Recently SRK developed a new craze for fine art photography! Well, he says he wants to impress us with his pseudo artistic photos (in his regular playful manner of course)! Nonetheless, fans would love to see more of their idol, be the photos artistic or plane!

Take a look at the pictures shared by Shahrukh Khan on twitter!

Best Picture
War Horse
The Artist *WINNER
Moneyball
The Descendants
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Viola Davis, The Help
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady *WINNER
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Actor
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist *WINNER
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Director
Michel Hazanivicius, The Artist *WINNER
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Short Film (Animated)
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore *WINNER
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Documentary Short Subject
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face *WINNER
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Short Film (Live Action)
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore *WINNER
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

Best Original Screenplay
Michel Hazanivicius, The Artist
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, Bridesmaids
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris *WINNER
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation

Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants *WINNER
John Logan, Hugo
George Clooney, Beau Willimon and Grant Heslov, The Ides of March
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, Moneyball
Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Music (Original Song)
“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Bret McKenzie *WINNER
“Real in Rio” from Rio, Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett

Music (Original Score)
John Williams, The Adventures of Tintin
Ludovic Bource, The Artist *WINNER
Howard Shore, Hugo
Alberto Iglesias, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John Williams, War Horse

Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners *WINNER
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo *WINNER
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon

Best Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango *WINNER

Documentary Feature
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated *WINNER

Sound Mixing
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo *WINNER
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
War Horse

Sound Editing
Drive
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo *WINNER
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
War Horse

Film Editing
Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Kevin Tent, The Descendants
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo *WINNER
Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo
Christopher Tellefsen, Moneyball

Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help *WINNER

Best Foreign Feature
Bullhead
Footnote
In Darkness
Monsieur Lazhar
A Separation *WINNER

Makeup
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle, Albert Nobbs
Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, The Iron Lady *WINNER

Costume Design
Anonymous
The Artist *WINNER
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

Art Direction
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo *WINNER
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

Cinematography
The Artist
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo *WINNER
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Shah Rukh Khan is so charming and personable that you don’t mind the “starry-ness”.

The buzz and energy around Mehboob Studio is palpable. Studio hands who see Bollywood up close have a skip in their step, everyone is rushing around purposefully, the models are not wearing their usual bored looks. Instead, there’s an air of anticipation. Even the apparently nonchalant photographer is interested. The jumbo vanity van is a giveaway: Shah Rukh Khan is coming. Taking a quick peek inside the van gives you an idea of the star that he is: State-of-the-art sound system, a desk to work on, a bed, comfortable sofas – and possibly, an uber chic washroom, out of sight.

When Shah Rukh finally arrives two hours late, it’s a bit of an anti-climax – he sits in his car (with darkwindows) for over 45 minutes! ‘Sahab is on the phone,’ a studio hand says acknowledgeably. When he does step out, you see a floppy haired, jeans-clad, boyish man, dimples in place, sheepish grin, slightly apologetic, but knowing he can get away with it. The entire studio comes alive with nervous energy, the actor’s trademark. You can see stardom staring you in the face, and you realise, a star is born, not created. Yet, behind this star is a man whose life is his children. He rates his experience of being a father far more exciting than all the glamour, glitter and adulation. I’ve met SRK (as he is known) many times in the past at various functions, and one can see that he knows the special status he enjoys as “King Khan”.

Yet, he’s so charming and personable that you don’t mind the “starry-ness”. He makes you feel special, as though in those few moments that you meet him, you are the only person for him. Quick on repartee, fluent in English, Hindi and Urdu, an impish smile, his expressive face flitting between humour and intensity, he is a bit of all the heroes that he plays so successfully on celluloid.

The Actor:
Shah Rukh clearly loves his profession and all that it brings with it: The stardom, recognition, money, fame and yes, even the intrusiveness, the lack of privacy and an incredibly hectic schedule. Yet, he says he does not fear the loss of glory, but a time when he may not get roles, any role. His dream is to die dramatically on a set, giving his last shot…

Says the actor: ‘I am a labour class kind of a guy, labour suits me. I was in Hyderabad, I went to Chennai and then Delhi, where I caught a flight, grabbed a few hours of sleep and came here, and now I have four other places to go to till six in the morning – but I like it this way. When I rest, I look unkempt, beady eyed, my shoulders droop – it’s labour that suits me!’ When I remark in jest that perhaps we need more labour class that looks like him, he looks down and blushes. The superstar is shy!

Women & SRK:
‘A woman’s beauty is extremely special. It should be appreciated with a lot of respect. Never have I stood in a corner and passed comments, not even in college,’ declares Shah Rukh. He speaks passionately about women, yet it’s clear that he is far from the roadside Romeo he plays so often on screen, not even when he was romancing his to-be wife as a student in Delhi.

He went on to marry his high school sweetheart, Gauri Chibber, a Hindu Punjabi. His Pathan Muslim background was never an issue between them, and today, his home is secular with the children celebrating all festivals, they are equally familiar with the Gayatri Mantra and the Friday Namaz. ‘Our marriage retains its freshness because, I guess, I hardly see my wife! I’m so busy travelling,’ he declares, adding, ‘She thinks differently of films and life. We think in common about the kids. So we have, together, become very focussed on the children. They are the centre of our lives. We got married nearly 20 years ago… We are now both very easy with each other. We don’t encroach on each other’s space. I like to be alone sometimes and I’m a little reclusive. She knows that…’

From the Heart:
You can sense a change in him when he speaks of his children. The body language alters, his famous twinkle is back. ‘My daughter is a good student. She would be a teacher’s favourite not because she is Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter but on her own. My son is a badmaash. He’s like me, has the same smile and dimples. I worry sometimes that they will get affected by the name I have created for myself. I feel that once they finish school, I will send them away to a place for education where no one knows Shah Rukh Khan, but,’ he adds grinning, ‘I’m pompous enough to believe that there will not be a place in the world where no one knows SRK!’ Seriously though he knows that there’s a flip side, and that sometimes people are sweet to his children because they are his, and at other times they are mean to them also because they are his children…

Not many know that Shah Rukh and Gauri lost their first child. So when his son was due, the nervous father was outside the delivery room, trying to work on his laptop, the restless beat of the Mumbai monsoon rain echoing his feelings. He had told the doctor not to worry about the baby, but save the mother. He recalls Dr Soonawala replying in his usual, affable manner: “Don’t worry Shah Rukh, hum karenge, hum karenge„,”

He laughs when he recalls the first time he set eyes on his babies. ‘My first impression of my kids was red, wrinkled lizards! I never thought you could love red, wrinkled lizards so much, but now, I can’t think of anything in life but the two of them – they are absolutely beautiful. I want my kids to be courteous and learn good manners. I shop for toys for my kids – I like doing that – I didn’t have much of a childhood since my father passed away (when he was 15) and then my mother.’

Shah Rukh grew up in a middle-class family in Delhi and saw some hard times after his father passed away unexpectedly. He went to St Columba’s School and Hansraj College, before making his way to Mumbai to try his luck in showbiz, making it big first as a TV star in the late 1980’s serial Fauji. Now he wants his son to pursue his dreams, whatever they may be, but his tone changes when he talks of his daughter. Says the possessive father: ‘I will have to kill my daughter’s first boyfriend! Jahan se bhi aaoge, maar khaoge! Ram, Rahim, Mark, Peter, maar khaoge!’ He is determined to give his children the sort of upbringing his parents gave him. He cherishes their memory and the thought of what could have been – and that defines much of his reactions and relationships today.

‘My parents were restaurant-owners and I still can’t go to restaurants and eat because my memories of the food they served are still very fresh. It was the best food ever. My mother fed me with her hand till I was 26 and I’m not ashamed to say that. I still don’t know how to eat properly with my hands!’ So, family is all-important, and that means his beloved dogs as well. I am surprised when he dwells animatedly on his pets! ‘We have four dogs, Hull, Dash, Juicy and Kai. I love dogs. I used to have seven earlier. We spend a lot of time in our pool with the children and the dogs. One dog doesn’t like to swim. We used to get them into our room, but my wife gets riled. So we now have a floor and we just lie down with all of them around us. The smaller ones are allowed on the bed – they piss and all, but it doesn’t matter!’

The child who had to grow up too quickly, still peeps out sometimes. Shah Rukh loves his “toys” and has gone much beyond films… He has a production studio, a VFX unit, a cricket team and is now bringing indoor amusement parks for children into the country. ‘Each moment in life is important if you believe that you will give it your fullest. You never know when life ends,’ he says.

On Relationships:
Perhaps it’s the loss of his parents which he feels so acutely till date, that makes him fear close bonds. Says the actor: ‘I’m not a good friend. I hate communicating, answering phone calls, sending emails or messages. I feel when I meet you, I will explain it to you. So I lose friends. I don’t like to get into anyone’s internal space. I am warm, well-mannered and can entertain you for hours, but I don’t want to be related to you. I’m very close to people when I’m shooting with them, but once the film is over, I don’t communicate. Maybe I’m self-centred and pompous…’ He is introspective but doesn’t like to portray the “poor orphaned me” image, yet maybe somewhere there is some loneliness below the charming cover-up.

Fan Power:
He says that he’s bewildered by all the fuss over an ordinary boy from a middle-class family in Delhi, but is not dismissive of the immense fan following that he has, especially women from 18 to 80. ‘I am blessed and it is these blessings that keep me going. I smoke, I travel crazily, I don’t bother about what I eat and yet I am healthy, have energy. It’s this fondness and blessings that I receive from people that keeps me well,’ he shares. I am reminded of an incident that I got to know by chance. A friend’s family had invited SRK to a wedding for a performance. (SRK has no qualms admitting that he is an entertainer through and through and dances at weddings to please the crowds.) Their mother was ill in hospital with cancer, but the show had to go on, so SRK performed, along with some other stars. However, when he learnt of the illness in the family, he was the only star who took time out and visited my friend’s mother in hospital.

Shah Rukh is quite aware of his “power” and doesn’t hesitate to use it. ‘You never know what a small action of yours can do for other people. It’s God’s gift, not to me, but to my profession. There was a woman who was about to kill herself because her child could not walk. I went and hugged her and it changed her mind,’ he recalls.

Of Rivals & Flak:
The Scorpio in him comes out with its sting intact when I ask him about his rivalries and why he bothers with them. ‘Me? I don’t bother! You should ask them why they bother. An actor, who I will not name, said to me once, “I know you think badly of me…” I told him, “You know what, I don’t think anything bad about you, and I don’t think anything good about you. But you know what will kill you? I don’t bloody well think about you,’” he says.

And of course he’s heard them all, the rumours, the criticism. ‘People think I am manipulative. “He does this, he does that.” The truth is, I don’t do anything, things just happen… I’m gay, I sleep with all my co-stars, I sleep with foreigners… I only get affected because it affects my kids,’ he adds.

Me, Myself:
‘I am very ordinary. I suffer from an inferiority complex. I don’t think I am talented enough, or good looking enough. My children have to reassure me. There are better actors, better dancers, who are better looking and more disciplined than I am. Me, I’m just a bloody maverick. I am an intelligent man but I’m not what it takes to be a star… Mr Bachchan is the sort of star who is awe-inspiring,’ he says.

Through our chat, I see him greet people, smile at the cameraman, speak to the sweeper cleaning the floor, oblige fans with a picture or an autograph. So is this just an image, Mr Humble? ‘You have to be great to be humble. You can come strutting and sounding important and being rude, but what’s the point? I have to thank everyone around me – the dancers, the models, the cameraman, even the sweeper. Because all of them make me look good! I cannot do it on my own,’ he says typically candid. We end the interview, and true to his character, he hugs me, thanks everyone, poses for a quick picture and rushes out to go to the next party, assignment, launch. More Power to you Shah Rukh! You still have many more roles to play…

-By Mala Sekhri

(Source: indiatodaygroup.com)

Star Network, who apparently has the largest collection of Salman films, is the lucky one to have the TV rights, according to reports. The channel is hoping to attract the advertisers since Salman movies have always managed to garner highest TRP whenever they were aired on TV.

However Komal Nahta said on twitter that it’s been sold for Rs. 40-42 crore. Even then it’s a huge achievement for the film!

We hope that this news is indeed true and if it is so it’s celebration time for Dabangg 2 team!

Nargis Fakhri, Tabu, Ahmed Khan, Genelia D’Souza, Riteish Deshmukh, Rani Mukerji and Siddharth Anand are expected to join in the celebrations. Former girl friend Priyanka Chopra is off the guest list, we hear.

Nonetheless, the celebrity photographer and Shahid’s friend Atul Kabsekar just shared a picture of Shahid lying next to a bikini clad woman. Well, that means the party is on!

He also tweeted the Birthday venue. Take a look!

However, Shahid posted a pic of his chappals, with the message “Life is short. Party naked!”

Ha, it looks like hell of a party! Isn’t it? We can’t wait for more snaps from the party!

Jitesh Pillai also confirmed that Kareena has been chosen for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next – well, it couldn’t have been bigger than this for bebo!

Synopsis of Agent Vinod

The story begins with a series of seemingly unconnected events, all over the globe. In Uzbekistan, an ex KGB Officer is tortured and murdered. In Cape Town, a group of international business tycoons discuss a rumor that the dead KGB Officer had a nuclear suitcase bomb hidden away. In Moscow, an Indian secret agent is exposed. The agent is shot dead while trying to send a code red message to India. In India, the head of RAW sees the incomplete message. All it contains is a number 242.

Enter Agent Vinod. Vinod (Saif Ali Khan) is the kind of agent who first kicks the door open and then finds out what’s behind it. His unconventional approach puts him in dangerous situations but he manages to get the crucial leads. Vinod is sent to Moscow to investigate why his colleague was killed.

Vinod leaves for Moroccco, where he meets an elderly mafiosi Kazan and the beautiful but mysterious Dr Ruby. A series of twists and turns take Vinod across the globe from Marrakesh to Riga, Karachi to Delhi and finally London, where he discovers the ultimate conspiracy.

Kareena’s Character – Iram/Dr. Ruby

Is she Dr. Ruby, personal doctor to ageing Mafia Don Kazan…or is she Iram, a terrorist who has escaped from a British jail and is presumed dead? Only two people in the world know her secret and now both have been eliminated. As mysterious as she is beautiful, Vinod has to decide whether he can trust her or not.

Saif Ali Khan At Colaba Police Station When He was Arrested For Assaulting NRI businessman Iqbal Sharma

Amrita Arora: ‘Some tweeps havin a field day slagging of my husband n saif…if only they knew the truth….well we do, n now everybody does. Truth prevails! Its sad that celebs become victims of other people wantin their 15 mins of fame…. Jst for the record,if the people concerned were assaulted so badly,hw come they were fit enuf to b on tv givin ontrviews all day…. Y is that r people had physical eveidence n they don’t,’

Farah Ali Khan: ‘In the Saif – Sharma scuffle d part I find fishy is where Sharma states Saif told him “do u know who I am”. Very unlike Saif. Celebrities are often targeted when they are out in public & usually in d company of their woman. Have bn witness to 1 such incident yrs ago. There is something amiss in ths incident &I’m sure d facts will come out soon.It’s very unlike Saif to hit an elderly man or provoke a fight. The thing about public opinion is it is so easily judgemental & biased by media reporting. You are guilty before u can be proved otherwise,.

Kunal Kohli ‘Saif explained the whole incident on tv just now. It’s unfair to tilt opinions against anyone just because he’s a star. Without knowing Saif’s side of what happened how can anyone just believe what this guys saying is true,’.

Vishal Dadlani: ‘Let me put it this way. If saif was provoked or hit first, i think he did what many of us would do. By ‘us’, i mean myself and you guys.’

Anubhav Sinha ‘TV Celebrating Saif’s Pdmashree tonight more than ever before.Makes for good sensation.Anyone interested in what actually happened? Have personally seen stars take a lot of shit because they MUST behave responsibly. I am sure this coin has two sides too. I mustn’t take sides if I don’t know the whole story. NOR SHOULD YOU,’.

Shobhaa De: ‘Some guys refuse to play it ‘saif’! What to do?Agent Iqbal may help Agent Vinod break records, not noses!’

Sherlyn Chopra: ‘Guess, Saif didn’t play safe this time! Or may be he was provoked!’