Saturday, September 13, 2008

Is King Khan’s Empire Falling?

Who on earth will be the person, Involved in films in any form and doesn’t know the KING KHAN of Bolly-Wood. He is not only the heart throb of Bolly-Wood but also sitting in the hearts of many non Indians. Few years back I was reading a report which claimed that King Khan is even more than Tom Cruise of Hollywood. It might not be acceptable by US people, but the statement was clarified by the news paper. It said that King Khan is the most popular star in Bolly-Wood, which means that he is already favorite of a country of 100 million. Secondly it was mentioned that Bolly-Wood movies are most famous in Muslim Communities. If we look at the general audience of movies lovers in Muslims the majority film lovers are either females and youngster. And this is for sure that King Khan has special appeal towards these both categories. Not to forget that Muslims are around 1.5/5 of the whole population of the world, and India alone being a 1/5 of the whole world which makes 1.5 +1= 2.5/5. It was a rough idea presented by the news paper but still looks close to the reality. SO the numerical show that some how it is a Truth

King Khan is a lucky child of destiny. While reading his biography I was inspired when I read that when he came to Bombay (today’s Mumbai) and one day while standing near sea side he said “one day I will rule Bombay”. Interestingly that was the time when he had no money his pocket and he was staying at his friend‘s home. He was fortunate that his words were accepted by destiny and he really became the King of Bolly-wood. He was the un-crowned KING of Indian Cinema and every thing which was touched by him was turned into gold, plus he had very strong relation with the “BIGS” of Bolly-Wood. But as we all know every thing comes to end. Same is now happening with King Khan. And the gurus of Bolly-Wood believe that King Khan himself is the reason for it. He has started taunting on every other person of Bolly-Wood who is giving him a tough time in one way or the other. We will separately see his controversies with few “BIGS” of Bolly-wood which have taken place in the recent times.




KING KHAN VS BIG B

Big B, the first uncrowned king of Bolly-Wood and the angry young man. His relation was too close with SRK. They were so close to each other that MRs Jia Bachan used to say that she has never differentiated between Abhishek and SRK. The rivalry started from the point when SRK started trying to copy(not even follow) the foot steps of Big B. He wanted to show his feet are bigger then that of Amitabh Bachan. The first attempt for it was hosting KBC (3rd session). Big B had already set a land mark in KBC which was not easy to pass. But King Khan worked hard and nearly flushed Big B’s image. According to one of the most respectable Indian newspaper it was declared that KBC (3rd session) has gain more popularity then the first two sessions. The reason is simple. Big B has an image of a reserved and mature guy and people use to be a little scared from his personality. Where as King khan opted a different strategy by loving, kissing, hugging and giving his hand watches to people who use to win “0” money. He used to give massage to contestant to release their tension. All this made KBS 3 a huge success.

The second Attempt was of the remake of DON. But un-luckily this time he failed to get over Big B. Though the film made earned huge revenue but due to the intentional or un-intentional comparison of old and new DON the re-make of DON was considered a flop.

I personally have seen King Khan taunting Big B in Koffe with Karan where King Khan and Big B , both were invited(this was the time when they were close friends). Karan Johar asked King khan to say one line for Big B and King Khan said”Rishtey main tou hum tumhare baap hite hain”. The famous film dialogue of Big B in a movie. Though at that moment there were smiles and all over but sentences like this can easily ruin the relation ship between a senior and junior. Not only a senior but a senior who is worshiped like god in his field.

So King Khan’s first controversy was with Big B.

To be continued.........

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