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Answer to Tamatar Q of the day #23: Upper half: John Abraham Lower Half: Akshay Kumar

Quick Gun Murugan was much awaited in the state of A.P. as the lead actor Rajendra Prasad who plays the title namesake protagonist of the film is a famous comedian of the local telugu film industry here. However, the movie is yet to see the light of the day here as the cinema multiplexes have mysteriously stayed away from screening the movie in any of their shows.

Many were guessing that they movie would be released along with its Telugu version simultaneously to avoid the possibility of missing out on significant revenues due to its prior English/Hindi language release. This movie is a multilingual project releasing in English, Hindi and Tamil. The telugu version of the movie was to be released in a few weeks.

The actual reason, however, most say is that the movie had given rise to antagonism within the Reddy community, which is one of the most politically active clans in this region, for having the villian of the movie named after their community. The villian of the flick goes by the name ‘ Rice Plate Reddy’, a fact that did not go down well with the Reddys of Hyderabad.

The movie release, for now, therefore, stands postponed, till the issue gets resolved.

Vishal Bharadwaj should be a proud man. He has given the nation its latest avatar of Sholay. The characters have already been converted into cartoon heroes and have already begun giving their endorsement to advertising brands. Check out the latest Amul FUPER MAFKA advertisement. It is inspired from one of Shahid’s role in the movie which carries a lisp and pronounced the phonetic ’s’ as an ‘f’. It has Shahid Kapoor in his racing avatar, and his guitaring avatar along side Marathi bai Priyanka eating their bars of amul butter.

Hope the clip art is posted on the Internet soon. For now, dig into your local newspapers to spot the cute FUPER MAFKA ad.

Looks like the rift between the hit jodi of Karan Arjun is growing wider by the day. Salman Khan, in a recent interview, hinted at the fact that SRK’s detention drama had a promotional angle to it to gain publicity for the latter’s forthcoming movie ‘My name is Khan’ starring SRK and Kajol.

Salman Khan, in a candid and straight from the heart interview was quoted saying about the airport detention episode at Newark,

I think this whole thing has been blown out of proportion. Forget immigration in America or anywhere in the world. You can’t enter any five star hotels till the time you and your car are checked. So when you don’t mind the security check while entering a hotel here, why do you have to mind it there?

The issue was blown out of proportion and there must be a promotion angle also.

SRK has not yet responded to Sallu bhai’s statement and on the issue of a plausible reconciliation between the two King Khan’s of Bollywood, Salman goes a step forward denying the chances of such a reunion. Always known for his brashness and talking-without-thinking attitude, Salman Khan went on to say,

He doesn’t miss me, it’s not like he is crying over me. He’s doing good work and he is good to the people he works for. He is at one end of Bandstand and I’m at the beginning of Bandstand.

Well, what Sallu really meant by the end and the beginning of the bandstand is something we should let him clarify himself. Welcome back to the news, albeit for all the wrong reasons, once again Salman!

Shilpa Shetty and boyfriend Raj Kundra along with their respective families visited Chinchpokali Ganesh Mandal for the darshan of Lord Ganesh on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Festival.

Jiah Khan is the front cover for September’s AND magazine.

Deepika Padukone features on the front cover of Brit Asian magazine latest issue where she is on the top of the world.

Salman Khan has given yet an another bold interview where he discusses everything that is important and unimportant to him like – Katrina, IPL, Islam and SRK.

You haven’t had a hit for a while. Does that worry you?
It does bother me like everybody else. But I haven’t had too many releases either. With me, there wouldn’t be a film for a long time, and then there would be a flurry of them. I just let my films be released whenever they are done. There is no strategy, no game involved.
Also, among many of those that flopped, I had made guest appearances in 10- or 15-minute roles, for a friend, without charging money or anything. But even these films are put on my shoulder.

Are your forthcoming films any different from what you’ve done so far?
Arey lovely films yaar. These are the ones I have chosen carefully, worked very hard for. The star of the film is the script. Earlier, I would do a film because it’s a big banner or name, but many of them didn’t do well. Finally, a strong story works. And I have stopped doing films just because somebody has requested me, or is a friend. A large-hearted person is a beokuf, an idiot. Even on planes, they ask you to wear the mask first in case of an emergency before helping others. Till the time you oblige people they’ll say Salman is large-hearted etc, the moment you refuse they’ll say, Salman badal gaya hain. You get me a good script, I will be a fool not to do it.

What do you think of other stars?
To reach the top, you need to have certain qualities. Aamir is fantastic at his work. Look at how he pulled off an action film, Ghajini. Shah Rukh has the amazing romantic intensity. Amitabh Bachchan is the most professional, most hardworking man even now. Akshay Kumar has tremendous, horse-like focus. Ajay has got his own charm, his own audience. For middle- and lower-middle-class audiences, the only entertainment is cinema. Going to the movies is like a picnic. If we can’t entertain them, give them value for their money, shame on us.

Some would say you have been unfair to SRK on the airport controversy. Doesn’t racial profiling bother you? Have you never felt that people behaved in a certain manner with you because you are a Muslim?
I don’t think Shah Rukh has ever gone through that. He has been politically correct, there are no court cases against him…they still detained him, and he felt humiliated. They were doing their job.

Let me put this directly: what is your problem with the man who lives on the other side of Bandstand? You used to be friends once.
It’s just that our thinking doesn’t tally. But the world’s made of all sorts of people. I did not like what he said once. He respects my family, I respect his. We just don’t see eye to eye. Weird things happened one night. It could have been sorted out then and there.
Next morning I came home. But I found that it was blown out of proportion, obviously not from my side.

It was just a joke at a party, wasn’t it?
(Looks across, intensely) It was not a joke.
I don’t want to talk about it, but as one grows, one becomes magnanimous, more secure…chalo, god has given so much. But not in his case.
I have my family –– my parents, brothers, sisters, everybody. He doesn’t have anybody above him. So perhaps it is lack of…guidance perhaps. Or may be some sort of a fear. May be if I were in his place, I would behave exactly like that.

Do you respect Shah Rukh professionally?
He is very effective. Great script sense. He has come up the hard way, from TV. How he has climbed is his problem. But he has climbed a long way up. For me it is not about climbing, it is about growing.

Who are your best friends?
Monish [Behl], but I don’t get to meet him often. Sadiq. A couple of my childhood friends have died. Barry, who was in shipping, died in a shipwreck. Dilip was in the US. He died very recently.

There are fatwahs against you celebrating Ganpati in your house. Haven’t you ever worried that it might alienate thousands of your Muslim fans?
First came human and then came religion. Muslims don’t like bad Muslims; Hindus don’t like bad Hindus. Fatwa is an opinion. Nobody is allowed to issue fatwas. The relationship is between me, the banda, and god.

Are you buying an IPL team?
Yes, I want to buy an IPL team. I am interested. So is Lalit. He and I have discussed this. It is a long process, involves bidding and all that.

Which team do you want to buy? Kolkata Knight Riders?
No no. I want to buy one of the two new teams that they are going to introduce. People think I want to buy a team because of an ego hassle with Shah Rukh. Suniel [Shetty] put it very well the other day…he said I don’t think somebody will put hundreds of crores for an ego hassle.

You like cricket?
My father and brother are crazy about it. I am not that ardent a fan, but once I’m into it, I’ll make sure things work.

Is everything fine between Katrina and you?
Ya, ya. Everybody has problems. My parents still have problems, boss. When I get to know that something’s not happening, I’ll tell you.

Do media reports about closeness between John Abraham and Katrina bother you?
I had asked her to do the film. I don’t like him too much. But I asked Katrina to not be influenced by my thinking. He had apparently removed her from a film a long time ago. She was not very comfortable. Right now she is in a position to kick him out. But I told her it is the director’s film, she should do it.
Just like with Karan Arjun, Shah Rukh tried to get me out of the film but when we did it, I told him we are now going to play brothers from not one but two births, so let’s be like brothers. Ask me for anything.

You are apparently against heroines exposing on screen.
People say I keep on saying ‘Don’t expose, don’t expose.’ There’s a theory behind this. The audience doesn’t want to see you like that. They want you as girlfriend, or want to marry you. They don’t want to share you with others.

So your advice doesn’t stem from possessiveness?
That also is there. But frankly, exposure doesn’t work in this industry. That’s why I say, ‘Upar se thoda sa upar, neeche se thoda sa neeche.’ About clothes, that is.
When the girls come in, the producer or director says, ‘iska kapda chhota karo, aur chhota karo.’ Then they become established heroines and refuse to bare. And when they are on their way out, they find the younger lot baring, and go back to it. I don’t think they should do it.

You still haven’t bit the bait, but do you feel marriage still works as an institution?
Of course it does. My parents’ marriage has worked beautifully. I would like to get married at some point.

How many kids do you want to have?
I don’t know kitne ho sakte hain. Two-three may be.

With whom?
(Laughs) Unless something is confirmed, I can’t say anything. If signing a paper means you have married, then sorry I didn’t do that. And if signing a divorce paper means you are divorced, sorry I didn’t do that either.

What beyond acting?
Being human [his NGO]. There is nothing greater than touching people’s lives, addressing their suffering, bringing dignity.

A very bold interview indeed.

The official poster of Vaada Raha starring Kangana Ranaut and Bobby Deol is out. Check it out.

Bipasha Basu and Shilpa Shetty get candid on Farah Khan’s celebrity chat show, as they discuss about the struggle they went through.