Posts Tagged ‘Ra 1’

Shah Rukh Khan Throws a Huge Bash for R & B Singer Akon

Shah Rukh Khan played host for the popular American singer and songwriter Akon at Mumbai’s JW Marriot Hotel. The duo met in Los Angeles when Shah Rukh brilliantly decided that he wanted to incorporate Akon into his next film Ra 1. Akon will not only be heard in this multi-starrer film, he’s also going to be a part of the cast.

So to celebrate yet another collaboration of Hollywood and Bollywood, Shah Rukh invited Akon out to Mumbai as his personal guest.  And Akon was more then happy to accept the Khan’s invitation as he says “I am a big fan of Shah Rukh’s. I’m very familiar with Shah Rukh’s work”. Akon also mentioned that Indian audiences will definitely be seeing a lot more of him as he is planning a portion of his world tour in India and plans to work closely with a lot more Indian directors.

He feels that Indian and African culture have quite a few similarities. “You know the tradition in Africa is not different from India. There is the same type of entertainment going on, the difference is only in language. I always wanted to expand my horizon, explore and enjoy,” said Akon. Oh and we’re sure he’s enjoying, after he met the gorgeous Kareena Kapoor, whose playing the lead heroine in the film, Akon dedicated two lines of his hit single “Beautiful” to her. Well we really hope that these two huge entertainment industries continue to come together and create magic.

It seems like Red Chillies Entertainment has roped in international stuntman extraordinaire Jackie Chan. (No offense but I think Jackie Chan is way past is hay-day… guy needs to retire already or learn English) I also think this may be the first release that another person makes more money than Shah Rukh Khan. Probably not…

The film will be shot in Miami, and Jackie’s role will be of a scientist who helps SRK battle the bad boys. Ohhhh sounds kind of crazy and very original. The entire production is being produced by a staff based in Hollywood and will also star Kareena Kapoor as the damsel in distress and SRK’s love interest in the film. Talk about reverse outsourcing… usually people are stealing American jobs but now its in reverse.