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  • SRK and Padukone set the stage on fire at the music launch of ‘Chennai Express’

    SRK and Padukone set the stage on fire at the music launch of ‘Chennai Express’

    MUMBAI: The first look of UTV Motion Pictures‘ and Red Chillies Entertainments‘ Chennai Express created a frenzy amongst fans. To take that excitement further the much awaited music of Chennai Express was launched on Wednesday at a star studded event in Mumbai in the presence of actress Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan – actor and producer, Red Chillies Entertainments, Ronnie Screwvala – MD Disney UTV, Bhushan Kumar – chairman and MD T-Series director Rohit Shetty and music director duo Vishal-Shekhar.

    Songs released from the movie are already topping the popular music charts.

    The album boasts of an array of 8 songs from foot tapping dance numbers like ‘1234 Get on the dance floor‘ and ‘Ready Steady Po‘ to a soulful rendition like ‘Titli‘, from love songs to total entertainment ones like ‘Chipak Chipak Ke‘, ‘Tera Rasta Chhodon Na‘, ‘Kashmir Main,Tu Kanyakumari‘ and even the title track ‘Chennai Express‘ which is specially sung by S P Balasubramaniam. The lyrics for the album have been written by Amitabh Bhattacharya.

    “Chennai Express has been a reunion of sorts for me. My first film was with SRK as a co-star, Manish Malhotra did my costumes and Vishal-Shekhar composed the music. I love all the songs and the way Vishal-Shekhar have beautifully amalgamated the theme and the tracks. Titli is my favourite one,” said actress Deepika Padukone.

    Commenting on the music Shah Rukh Khan said, “Music breathes life into a film and Vishal-Shekhar have exactly done that with the songs of Chennai Express. I have always had a great working experience with them. There‘s a song for everyone in the album. My personal favourites are Tera Raasta Chodu Na and Titli. Hope you‘ve liked them too!”

    “Chennai Express‘ music is the film. Love, humour, action, comedy, it‘s all in the songs. Also it is a genuine homage to South Indian culture / music,” said music directors Vishal and Shekhar.

    “I am very excited about the music of our film because of Vishal and Shekhar. They have put together a brilliant album keeping the theme of the film in mind. Having worked with them for Golmaal 1, I am very glad that we have come together for Chennai Express too,” said director Rohit Shetty.

    “It is always a great pleasure to work with Shah Rukh Khan. T-Series has been associated with him right from his first home production Main Hoon Na. SRK has a great taste for music which is evident from Don 2, Ra.One, Om Shanti Om and now Chennai Express. Chennai Express is a great mixture of various flavours and melodies collated amazingly by Vishal-Shekhar,” said T-Series chairman and MD Bhushan Kumar.

    Chennai Express will hit theatres worldwide on Eid – 8 August 2013.

  • WB govt releases promotional film featuring SRK

    WB govt releases promotional film featuring SRK

    MUMBAI: The Government of West Bengal has released its promotional film featuring Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan.

    Through the film, the state government is promoting West Bengal as a progressive state with Rabindranath Tagore‘s song Sonar Bangla (Golden Bengal) in the background.

    It talks about new and resurgent Bengal by highlighting industrialisation, agricultural growth, skilled artisans and handicrafts.

    The promotional film features important tourist destinations of Bengal such as Darjeeling, Digha, the Dakshineswar Kali temple and Kalighat besides traditional dances of Bengal and the Sunderbans among others.

    The promotional film has been directed by national award winning film maker Anirudhha Roy Choudhury. The film has gone on-air on leading national and Bengali television channels.

  • SRK completes 20 years in filmdom

    SRK completes 20 years in filmdom

    MUMBAI: Shah Rukh Khan has completed his 20 year-long reign in the film industry. The actor, who has acted in over 70 films, made his debut in 1992 with Deewana.

    “Just realized 20 yrs have vanished in a glance. Been only moving cos thats important…more important perhaps than knowing where to…I‘m never today sometimes yesterday sometimes the next day already. I am a time challenger moving along the trail of my dreams seen eyes open,” wrote the 46-year-old Khan.

    In his career, Khan has given a number of hits and is fondly known as the King of Romance for having played the lovey-dovey guy ‘Raj‘ and ‘Rahul‘ in a number of romantic films.

    He is currently shooting for Yash Chopra‘s untitled directorial venture opposite Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma.

  • Hyundai’s new i10 TVC featuring SRK goes on air

    Hyundai’s new i10 TVC featuring SRK goes on air

    NEW DELHI: A new television commercial featuring Shah Rukh Khan in Hyundai Motor India Ltd’s (HMIL) Next Gen i10 goes on air today.

    Khan is supported by Manajari Phadnis who plays the female lead in the commercial. The TVC is built around the theme of, “The World is on your side when you drive an i10,” — the film unfolds to show how “good things” happen to Khan as soon as he gets into an i10.

    Announcing the launch of the new television commercial, HMIL marketing and sales director Arvind Saxena said, “The i10 has been one of our most successful cars, with the new commercial we want to reiterate the message that the i10 continues to be a preferred choice with competition nowhere close to it in styling, features or mileage.”

    The storyline revolves around the “good” things that the i10 brings to its owners. As Khan starts driving the car, he gets great company in the form of Manjari next to him. And the weather that was looking ominous also begins to turn sunny as he drives along. The whole theme has been explained with the help of a device that is a “benevolent imaginary hand” which makes Khan’s luck turn good.

    The commercial depicts how the i10 becomes a means of acquiring a life that is brilliant.

    The i10 was launched in October 2007. It was awarded the Indian Car of the Year Award in 2008. In September 2010 the Next Gen i10 was launched.

  • Prayag Film City in Midnapore gets SRK’s endorsement

    Prayag Film City in Midnapore gets SRK’s endorsement

    MUMBAI: Prayag Group, with diverse interests in infrastructure, hospitality and film production, has announced the launch of its dream venture named Prayag Film City. This film making studio has been endorsed by Shah Rukh Khan.

    Prayag Film City will be a mega-sized integrated film city complex and a one-stop entertainment destination to be opened to the public in two phases at Chandrakona, West Midnapore, 165 km from Kolkata.

    Designed by eminent art director Nitish Roy, the opening of the phase I of the flm city is slated for 15 April, a day after the Bengali new year on 14 April.

    Said Prayag Group managing director Avik Bagchi, “The Indian Film Industry which is regarded as one of the largest of its kind in the world is poised for more growth, it is eminent that significant infrastructural overhaul is the need of the hour to sustain rapid development of the industry. This mega project comes up just at this juncture when the entire film industry looks up to better facilities, comfort and convenience in order to create and showcase more quality products worldwide.”

    Averred Shah Rukh Khan, “I belong to the industry and projects like this build its future; so I’m very happy to be the ambassador for Prayag Film City.”

  • Johar’s first cuppa ups ratings on StarOne

    Johar’s first cuppa ups ratings on StarOne

    MUMBAI: Karan Johar’s candid talk show Koffee with Karan has done the deed for StarOne by clocking more than double the ratings in its second season with 1.6 TVR as opposed to 0.74 TVR in its last season (2004) across five metros Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalore (Tam TG-CS, 4yrs+, SEC A).

    The launch episode simulcast on StarOne and Star World which featured Johar’s favourite trio Shah Rukh, Kajol and Rani drew in over 5.5 million eyeballs across the country with the reach on Star One being 5.04 million and Star World 0.66 million (TG-All India, CS 4yrs+).

    Tam’s elite panel data has thrown up even more refreshing news for the Star network, as the opening episodes of Koffee with Karan on StarOne received 4.2 TVR (TG-CS 4yrs+, SEC A1, Mumbai and Delhi). The shift to StarOne appears to have been a wise move by the network as the recent numbers that the show has belched up are encouraging.

    Similarly, the simulcast rating on Star World got 1.4 TVR, but this again is specific to the Mumbai and Delhi Elite dominated Elite panel data.

    Commenting on the response that premiere episode of the second season, Star India Entertainment Ltd EVP marketing Ajay Vidyasagar, says, “Koffee with Karan has been one of the most popular talk shows that has just the right mix of fun and excitement coupled with Karan’s own unique style. We are delighted that the launch episode of Koffee with Karan on Star One and Star World has been a smashing hit with the opening episode TRPs having doubled over the last season.”

    In his jovial and witty persona Johar said, “We promised to serve our coffee hot but I am glad to see that the response is steaming!”

  • SRK slams critics while picking up BBC award for ‘Don’

    MUMBAI: After a month of public voting, the BBC Asian Network in the UK has announced the Film Café Award winners. This, it says, is the only audience-voted online Bollywood award in the UK.

    Shah Rukh Khan won the Best Villain award for his controversial performance in the remake of Don. His performance received as many criticisms as it did applause. Shah Rukh was asked if he now felt vindicated in light of the public votes that he received.

    He said, “No, you feel vindicated if you believe in the people who give the negative reactions and I never believe in that because it was very clearly a modern day combined with the old Don version and it was targeted at an audience, which may not have seen the old Don.

    “We can just assume that the older audience did not like the film but the younger audiences, who we aimed the film at, really enjoyed it. I feel I did a good job and I liked what I did in Don.”

    He was even more defiant towards his critics when he spoke to Film Café about his role in Khabhi Alvida Naa Khena, where he plays an adulterous husband.

    He remarked, “I have been working for many years … I get surprised that critics get confused between the actor and the role. In Khabhi Alvida Naa Khena I play a guy who is not nice, sleeps with someone else’s wife but that’s a character. You play a grittier character the critics have a problem with that. It’s the ticket-paying audience that counts at the end of the day”.

    Aamir Khan was voted Best Actor in the awards for his work in Rang De Basanti. He said, “I am overwhelmed by the response of the audience. It was a difficult film to do as an actor. I am really moved by the response. Film and award ceremonies are so subjective and I don’t take award nights seriously – the film has been made for the audience and they have loved it and that is of prime importance to me.”

    Rang De Basanti won the overall vote in four of the eight categories, including best film.

  • ‘KBC’ opener boosts Star Plus’ channel share in 9-10 pm band

    ‘KBC’ opener boosts Star Plus’ channel share in 9-10 pm band

    MUMBAI: The opening week numbers of KBC, Star Plus’ big ticket show for the season, seem to have done the trick at least on one front – jack up its channel share for the crucial 9-10 pm band significantly against rival Zee TV.

    The much awaited ratings for KBC, revealed by Tam today, show Star Plus’ channel share increasing to 55.9 per cent from the previous week’s 37.7 per cent in Hindi speaking markets ( 9-10 pm; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).

    As opposed to the aMap’s overnight ratings system that delivered an opening TVR of 5.3, Tam records the ratings for the premiere on 22 January as 12.3 for the Hindi markets.

    Commenting on the opening numbers of KBC, Star Entertainment India CEO Sameer Nair said, “At the outset, we had set three objectives for ourselves for KBC with SRK: strategic to ensure that Star Plus continues to dominate viewers hearts and minds; tactical to gain clear leadership in the 9-10 pm weekday primetime band and commercial, to allow us to ensure that the cricket World Cup does not dent our revenues. We have conclusively met all our objectives.”

    Expectedly, in the three metros (Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata) Star Plus has done even better, with a market share of 62.7 per cent, pushing down rival Zee TV from 38.2 per cent in the previous week to 15.3 per cent.

    Given the pre-launch hype that the network put in place for the Shah Rukh Khan fronted reality game show, it’s no wonder that it opened well, but the big question lies in the ‘sustainability factor’ of the show in the coming weeks.

    Of course SRK does not stand a chance against cricket, as the show was hit hard by the India Vs West Indies ODI match on 24 January, dragging the ratings down to 7.36 TVRs (HSM). Not surprisingly, the three metros also saw a steep decline as a result of cricket, clocking a TVR of 6.03. However, the average ratings for it’s first week seem to be stabilizing at about 10 so if KBC can sustain these numbers, the Star team should sail steady.

    As for the big question on how SRK compares with Amitabh Bachchan, in the the opening ratings it is a no contest, since 19.75 was what the second season of KBC hosted by the Big B opened at.

    An interesting point of note however, is that the first episode of KBC reached 23.3 million, which is 5 million more than the launch episode of KBC 2 did (factoring in the increased C&S population between then and now). Moreover, KBC reached 39 million individuals in the first week of its launch, which Star claims is the highest ever reach of a show in it’s first week in the history of satellite TV.

    All in all, the network states that KBC has caused a 25 per cent growth in Hindi general entertainment viewing, with Star gaining viewers from movie channels, regional and hindi news channels.

    But at the end of the day, this tale is really all about the ratings commitments that Star has given to its advertisers, so it ultimately will come back to whether the numbers will hold up. Can KBC deliver on a consistent basis over its full 13-week run will be what advertisers will be interested in, not how it opened.

  • Vijay TV brings ‘KBC’ in Tamil

    Vijay TV brings ‘KBC’ in Tamil

    MUMBAI: Now you can catch King Khan mouthing the words ‘Vanakkam; neengal parthukondu irupadhu Kaun Banega Crorepathi’. Star Plus’ Kaun Banega Crorepati will be dubbed in Tamil and telecast on Vijay TV for its Tamil viewers starting 23rd January.

    Auditions for the dubbing artistes on the show are on in full swing. The search for SRK’s Tamil dubbing artiste is also to be finalised, a company release sates.

    Says Vijay TV general manager Ravinath Menon, “The question promos are on high rotation on Vijay TV giving Tamil viewers equal opportunity to be part of the show. We hope, in this season, we will see more Tamil viewers get into the hot seat with Shah Rukh and play for the highest prize money. We are also planning different interactive plug-ins around the Tamil version to make it more interesting to Vijay viewers.”

    The show starts 23 January and will be telecast from Tuesday to Friday at 7pm, a time band that was popularized by the channel’s successful show Swamy Iyappan. Advertising clients lining up include Airtel, Hyundai, Motorola, KRBL, HDFC Standard Life, Univercell and Cadbury.

    The release quotes Univercell Telecommunications managing director Satish Babu as saying, “KBC and SRK are two big brands with immense popularity; more so as Shahrukh Khan takes on the role of the Big B, the expectations and interest levels are that much higher; especially among the youth. Vijay TV with its differentiated and innovative programming is the right platform for Univercell to be a part of.”

    KBC will be supported by an extensive on ground campaign spread across various media; with hoardings in Chennai and a road show in three cities; Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai. Specially designed KBC merchandise will be distributed to its active audience during the road activity.

  • Zee ramps up prime time schedule with ‘Maayka Saat Zindagi Bhar Ka’

    Zee ramps up prime time schedule with ‘Maayka Saat Zindagi Bhar Ka’

    MUMBAI: Zee TV is sprucing up its primetime offering with the launch of a new weekly show titled Maayka Saat Zindagi Bhar Ka at 8:30 pm.

    Yet another family drama, the show will kick off on 15 January and replace Jab Love Hua, which has been shifted to 10:30 pm and conveniently kicks Johnny Aala Re off the channel.
    Zee TV senior VP programming Ashvini Yardi tells Indiantelevision.com that the channel will be replacing Jab Love Hua with new show Maayka Saat Zindagi Bhar Ka and will position the former into the 10:30 pm slot.

    Maayka Saat Zindagi… revolves around the story of a Punjabi family of three daughters and a son, which struggles to preserve the family bond after the daughters get married.

    It is evident from the programme restructuring that Zee has placed immense faith in the new serial as it will lock horns with Star’s Kasauti Zindagi Ki at the same time band.

    This rounds up Zee TV’s programming plan with Dulhaan, Maayka…., Kasamh Se, Saath Phere, Betiyann and Jab Love Hua to strengthen their weekday 8 – 10.30 pm time band.

    But will the regular Zee fans continue to be glued to the channel during the crucial 9-10 pm slot or will they flock to see SRK in his new avatar, is yet to be concluded?