Rukh wants. I’ve done his clothes in Main Hoon Na (remember the simple but distinct sweater and scarf look?) and in Om Shanti Om. I always say Yash Uncle and Farah are two makers for whom, whenever they work with Shah Rukh, I will always do the clothes. I do Shah Rukh’s clothes in any case. I’m always shopping for him. I love doing it as a hobby.
“I loved doing the clothes of Om Shanti Om. Farah was so well-researched, she knew just what she wanted. Every time I fought with her — like I’d say, Farah, you want to give him this gold jacket for God’s sake — her answer would be, just shut up and give it, I know what my tones are. And when I saw it on screen the gold jacket looked great. Shah Rukh looked fantastic in the film. In the first half there wasn’t one wrong note. I had great fun doing it. I hope I get another job!”
One might say that today it is a privilege for anybody to do Shah Rukh’s clothes. But Karan is not ‘anybody’; he is a huge celebrity himself. One might think Karan benefits from his association with such a big star but if you really look at their friendship, I for one would say that Shah Rukh has equally gained from having Karan for a friend.
Today, especially after the blockbuster win of Om Shanti Om, a dreary charge against SRK is that he is media-savvy, like it is a gaali. Anybody who can’t get a good press (currently, Rishi Kapoor and most of the Saawariya satellites) sneer over the two words, ‘media savvy’ like it is a flaw in your personality. But the truth is, Shah Rukh was not always media-savvy. When he made his first film, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, and flopped on his face, he had got the kind of furious backlash that Sanjay Leela Bhansali got this year. Shah Rukh had no friends in the media, he had an issue with most of them (yours truly included) over laughingly trivial items, and right up to Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, it was close friend Karan Johar who spoke warmly to the media on his friend’s behalf.
If Shah Rukh Khan has changed for the better you have to credit buddy Karan for the subtle influence he has had over the actor. Hear Karan’s refreshing views on the media and you’ll get an idea of where Shah Rukh has picked up some important lessons.
Says Karan, “Handling the media is really an art, that too requires a certain course.
“You cannot deny the power of the media, you cannot deny that they are a huge platform you need to be on when you have to promote your film or speak about yourself, you cannot deny that they make you the brand you are and you reap the benefits of that. I work in tandem with the media, I like to be there for them just as they have always been there for me. Yes, there are some bad apples but there are those bad apples in any industry, any profession, why just the media?
“When critics praise you, you’re happy. When they criticise you, you say they’re biased. Why can’t we accept that perhaps they just didn’t like your film? I can, even if it does hurt. If tomorrow you write against my film, I’m not going to be loving you for that second, but the next day I’ll wake up and say, ok, I must respect her opinion, I have so many of my own.
“Yes, the electronic media is in your face, the paparazzi is emerging, it’s annoying when you go to an event and you have a hundred cameras on you. But would you not want those hundred people around you? Would you like it if they ignored you and ran after someone else? No, I wouldn’t. I’m sorry to report, I’d be shattered, upset and want to break my head against the nearest wall! I like the shutterbugs when I walk the red carpet and I like the fact that they’re screaming my name for sound bytes. If they didn’t, I’d wonder what went wrong!
“We need the media,” concludes Karan. And you know just how much Shah Rukh has got from Karan when the film-maker says, “Let’s not pretend that we’re going to go out there and bash them because we sound cool at a party. We don’t.
“Media bashing is really passé!”
Thanks, pal.
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“I do clothes only for Shah Rukh, nobody else,” Karan is clear about that. “I connect with what Shah Rukh wants. I’ve done his clothes in Main Hoon Na (remember the simple but distinct sweater and scarf look?) and in Om Shanti Om. I always say Yash Uncle and Farah are two makers for whom, whenever they work with Shah Rukh, I will always do the clothes. I do Shah Rukh’s clothes in any case. I’m always shopping for him. I love doing it as a hobby.
“I loved doing the clothes of Om Shanti Om. Farah was so well-researched, she knew just what she wanted. Every time I fought with her — like I’d say, Farah, you want to give him this gold jacket for God’s sake — her answer would be, just shut up and give it, I know what my tones are. And when I saw it on screen the gold jacket looked great. Shah Rukh looked fantastic in the film. In the first half there wasn’t one wrong note. I had great fun doing it. I hope I get another job!”
One might say that today it is a privilege for anybody to do Shah Rukh’s clothes. But Karan is not ‘anybody’; he is a huge celebrity himself. One might think Karan benefits from his association with such a big star but if you really look at their friendship, I for one would say that Shah Rukh has equally gained from having Karan for a friend.
Today, especially after the blockbuster win of Om Shanti Om, a dreary charge against SRK is that he is media-savvy, like it is a gaali. Anybody who can’t get a good press (currently, Rishi Kapoor and most of the Saawariya satellites) sneer over the two words, ‘media savvy’ like it is a flaw in your personality. But the truth is, Shah Rukh was not always media-savvy. When he made his first film, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, and flopped on his face, he had got the kind of furious backlash that Sanjay Leela Bhansali got this year. Shah Rukh had no friends in the media, he had an issue with most of them (yours truly included) over laughingly trivial items, and right up to Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, it was close friend Karan Johar who spoke warmly to the media on his friend’s behalf.
If Shah Rukh Khan has changed for the better you have to credit buddy Karan for the subtle influence he has had over the actor. Hear Karan’s refreshing views on the media and you’ll get an idea of where Shah Rukh has picked up some important lessons.
Says Karan, “Handling the media is really an art, that too requires a certain course.
“You cannot deny the power of the media, you cannot deny that they are a huge platform you need to be on when you have to promote your film or speak about yourself, you cannot deny that they make you the brand you are and you reap the benefits of that. I work in tandem with the media, I like to be there for them just as they have always been there for me. Yes, there are some bad apples but there are those bad apples in any industry, any profession, why just the media?
“When critics praise you, you’re happy. When they criticise you, you say they’re biased. Why can’t we accept that perhaps they just didn’t like your film? I can, even if it does hurt. If tomorrow you write against my film, I’m not going to be loving you for that second, but the next day I’ll wake up and say, ok, I must respect her opinion, I have so many of my own.
“Yes, the electronic media is in your face, the paparazzi is emerging, it’s annoying when you go to an event and you have a hundred cameras on you. But would you not want those hundred people around you? Would you like it if they ignored you and ran after someone else? No, I wouldn’t. I’m sorry to report, I’d be shattered, upset and want to break my head against the nearest wall! I like the shutterbugs when I walk the red carpet and I like the fact that they’re screaming my name for sound bytes. If they didn’t, I’d wonder what went wrong!
“We need the media,” concludes Karan. And you know just how much Shah Rukh has got from Karan when the film-maker says, “Let’s not pretend that we’re going to go out there and bash them because we sound cool at a party. We don’t.
“Media bashing is really passé!”
Thanks, pal.
CelebrityCircus
Labels: Farah Khan, Karan Johar, Om Shanti Om, Shahrukh Khan, Yash Chopra
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Red Carpet World Premiere of OSO at London
he reigning King of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, is set to take London by storm at the Red Carpet World Premiere for the release of the colossal film, Om Shanti Om – the most breathtaking and monumental Bollywood film bonanza of the year – descending upon the Empire, Leicester Square on Thursday, November 8.
Presented by Eros International, the one and only King Khan, Shah Rukh, will bring the electrifying glamour, glory and stardust of Bollywood to London's West End, as the entire square will become a bedazzling Bollywood spectacle, to celebrate the long-awaited release of 2007's biggest blockbuster – Om Shanti Om.
The full glory of Bollywood cinema will descend upon London's Leicester Square, as King Khan, joins a host of the industry's most magnanimous, including demure debutante, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Shreyas Talpade and Karan Johar, who will partake in a Q&A session at the Media Conference, before gracing the evening's Red Carpet World Premiere.
Kishore Lulla, Chairman and CEO of Eros International comments, "Eros has always enjoyed a fantastic relationship with Shah Rukh Khan, and we are looking forward to the release of Om Shanti Om during the festive season of Diwali. It is one of the most awaited films of the year and we are excited to be leveraging Eros' global distribution in promoting the film."
Om Shanti Om is releasing in cinemas worldwide on November 9.
Devansh Patel, IndiaFM
Presented by Eros International, the one and only King Khan, Shah Rukh, will bring the electrifying glamour, glory and stardust of Bollywood to London's West End, as the entire square will become a bedazzling Bollywood spectacle, to celebrate the long-awaited release of 2007's biggest blockbuster – Om Shanti Om.
The full glory of Bollywood cinema will descend upon London's Leicester Square, as King Khan, joins a host of the industry's most magnanimous, including demure debutante, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Shreyas Talpade and Karan Johar, who will partake in a Q&A session at the Media Conference, before gracing the evening's Red Carpet World Premiere.
Kishore Lulla, Chairman and CEO of Eros International comments, "Eros has always enjoyed a fantastic relationship with Shah Rukh Khan, and we are looking forward to the release of Om Shanti Om during the festive season of Diwali. It is one of the most awaited films of the year and we are excited to be leveraging Eros' global distribution in promoting the film."
Om Shanti Om is releasing in cinemas worldwide on November 9.
Devansh Patel, IndiaFM
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Sunday, August 26, 2007
Karan Johar To Koffee With Shahrukh, Farah & Deepika
He is the rocking superstar and king of the box-office, while she is the sizzling supermodel who’ll be soon seen in Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om. Yes, we are talking about none other than the most awaited jodi of 2007, Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone. For the first time, you’ll see them together this Sunday, Aug 26 on Koffee with Karan! Choreographer/Director Farah Khan will also join the duo on the show.
For all you fans of SRK and Deepika, who just can’t wait to tune in to the show we have an exclusive excerpts of KJO’s conversation with the dimpled duo.
Excerpts from the interview:
Karan: SRK, you are doing ‘Om Shanti Om’, a film again with Farah?
SRK: I had even promised Farah once that if I would strip, it would be for her film!
Karan: So, cool you look... new hair do... muscles... 6 pack... I heard
SRK: 4
Farah: 4 have come... 2 to go...
SRK: I am still working on the last two...
Karan: What made you make this change?
SRK: My son feels I am fat...
Karan: He thinks you are fat?
SRK: He thinks I am fat... He beat up a girl... because, first she called me an asshole... beep beep... then she said I look very ugly on KBC... sorry Star... he didn’t react... he controlled himself... finally when she said, your father is fat... he kicked her... so I got angry with him... and he said, Papa, you know what, it is not her fault...its you... why are you fat? because she said, ugly, I didn’t mind... you looked handsome on KBC... you are not an asshole I know.... You are a cool guy but you are fat Papa.
Karan: Aryan thinks you are fat!
SRK: Just imagine... what he thinks about you and Farah? Let’s not get into that...
Karan: Deepika, are you nervous to be on the show?
Deepika: I am very nervous!
Karan: Was it the same kind of nervousness when you were offered this film... you had to work with Shah Rukh, with Farah... were you completely like all nerves the first day...
Deepika: It was the same kind of nervousness; specially on the first day... although Farah went all out to make me feel comfortable... she introduced me to Shah Rukh well in advance...
Karan: And everyone tells that he is a terrific co-star ...
Deepika: He is fantastic to work with... He made me feel comfortable.
Karan: It feels special that you are a part of such a monstrous project?
Deepika: Yes and we have almost come to the end of it
SRK: I thought Karan was saying you are part of such a monster (pointing to Farah)
Deepika: No, she was wonderful...
Karan: Are you dating Ranbir Kapoor?
Deepika: We are friends.
So, don’t forget to tune in as Karan chats with Shah Rukh Khan, Farah Khan and Deepika Padukone on Koffee with Karan this Sunday, August 26th at 9 p.m . on Star One and Star World.
For all you fans of SRK and Deepika, who just can’t wait to tune in to the show we have an exclusive excerpts of KJO’s conversation with the dimpled duo.
Excerpts from the interview:
Karan: SRK, you are doing ‘Om Shanti Om’, a film again with Farah?
SRK: I had even promised Farah once that if I would strip, it would be for her film!
Karan: So, cool you look... new hair do... muscles... 6 pack... I heard
SRK: 4
Farah: 4 have come... 2 to go...
SRK: I am still working on the last two...
Karan: What made you make this change?
SRK: My son feels I am fat...
Karan: He thinks you are fat?
SRK: He thinks I am fat... He beat up a girl... because, first she called me an asshole... beep beep... then she said I look very ugly on KBC... sorry Star... he didn’t react... he controlled himself... finally when she said, your father is fat... he kicked her... so I got angry with him... and he said, Papa, you know what, it is not her fault...its you... why are you fat? because she said, ugly, I didn’t mind... you looked handsome on KBC... you are not an asshole I know.... You are a cool guy but you are fat Papa.
Karan: Aryan thinks you are fat!
SRK: Just imagine... what he thinks about you and Farah? Let’s not get into that...
Karan: Deepika, are you nervous to be on the show?
Deepika: I am very nervous!
Karan: Was it the same kind of nervousness when you were offered this film... you had to work with Shah Rukh, with Farah... were you completely like all nerves the first day...
Deepika: It was the same kind of nervousness; specially on the first day... although Farah went all out to make me feel comfortable... she introduced me to Shah Rukh well in advance...
Karan: And everyone tells that he is a terrific co-star ...
Deepika: He is fantastic to work with... He made me feel comfortable.
Karan: It feels special that you are a part of such a monstrous project?
Deepika: Yes and we have almost come to the end of it
SRK: I thought Karan was saying you are part of such a monster (pointing to Farah)
Deepika: No, she was wonderful...
Karan: Are you dating Ranbir Kapoor?
Deepika: We are friends.
So, don’t forget to tune in as Karan chats with Shah Rukh Khan, Farah Khan and Deepika Padukone on Koffee with Karan this Sunday, August 26th at 9 p.m . on Star One and Star World.
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