King Khan, Kareena win ‘Apsara’ awards
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan received the best actor award for his recital in the Yash Raj Films' super hit film "Chak De! India".
Film and Television Producers' Guild of India (FTPGI) honoured veteran Bollywood filmmaker Yash Chopra with its top award for "outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema".
Kareena Kapoor walked away with the best actress trophy for the film "Jab We Met" at a scintillating presentation ceremony at the MMRDA Ground in the Bandra-Kurla Complex in northwest Mumbai Sunday.
FTPGI hosts its own award ceremony to honour Indian artistes as well as creative and technical personalities from the film industry every year.
The trophies are known as "Apsara" awards.
While "Chak De! India" was chosen the best movie of 2007, its director Shimit Amin bagged the trophy for the best director.
A Pakistani television channel, ARY Gold, also honoured actor Hrithik Roshan as the Best Male Style Icon of the year at the ceremony.
Katrina Kaif bagged the Best Female Style Icon ARY Gold trophy.
Akshay Kumar, who churned out the maximum number of hits last year, was adjudged the "Entertainer of the Year" by the FTPGI jury.
NDTV Imagine honoured Deepika Pudokone and Ranbir Kapoor as the year's best new faces, respectively.
Salman Khan and Govinda received the hit pair NDTV Imagine trophy for their breezy performances in producer Sohail Khan's hit movie last year, "Partner".
Salman Khan, Bipasha Basu, Kareena and Riteish Deshmukh performed on the stage. The awards presentation ceremony was put together by Wizcraft.
Shah Rukh earns a smaller amount from movies than endorsements
If tax figures are to be believed, King Khan is a bigger king of the marketing world too.
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A major share of his advance tax money has gone into paying for his income from endorsing a swerve of products and other sources, which is a whopping amount of Rs.270 million. Sources in the advertising agency for which the superstar has worked divulged that his income from endorsements fetches him Rs.1.5 billion ($38 million) a year, the highest for any Indian advertising "model".
Amitabh Bachchan does more endorsement that King Khan, but his annual endorsements do not cross Rs.1.2 billion.
King Khan will continue to hold this position for more years as he has a strong threshold in the Bollywood compared to many others stars as there is no one yet who can opponent his magnetism.
In the current fiscal, his earnings from this source may go a little above Rs.1.5 billion as he has been made brand ambassador of more products - and more are waiting, the sources added. His movie does not fetch him more than 50-60 million per film.
A big large piece of his income from outside Bollywood in the current year also accrued from hosting STAR Plus' "Kaun Banega Crorepati" quiz series for which he received Rs.10 million per episode.
King Khan received a profit of Rs. 400 million on his home production Om Shanthi Om when he sold the right to Eros International for whopping Rs. 750 million whereas his original expenditure was only Rs. 350 million. Rs. 50 million was the fees which he gave himself for working as hero in that movie, which is not included in the profit of accounts.
King Khan does not augment his fees unlike his contenders. It is implicit that he is not avaricious on this part. Even though his latest movie OSO is a super duper hit, he does not intend to increase his fees. That’s the star excellence he has, and that’s why he is victorious.
"Shah Rukh chooses his movies carefully. First, the subject matter must appeal to him and, if it does, his opting to star in the movie would largely depend on the credibility and antecedents of the producer and the director,â€said an executive of the star's production banner, Red Chillies Production.
In disparity, Shah Rukh behaves like a 'star' when he shoots for TV commercials. There he refuses to negotiation on anything, particularly on his price. "Why should I compromise? TV commercials are what they are – commercials, laments the Badshah
"Had the industry not put me in a position where I am today, would the companies have chosen me to be their brand ambassadors?" he asks.
Is King Khan, then, robbing Peter to pay Paul? As one advertising agency executive put it: "He is, but his breaking and entering seem like a communal deal."Â
Who Is Your Role Model of 2007
Hindi Movies top stars and Bollywood icons Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai sustain as further go-ahead role models for youngsters than share of the phenomenal figures from history, a wider see about by the University of Leicester suggests.
The reconnoitre in the University of Leicester Department of Media and Communication examines regard in celebrities and rumour about them. It was carried out by Charlotte De Backer who sought in her take up to get together influence in popular figure culture.
She said: "Life is about learning, gaining involvement and in that commotion we have a bias to light upon and describe the actions of others. Ideally we imitate what makes others moneymaking and ice ill-fated actions others have trailed (and paid for).
"In reality, race seem to have the liking to characterize the overall street tracing of massed grade or supplementary successful others.
Aishwarya On Her Marriage
Seven months suspicion wedlock, Bollywoord Queen and Hindi movies superstar Aishwarya recommends everybody to actualize married.
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Its highly tough to articulate, settle it un-befriended in true a few sentences considering its obviously a very, extraordinarily agreeable and chipper predicament and I strongly recommend it, she said when asked about her feelings of being a married woman.
Well, its a foxy chapter in my proposition and its a unhinged standard of the journey. Id develop (it) to every one of you out here and I am blissfully happy. What more can one say, baby doll added.
Aishwarya and Abhishek high the knot in April, and pains analysts are the hottest and incomparable lucrative tag on of Bollywood.
They are compared with Angelina and Brad Pitt of Hollywood.
Every change of this clasp is scrutinized and viewed subservient the microscope. They score the extremely glory every where they go.
Wonder how nuptial is gladness for the girl when her stunt is subservient ergo supremely of scrutiny.
Rajinikanth wins the Superstar Award
- There's a sagacity of satisfaction and triumph in the Tamil film industry after Rajinikanth won NDTV's Best Indian Entertainer of The Year award.
- Rajinikanth's most hyped Film Sivaji, released in the year 2007 catapulted him ahead of Shah Rukh Khan and the Big B. But in his marque humbleness the 'style king' gave the media credit for his success.
- "Thanks to the media, artistes from South India are being recognised and their films highlighted," said Rajinikanth.
In Chennai, the film industry is ecstatic over Rajinikanth's award.
"Rajini usually does not accept awards or attend most public functions. That he has accepted the NDTV award is great. Also given the fact that he was pitted against Shah Rukh Khan and won is also a big boost," said Sreedhar Pillai, Senior Film Journalist.
And this spontaneous hint that he is not unenthusiastic to captivating the political thrust seems to have inspired his fans like never before.
"I believe in destiny. Today, I am an actor. I don't know what role I will play tomorrow. It all depends upon what I' destined for," said Rajinikanth.
"If he enters politics, he will bring about good governance. He will help the poor. We will see him as a small MGR," said Annadurai, Rajinikanth fan.
Rajini is now off to the Himalayas for his habitual reflection. Conceivably the clandestine behind his aptitude to grip all the praise and yet stay engaged.
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