SRK, Priyanka sizzle in Billu Barber

SRK seems to have adopted the guest appearance routine since it worked for Om Shanti Om. Even his last release of 2008, Rab Ne bana Di Jodi had a song with multiple Bollywood stars.

The third diva who shakes a leg with SRK in Billu Barber is the sizzling Priyanka Chopra. The other two are Kareena Kapoor and Deepika Padukone.

When SRK said that Billu Barber is based on the Krishna-Sudama story, he wasn't joking, what he didn't say was that his character may be based on Krishna and there are indeed gopis all around him.

People misunderstood marjani song: SRK

First it was the name of the film, which created a controversy and now it's the song that has kept Shah Rukh Khan on the defensive.

He says that the song Marjani from Billu has been misunderstood by some people. He said his house was attacked for no fault of his own. SRK who is currently in London ahead of his shoulder surgery, said he was worried about his family after the attack.

Talking about the song he said: "I think people misunderstood the lyrics of the song marjaani and that's why the whole controversy surfaced. There is a line in the song rab ke huzoor mein kasmien bhi kha li, duniya ki auni pauni rasmein nibha li. Now huzoor has two meanings one is prophet and the other is 'in the presence of'. Some people misunderstood and didn't hear the song correctly. They heard the song like rab ke huzoor ne kasmien bhi kha li, which is incorrect. The correct line is rab ke huzoor mein which means in the presence of God. So, Huzoor doesn't refer to god at all anywhere in the song. But people who didn't hear it properly misunderstood the whole meaning."

Shah Rukh said he was paying the price of his stardom and there are people who wants media attention by creating all these controversies. "As a celebrity I have to take good with the bad. I know we are vulnerable but we have to continue to do work and perform our duty."

Upcoming movie-Sarkar Raj

When Anita Rajan, CEO of an international firm, brings a power plant proposal to set up in rural Maharashtra, before the Nagres, the insightful Shankar is quick to realize its benefits. After convincing Sarkar, Shankar along with Anita goes to the villages to mobilize support of the masses. However, things are not what they seem to be. From shady fixers with an eye on multi-million kick-backs to wannnabes who are ready to incite millions of people against the highly controversial project, Shankar's dream project gradually becomes a political minefield. Evil forces gang up to bring down the regime of Sarkar and obliterate Shankar's name from the political horizon.

Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Govind Namdeo

Crew

Publicity Designer:Rahul Nanda, Himanshu Nanda
Story Writer:Prashant Pandey
Sound Designer:Debashish Mishra
Director:Ram Gopal Varma
Producer:Pravin Nischol, Z Picture Company, Ram Gopal Varma

Music

Music Director:Bapi - Tutul
Background Sound:Amar Mohile
Music Company:T-Series

What’s common between JA and Race?

The first quarter of 2008 has come to an end and there is a common factor between the first two and the only hits in Bollywood of the period. Both Jodhaa Akbar and Race are distributed by UTV Motion Pictures.

Jodhaa Akbar, the historical rendition of the romance between Princess Jodhaa & Mughal Emperor Akbar touched a chord with audiences worldwide and went on to become the 1st Hit of 2008. The romantic-royal saga is now the 7th biggest All Time Grosser at the Worldwide Box Office with revenues close to Rs.130 crores. The film has performed incredibly well in the international markets becoming the 2nd highest all time grosser for any Indian film in the US & Australia. JA is also featured amongst the Top 5 Hindi film earners of all time in the Middle East & the highest non SRK starrer in the UK after Dhoom 2 , two years ago.

Following on from Jodhaa Akbar , another overwhelming success with Race ; the Abbas Mustan directed thriller, which wowed audiences with its ensemble cast, unique twists and chartbusting music. The film is racing ahead at the box office, and has already raked in Rs. 70 crores at the BO in just 10 days in India, making it the 2nd highest opening week of all time. Internationally too, Race has grossed a box office of 20 crores, taking its 10 day box office figures to 90 crores worldwide.

UTV Motion Pictures is currently enjoying its hattrick in Pakistan with the release of Goal , Taare Zameen Par and Race ; it's for the first time that a production house has been able to release 3 of their films consecutively in Pakistan, with Goa l and Race being day and date releases. All 3 films have met with tremendous success at the Box Office.

Siddharth Roy Kapur, Director UTV says, "It has been an exciting & rewarding time for all of us at UTV Motion Pictures, having had the opportunity to market and distribute two of the biggest successes in recent times. Our line up for the next 9 months of the year also promises to live up to the benchmark we have set for ourselves."

To sum it up – It's been a great quarter at UTV Motion Pictures.