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HAS SHABANA AZMI BEEN KICKED OUT OF MY NAME IS KHAN?????

Yesteryear and vetran actress Shabana Azmi was all set to play a role in Karan's upcoming movie My Name Is Khan but sources tell us that she has opted out of the movie. So what is the reason for this? Did the director and the actress have differences which led to this development.

We are happy to clarify that this is not the case as anticipated and a very normal issue in Bollywood. ...more

Javed Akhtar has refused to share the credits for any films with any writers for several movies and many months now. He has however agreed to share it with Niranjan Iyengar for Karan's new movie My Name Is Khan. We are also happy to report that he is also penning the title track for the movie as well. Now that should be something to look forward to considering his award winning work all these years, he is an asset to Bollywood. ...more

The sets of the upcoming movie is in My Name is Khan has been set up in Mumbai. Bandra based Mehboob Studios is the venue for the shooting where a huge set had been put up for My Name is Khans ongoing shooting. Art director Sharmistha Roy who has done most of Karan Johar’s films is the designer of this set.

The shoot shall begin once Shah Rukh recuperates from his shoulder surgery and shooting is stalled till then. Ths studio has been booked till April 17th and it is not still confirmed when it shall begin. ...more

Tanay Chheda who played Darsheel Safary's best friend in Taare Zameen Par and the middle version of Jamal in Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire is now a part of My Name is Khan. He will be playing the child avatar of Shah Rukh's character.

He will play the childhood version of Shah Rukh's character in this movie. As we can see he is landing in one high profile movie after the other and all this at only 12 years of age. ...more

Aamir wants to challenge Shah Rukh constantly. It is now official that Aamir and Shah Rukh, the two reigning Khans of Bollywood, have a love-hate relationship but was that not long established.

Even though they came together and joined hands on a topic like the Producer's strike they still enjoy putting each other down publicly and then blame the media and the public for blowing things out of proportion. Things would be so different if only they could be friends is what a lot of the industry men think. ...more

My Name Is Khan is an upcoming 2010 Indian drama based upon a true story. It is directed by Karan Johar, co-produced by Johar and Shahrukh Khan,has a screenplay by Shibani Bathija, and stars Khan and Kajol. The musical trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy composed the film's score.Cinematography is by Ravi K. Chandran.

The film is slated for a February 2010 release. ...more