A flurry of misc news below.
- Sumita Sheth

SRK - the best dressed star
He is not called the King Khan for nothing. Apart from being the top superstar in Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan is also considered India’s best-dressed star.
And the accolade comes from none other than ace fashion designer Manish Malhotra...
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Kareena Kapoor opposite Shah Rukh Khan
Kareena Kapoor has more than once admitted that her favorite co-star is Shah Rukh Khan. And Kareena was ecstatic when she starred opposite SRK in Asoka in 2001. Though the film flopped, Kareena was happy that she starred opposite SRK in the film. Kareena also starred in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham along with SRK though she was paired with Hrithik Roshan in the film. And now Kareena does a special number in the remake of Don (1978) titled Don which has SRK in the lead role...
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UK wooing Bollywood in a big way
LONDON: Britain is wooing India's film industry in a big way. Besides offering tax concessions, its regions are bidding to invite producers from Mumbai and to host an annual Bollywood show organised outside India.
As a group of producers from Mumbai began a visit to Northern Ireland to check out possible film locations and meet local industry personnel, Yorkshire put in a bid to host the annual International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) event...
Continue reading courtesy the Times of India.

Bollywood takes window seat
By Shweta Karnik
Railway stations are fast emerging as crucial locales for Bollywood shoots, if one goes by available figures.
The Central Railway (CR) has grossed Rs59.23 lakh from film shoots in 2005-06, which is almost double of what it earned in the previous financial year.
Among the major contributors to the CR kitty were two big banners - Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Productions for Rang De Basanti (Rs18.30 lakh) and Yash Raj Films for Fanaa (Rs5.30 lakh).
Key shots in Prakash Jha Production’s Apharan, Bhavika Chitra’s Dombivli Fast, Puja Entertainment (India)’s Shaadi No 1, Mukta Arts Ltd’s 36 China Town and Apna Sapna Money Money, Vishesh Entertainment’s Kalyug and RS Entertainment’s Taxi No 9 2 11 were canned on CR station premises...
Continue reading courtesy DNA.

Big B's fans make beeline for Jaipur film fest
A ten-day film festival, dedicated to Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, is attracting droves of Big B fans in the city.
Despite initial hiccups when it started on March 31, the Pink City film festival is going on well, the event's Creative Director Anoop Srivastava said on Sunday.
The venue at the Ambedkar Circle in Jaipur showcases sets of the film Black, costumes worn by the actor, rare photographs as also a painting exhibition by local artist Rajpal Singh who has depicted Bachchan in various moods.
Two books Amitabh Tujhe Salaam edited by Shyam Mathur and Main Amitabh Bachchan Bol Raha Hoon by Sumant Mishra were also released during the festival, which concludes on April 9.
Actors Govinda and Sunil Shetty had enthralled audiences with mesmerising performances at the festival's opening ceremony on March 31.
Courtesy the Hindustan Times.

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