Aamir Khan wants to visit Lahore

Bollywood star Aamir Khan has expressed a desire to visit Lahore.

Khan is currently visiting Karachi.

The Daily Times quoted Khan as saying he wanted to visit Lahore because many of his relatives are settled there.

During a telephonic news conference, he said he had a lot of pleasant memories attached not only with Lahore but also with Pakistan in general.

He added that he liked visiting Pakistan, and was not afraid of security threats or bothered by the current differences between India and Pakistan.

Shahrukh prefers money, Aamir chooses class

Never the one to let go of good financial opportunities, Shahrukh Khan knows how to perfectly capitalise on them. But Aamir Khan seems to be in a completely different league altogether. A recent instance brought to light that when it comes to money both the Khans are as different as chalk and cheese.

A source revealed, "Shahrukh Khan charged a whopping Rs.30 lakh for releasing a book written by management guru Arindam Chaudhari, earlier this month in Delhi. But when an upcoming writer approached Aamir for his book launch, Aamir agreed on one condition to do it and that is if he liked the book.

Aamir it is learnt has told this writer to wait for some days till he can go through the book. And what you think Aamir would charge for doing the honours? Zero Rupees! Yes, thats because Aamir Khan feels it’s an insult to the Hindu Goddess of learning, Saraswati, if you try to make money out of such things."

SRK is always one step ahead of Aamir

If Aamir Khan can go all out to endorse 3 Idiots, will SRK lag following? Aamir’s promotional strategy had floored everyone. So, SRK went ahead and released the first look of My Name Is Khan (MNIK) at the opening of the super Hollywood flick, Avtaar, by James Cameron.But King Khan insists he isn’t copying Aamir for the promotion of his film that has been directed by his friend Karan Johar.Talking about Aamir’s promotional strategy and his own for MNIK, he said: “Everyone has their own ideas and plans. I wouldn’t like to do so (what Aamir did) and reduce my film to anything (like a gimmick but he didn’t exactly use the word). I don’t really think about someone else’s film.

Aamir is a good- thinking person, so he must know what he is doing. And I estimate the idea must be in sync with his film’s plot too. I think everybody should market the film in the way the film speaks or is. Of course, the more innovative its promotions the better. MNIK is a love story at the core and we will market it that way. For rest, you will have to wait and watch.” 20th Century Fox will showcase MNIK’s trailer with all its prints universal and it will get a much wider exposure. “I am really thankful to them for doing so. It’s a first for a Hindi film. Fox Star Studios’ is distributing the movie and they will be a big help in increasing our market by making bigger films,” said Shah Rukh.

MNIK will also be showcased in the Berlin Film Festival and Karan is thrilled about it. Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Karan will be present at the festival, which is from February 11 to February 21. Unproven reports claimed Fox bought the film for Rs 100 crore and plans to release it with over 600 prints world over. It will assurance the widest release ever for a Hindi film.

How Aamir Khan got dumped by Hirani

Ever since Aamir Khan saw Munnabhai MBBS he had been keen on working with Rajkumar Hirani. And now his dream has been fulfilled with the forthcoming 3 Idiots. But not many people know that Hirani had planned another venture keeping Aamir in mind.Immediately after Munnabhai MMBS, Aamir asked Hirani to pen something for him.Hirani came up with the idea of making a film on Mahatma Gandhi.

The director wanted Aamir to play a freedom fighter who wakes up from a coma and hallucinates about the Mahatma.But it seems Hirani found the subject too preachy and wrote an alternate idea of replacing the freedom fighter with Munna and Circuit.When Hirani narrated both the ideas to Aamir, the actor himself felt that Lage Raho Munnabhai was a better idea.

And voluntarily opted out. In a strange way Hirani managed to reject Aamir without even offending him. But who knows, had Aamir persisted with Hirani’s other plot we might have seen an all-together different spin on Gandhigiri.

Aamir didn’t have to apologise: SRK

It seems that Shah Rukh Khan has buried the hatchet with Aamir Khan ever since the Ghajini star apologised to his children for making fun of him. Shah Rukh said he has no hard feelings towards his colleague.”We often visit each other’s home and we have love and respect for each other. I don’t think there was any need for him to apologise because, it is not really a big thing for me.Both of us don’t take these things seriously, but it is the media that exaggerates the whole situation,” Shah Rukh said via tele-conference Thursday from Mumbai.

Aamir tendered an apology to Shah Rukh’s kids for hurting their sentiments before taking a pot shot at the latter when he addressed his wife Kiran in front of the media as “Kkk… Kiran” – a style made famous by Shah Rukh in his 1993 hit Darr.”I’ve offered my heartfelt apologies to Shah Rukh’s kids, not to Shah Rukh but to his kids,” Aamir had recently said. The two superstars have often taken digs at each other.

Aamir and SRK join hands for Paa’s sake

Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan have reportedly decided to forget their rivalry for the sake of Paa. Yes, come December and the supposedly warring Khans will join hands for the premiere of R. Balki’s Amitabh Bachchan-starrer in Mumbai. Confirming the good news, Big B writes on his blog: “Aamir and Shah Rukh have both assured me of their presence there, today, as I begin to send out letters and requests to block the said date from the industry.” On the other hand, the London and Dubai premieres of Paa have been cancelled. “Several issues have cropped up and it would not be prudent to go ahead with it, under such uncertain pressures and circumstances.

But Mumbai (premiere) is on … at IMAX Wadala on the 3rd of December,” Bachchan senior’s blog further informs.He is also gearing up to organise Bachchan Sandhya as a tribute to his late father, poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan.”Along with this (Paa premiere) is the preparation for November 28 and the ‘Bachchan Sandhya’ at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. (I am busy with) the arrangements, the invitees, the programme and its functions, rehearsals for the recitation and getting the family to gear up for its participation,” Bachchan adds.

Aamir and the Bachchans have been busy promoting their movies. Aamir’s muchawaited 3 Idiots will release on December 24.

Has Kareena put Aamir on a higher pedestal?

After Farah Khan’s support for Akshay Kumar, it is time for yet another close friend of Shah Rukh Khan to show her open appreciation for one of his biggest rivals in Bollywood — Aamir Khan.This time the person in question is Kareena Kapoor. Kareena, or Bebo as she is knownas, has called Aamir the ‘emperor of Bollywood’.And because Shah Rukh is called King Khan by the entire industry, Bebo calling Aamir the ‘emperor’ automatically puts him on a higher pedestal.But we are hoping that Kareena did not think too much before saying it out aloud at a press conference.

A source present during an event to promote 3 Idiots, Aamir and Kareena’s forthcoming movie directed by Rajkumar Hirani, said, “Kareena was talking about her experience of working with Aamir and she said that her career wouldn’t have been complete if she hadn’t worked with Aamir. It is at this juncture that she called Aamir the emperor of Bollywood.”The insider added, “Everyone knows that Kareena shares a great equation with Shah Rukh. They are friends first, then colleagues or co-stars. For years they have been really close and they still are.

Though Kareena called Aamir the emperor, we are sure she didn’t want to put either Shah Rukh or Aamir on a higher or a lower pedestal. With the relationship she shares with Shah Rukh, she would never do that.It must have been just an expression that she did not even think over before saying. It was a casual comment. But still, these days with camps existing in the industry, even such harmless comments can be read with the intention of reading between the lines.”

Aamir, Kareena praise each other like idiots

It seems Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor, who act together for the first time in 3 Idiots directed by Rajkumar Hirani, just can’t have enough of each other. They have been shouting from the rooftops praising each other like never before.Aamir, a man of few words, surprised many by saying that one would never get tired staring at Kareena whole day.

As expected, the outspoken actress praised him to heavens and described him as the ‘Emperor of cinema.’Aamir said that he has always admired Kareena and wanted to work with her. He added that he is friendlier to her than to her elder sister Karisma Kapoor. He feels she is very warm and affable.3 Idiots, which releases this Christmas on 25th December, has Aamir and Kareena kissing mouth-to-mouth.

They are also planning to do a romantic film together.Well, this new pair could make Kareena’s boyfriend Saif Ali Khan fume with jealousy!

Kareena torn between friend Aamir and beau Saif!

Kareena has been in a dump after the failure of ‘Kambakkht Ishq’ and ‘Main Aur Mrs Khanna’ this year, but the coming two in her kitty are pretty ambitious ventures. Hence her performance in ‘Kurbaan’ and ‘3 Idiots’ is a much anticipated thing to watch out for. Trying to give both her films her best, the fair actor is running helter-skelter to prove herself this time. And the twist is the added association with two most important people of her life with these films – beau Saif Ali Khan and darling friend Aamir Khan.
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While she is opposite Saif in ‘Kurbaan’, she is also Aamir’s love interest in ‘3 Idiots’. And both the films are releasing in the time period between November 9-15.

So, Bebo had to reveal, “Both Saif and Aamir are very dear to me. I think I`ve created magic with both co-stars and it is impossible for me to choose one over the other.”

She recently shot a super-erotic, romantic number with Aamir in artificial rain. Insiders say that though the focal point in ‘3 Idiots’ is not the Aamir-Kareena romance, it is still a very endearing part of it.

While Saif maintains that there is a tremendous curiosity about his pairing with Kareena because they are a real life couple too, Aamir says, “Kareena is one of the most beautiful actresses that we have today. She is also a very good friend and we have both worked very hard on this rain song. I hope people like it.”

Aamir Khan to be a father again

Aamir Khan’s wife Kiran Rao is three months pregnant, a Mumbai newspaper has reported. Kiran, who is currently busy with her directorial debut film “Dhobi Ghaat”, was apparently admitted to a hospital in Mumbai on May 31 for fever.

Her pregnancy was discovered in course of the treatment.Kiran is said to have been in the hospital for a week and Aamir was a daily visitor.The newspaper mentions hospital insiders as the source for its story. The Khans have not denied or accepted the report.

But we expect Aamir to come up with the truth on his blog. Aamir and Kiran got married in December 2005. The actor has a son, Junaid, and daughter, Ira, from his first marriage to childhood sweetheart Reena Dutta, which ended in a divorce in 2002.

Aamir Khan, Saif opposite Kate Winslet, Rachel Weisz

If things go as planned, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan or Saif Ali Khan will get to act with British actresses Kate Winslet or Rachel Weisz. Director Pan Nalin wants either Aamir or Saif to play a lunatic in his next movie, a screen adaptation of Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto’s short story “Toba Tek Singh”ses like Rachel Weisz or Kate Winslet are being considered to essay the role of female protagonist.Pan currently is in Cannes for the screening of his short movie on global warming. He has already been to Pakistan to get the rights of the short story.

It tells the tale of a mental patient Bishan Singh, who belongs to the town of Toba Tek Singh. After the 1947 partition, when the governments of India and Pakistan decide to exchange their Muslim, Sikh and Hindu lunatics, the drama that unravels forms the base of the story. Its a powerful satire. Either Kate or Rachel will probably play the character of Dr Sophie who visits the asylum to divide the mental patients. Pan will soon talk to both the ladies as soon as he is back from Cannes. He thinks either of them can do full justice to the role.s convey that Aamir Khan has gone through the script and has liked it too, but the busy actor has not given any dates for it yet. If Aamir Khan is too busy to do this movie, Pan is not worried because he feels Saif Ali Khan can play the role as well as Aamir Khan can. So ot depends upon the availability of the actors when the film goes on the floors this August.