SRK-Aamir want Fair Rights on Friday Nights!
(No. I don't think it looks like they're about to kiss you sick puppy!)
Here’s a rare sight! Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan got together in support of Bollywood producers and distributors in the ongoing multiplex row. Producers are demanding a 50-50 revenue sharing ration with multiplex owners, however multiplex owners don’t want the current ratio 40 – 48% to be changed. The meeting was attended by Yash Chopra, Mukesh Bhatt and Karan Johar (who acted as host) among many others.
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SRK also voiced his opinion and explained that the awesome twosome Khans have not come for any publicity but are just asking for “fair rights for Friday nights.”
In the meantime, fresh talks between film producers and multiplexes broke down on Tuesday with no solution in sight to a month-long crisis that has stalled new Bollywood releases. Producers in the world’s most prolific movie industry are demanding a 50 percent share in box-office revenue while multiplex owners favor a performance-linked model based on a film’s budget and star power. Marketing and distribution of new Bollywood films has been suspended since the first week of April and analysts estimate multiplex revenue losses of 2.5-3 billion rupees in the first quarter. On Tuesday, the Producers and Distributors Forum said it will devise a strategy to release films in single-screen cinemas.
Forum spokesman Mukesh Bhatt said, “I feel sad at the way things ended today, but they were stuck on vital issues, which we felt we could not compromise on. We will come out with a detailed strategy on how to release films in single screens and independent theaters.” But Bhatt said there was no possibility of any new Bollywood releases before June. A spokesman for multiplexes did not respond to calls or messages. Bummer.
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June 5th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
[...] and multiplex owners. (Remember even Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan got into the act asking for Fair Rights for Friday Nights?) The deadlock has resulted in losses worth over rs200 crore (thats 2 billion rupees) for [...]
December 21st, 2009 at 3:01 pm
[...] Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan buried the hatched and came together to support the film producers’ strike against the multiplexes. Akshay Kumar refused to promote his film Shortkut – The Con is On with his co-star Arshad Warsi at IIFA in Macau last June stating that he does not like Arshad. Akshay Kumar also jumped off the Lakme Fashion Show stage and had his jeans ‘Unbottoned’ by wife Twinkle Khanna. Twinkle and Akki were ‘arrested’ on charges of obscenity. However, Akki said ‘no handcuffs’ were involved in the incident. Meanwhile Arshad Warsi’s 10-year-old marriage with Maria Goretti hit a rough patch this year, with the actor’s busy shooting schedules and Dia Mirza. Now Arshad is making as many public appearances possible with Maria to suggest to the media that ‘All is Well’. Aamir Khan also made the news when he joined ultimate social networking site Facebook and started interacting with his fans through a profile called Pucca Idiot. Bollywood’s most famous Scorpio’s Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made up with Shah Rukh Khan at Karan Johar’s birthday party this year. Things went bitter between the two after SRK replaced Ash with Rani Mukherji in Chalte Chalte in 2003. Ajay Devgan ironed out his 2-year-old wrinkled relationship with Ram Gopal Verma this year. The two stopped interacting with each other after Ajay blamed Ramu for the failure of Ram Gopal Verma Ki aag saying that he paid more attention to Nisha (Priyanka) Kothari than his male actors. Amitabh Bachchan continued to blog and actively criticize the press for misrepresenting him on a regular basis. Anil Kapoor continued to bask in the Slumdog glow signing on for a part on ‘24′ he had a really good year. Danced with joy at the Golden Globes and Screen Actor Guild’s Awards, touched Anthony Hopkin’s feet, introduced Irfan Khan to Angelina Jolie, upstaged Hugh Jackman at Oscars and came out with the ’secret affair’ of Frieda Pinto-Dev Patel. Arjun Rampal welcomed controversies this year, after he confessed that he had once entered an ‘Agiyari’-a Parsi fire temple (where only people from the community can enter) out of curiosity in his childhood. The price of childhood fancy cost him dear as the community took offense at his statement. The Ghajini girl Asin got lucky this year too. If one Khan (Aamir) gave her a successful break in Bollywood, media buzz said the other Khan (Salman) got the Southern siren a new house in Mumbai. As usual, Asin denied the news and said: “I earn enough to look after myself.” Adhyayan Suman finally detached himself from ‘Kangana Ranaut’s boyfriend‘ tag Abhay Deol and Sonam Kapoor got close on the sets of Anil Kapoor’s production Aisha. Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor called it quits after which he proceeded to date each of his co-stars (as revealed by his Twitter activity), breaking up and making up with Priyanka Chopra twice. Meanwhile Sonam Kapoor made a silly remake (pissing off the most beautiful girl in the world Aishwariya Rai) which cost her her red carpet debut at Cannes. Twitter gained Bollywood notoriety with the likes of PC, Abhishek Bachchan, Karan Johar and Shahid Kapoor being regular tweeters and Mallika Sherawat tweeting herself silly all over America as Bollywood’s biggest movie star, (yeah right!) After partying ways with Esha Deol, Shamita Shetty and Yana Gupta, Aftab Shivdasani seems to have finally found his lady love in Aamna Shariff this year. Ranbir Kapoor & Deepika Padukone called it quits leaving Ranbir to pursue Katrina Kaif and Deepika with a permanent RK tattoo! Ayesha Takia’s father-in-law and politician Abu Asim Azmi asked her to wear a ‘burkha’ (traditional Islam outfit) while campaigning for the Maharashtra Assembly Elections this year. As a result, Ayesha and her restaurateur husband Farhan are moving to a new house. Bobby Deol attended a charity cricket match on the outskirts of Pune and got mobbed by his fans. They tore his clothes and pushed him; but Bobby said he was, “‘glad to see how much people love me.” [...]
February 17th, 2010 at 1:12 am
[...] Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan buried the hatched and came together to support the film producers’ strike against the multiplexes. Akshay Kumar refused to promote his film Shortkut – The Con is On with his co-star Arshad Warsi at IIFA in Macau last June stating that he does not like Arshad. Akshay Kumar also jumped off the Lakme Fashion Show stage and had his jeans ‘Unbottoned’ by wife Twinkle Khanna. [...]