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I wanted my flaws in statue: SRK ------------------------------------
Shalini Siromani CNN-IBN Posted Wednesday, April 04, 2007 at 13:09 Updated Wednesday, April 04, 2007 at 13:25
London: On Tuesday, superstar Shah Rukh Khan finally met his match. With a desi twist of Bhangra music, a garland and wife Gauri in tow, he unveiled his wax statue at Madame Tussauds in London.
The 41-year old actor is the third Bollywood star, after Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai to get waxed. So following Bachchan again?
“I don’t want to sound pompous and self-centred but I came from Delhi and in the last 18 years I have come a long way. Please don't take it away from me,” said Shah Rukh.
Amongst all the reasons in the world, Shah Rukh seems to like his mother’s reasons for him being at Madame Tussauds the best.
“Like all mums, my mum felt I would be in Madame Tussauds one day, she thought I was very good looking, and she thought that was enough criteria to be here,” he said.
But did he ask the makers to hide his flaws? “I wanted all my flaws included otherwise it would be too sweet and too nice,” clarified Shah Rukh.
The actor seemed genuinely overwhelmed and even got a little philosophical.
“We say it in India that in movies and Bollywood films, it’s a happy ending. And if it's not happy it's not the end. I'm feeling a little scared because this is very happy; so does it also mean the end? And do I feel that I need to do something more? Should I just retire?" he asked.
He had the right mix of humility and pride and wife Gauri certainly approved and quite literally couldn’t keep her hands off him.
“She said it's been a long time since i've seen you look so young and you were only smiling for a change and not being grouchy and answering back,” said Shah Rukh.
So if you want to get up, close and personal with the King Khan himself then this is as real as it gets. He's not leaving Madame Tussuads anytime soon.
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SRK to unveil own statue at Tussauds ------------------------------------------
[ 2 Apr, 2007 2358hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK >
MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will unveil his wax statue at Madame Tussauds in London on Tuesday.
According to Coman Kenny of Madame Tussauds, Khan will be making a red carpet entry to the venue for the event. He will be accompanied by his wife Gauri Khan and children for the event.
Kenny said Shah Rukh would also interact with his UK fans to talk about his childhood dream of being part of Madame Tussauds.
"At least I will now not be asked to stand in queue for the visit to the gallery," Shah Rukh was quoted as saying. A documentary on him is likely to be screened at the event.
The only other Bollywood stars at Madame Tussauds are Aishwarya Rai and Amitabh Bachchan.
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Abhishek and Aishwarya seem inseparable ---------------------------------------------
Calcutta News.Net Wednesday 4th April, 2007 (IANS)
With the wedding around the corner, Abhishek Bachchan and his fiancee Aishwarya Rai are trying to spend maximum time with each other and their schedules seem to be getting progressively clogged.
They attended the Zee awards ceremony in Malaysia Sunday. On the very next day Abhishek accompanied his bride-to-be to London for the international premiere Tuesday of her much-awaited film on domestic violence titled 'Provoked'.
Producer Murli Manohar told IANS: 'Although Abhishek is not directly related to the film in any way, he kindly consented to accompany Aishwarya to London for the premiere at the prestigious Empire theatre at Leicester Square.'
Curiously, there will be no premiere for 'Provoked' in Mumbai. Aishwarya, who had earlier gone out of her way to promote the film, had no time to do so. The film opens in four languages - Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu - in India.
'We had the film's director Jagmohan Mundhra and the real-life protagonist Kiranjit Ahluwalia, on whose true-life story 'Provoked' is based, travelling to various parts of India. Hopefully, the film's theme of domestic violence would ring a bell all over the country,' said Manohar.
Incidentally, 'Provoked' is Aishwarya's first international release since the lukewarmly received 'Bride & Prejudice' and the disastrous 'Mistress Of Spices'.
In both 'Bride...' and 'Provoked', the former Miss World plays a Punjabi girl, though a far unhappier one in the latter.
She now has another international film, 'The Last Legion', up for release. In India, this year she just has one movie - Ashutosh Gowariker's historical drama 'Jodha-Akbar'.
In 'Provoked', Aishwarya made no physical preparations to play the battered wife.
'I didn't try to look like Kiranjit. There's no physical resemblance between us. But I did connect with her in less apparent ways, met up with her a number of times,' Aishwarya had said in an earlier interview.
'Domestic violence or violence of any kind between a man and a woman is a horrific state to be in. This has been one of my most challenging roles to date,' the actress added
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Media barred from covering AbhiAsh wedding! -----------------------------------------------
GAUTAM BURAGOHAIN
So the date is here. Finally Bollywood's most hyped couple AbhiAsh (Abhishek and Aishwarya) are set to tie the knot on April 20th; at least if the strong buzz is to be believed. And it's being touted as an exclusive affair with only a select few family and friends attending.
Most prominent among the star invitees are likely to be close family friends Amar Singh, Anil and Tina Ambani, Subroto Roy, etc. The marriage will apparently be solemnized at the Juhu abode of the Bachchans - Jalsa. The affair will be a simple and quiet ceremony mainly because Amitabh's mother, Teji Bachchan, has not been keeping well for a while now and has been in and out of hospitals.
" Amitji's mother is not well; she won't be able to attend the wedding, so immediately after the marriage rituals are done, the couple will be visiting Lilavati hospital to seek her blessings. After that, there will be a small get together for the family at night," says a source close to the Bachchans. Also, bad news for media hoping to cover the industry's most awaited do.
The buzz is that Press has been barred from covering the event and the sole rights for covering the mega wedding have reportedly been sold to a channel for a whopping sum. There is also talk that photo rights have been sold to an nternational media house, though nothing has been officially confirmed so far! watch this space for more ...
With the news bells ringing out the news of the much awaited Abhi-Ash wedding, loud and clear; we have it from our sources that the director-producer of the in-production Aishwarya starrer 'Jodha Akbar', Ashutosh Gowariker, has cancelled all leave of his unit.
This is because he fears a slowdown after the AbhiAsh Shaadi. The shooting of the Hrithik-Ash film is now on at full throttle, only because he wants to complete it on schedule. Says a source from the production unit in Karjat, "He wants to finish the shooting by the first week of April itself; that's why the shooting is going at full pace, sometimes even without breaks, to beat the shaadi deadline....
"...We have almost wrapped up the film, it's only a question of a few more scenes, now. We will mostly be done before our scheduled date.” Now that’s some fast and smart work from Ashu Gowariker.
