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India.com
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
The man in the photo with Rani Mukerji is son of a Bollywood star, worked in only 6 films in 22 years, can you recognise him? His name is...
Nepotism in Bollywood these days has grabbed the attention of audiences, critics, and everyone alike. Kids coming from a background of actors are launched by big banners. While some films of these star kids, including Janhvi Kapoor, Khushi Kapoor, Suhana Khan, Ananya Panday, Rasha Thadani, and more, turn out to be hits, others flop badly. However, this practice of an actor's child becoming an actor didn't start recently. Even in the early days of Bollywood, children of successful actors aspired to enter the film industry and follow in their parents' footsteps. Today, we will talk about one such star kid whose father played some iconic roles in Bollywood. However, he couldn't make a name for himself. Sholay was a huge hit, and many characters from the film stood out to the audience. Despite being released more than five decades ago, Sholay and its iconic characters remain fresh in the minds of viewers. One of those famous characters was Gabbar, played by Amjad Khan. His son also tried to become an actor but failed. Who is Amjad Khan's Son? Amjad Khan's son is Shadab Khan. Shadaab Khan started his film career as a child artist in the film Pyari Bhabhi. After this, he debuted in 1997 with the film Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat, in which his heroine was Rani Mukherjee. However, this film failed to do wonders at the box office. Following this, he did movies like Detaabi (1997), Hey Ram (2000), Refugee (2000), Bharat Bhagya Vidhata (2002), and a short film Mini Banerjee Ghar Par Hain (2019), but none of them worked for him. Shadab Khan then decided to leave the industry. He acted in a total of 6 movies. What is Amjad Khan's Son Doing Now? Shadaab Khan married Rumana Chava in 2005, and let us tell you that after leaving the film industry, Shadab made his career in writing and direction. He has written novels like Shanti Memorial and Murder, and has also written scripts for some films.
Pink Villa
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Did Shah Rukh Khan charge a whopping amount for his role in Hey Ram with Kamal Haasan? THROWBACK
Shah Rukh Khan made his Tamil debut in 2000 opposite Kamal Haasan in the film Hey Ram. This epic historical fiction film was also simultaneously shot in Hindi and was directed by the Thug Life actor himself. While the two superstars continue to maintain a strong bond even now, there was a time when Kamal Haasan made a huge revelation about the Bollywood heartthrob. What was Shah Rukh Khan's fee for Hey Ram? Well, Shah Rukh Khan is known to be one of the highest-paid actors in the fraternity today. However, back in 2000, things were different when he made his Tamil debut with Hey Ram. In a previous interview with Colors Cineplex, Kamal Haasan had spilled the beans on the remuneration King Khan charged for his role as Amjad Ali Khan in the film. The Tamil actor shocked everyone with his revelation. He said, 'A lot of times in interviews, he said I just want to be a part of the film. All that he say all these things to please each other. But he (SRK) actually did it. When the budget ran over, he did not even ask for his remuneration.' Kamal Haasan felt SRK wasn't really a businessman Moving on with the revelation, Kamal Haasan mentioned that while everyone considers Shah Rukh as a businessman, he actually isn't really one, which is clear from the way that he skipped payment for the movie. Kamal mentioned that SRK knew the budget of the film and was more than happy to be just a part of it. Fees and remuneration did not cross his mind for once. Did SRK charge anything for his film with Kamal Haasan? Interestingly, while SRK did not take a penny for the film, he did extract a very special kind of fee for his work in Hey Ram, which was in the form of a wristwatch. The senior actor said, 'And I keep telling him.. he says, 'Woh rehne do.' He did the film for a wristwatch.' More about Hey Ram Besides Shah Rukh Khan and Kamal Haasan, Hey Ram also starred Rani Mukerji, Hema Malini, Naseeruddin Shah, Girish Karnad, Vasundhara Das, Om Puri, and others. While it wasn't a commercial success, the movie won three National Awards in total and bagged recognition after being screened in several international film festivals.
India.com
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
Not Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, this superstar was young crush of Rani Mukerji, gave blockbuster with him, he is...
Bollywood actress Rani Mukherjee is a powerhouse of acting. Rani has been a hit since her debut film and has won the Best Actress award more than four times. Rani Mukherjee is among those heroines who have worked with all three Khans of Bollywood. The actress has given blockbuster films with all three Khans, but in a show, the actress revealed that she was nervous while working with this actor, who was also her young crush. The King Khan Of Indian Cinema Here we are talking about superstar Shah Rukh Khan, with whom Rani gave her first blockbuster. During her appearance on Kapil Sharma's comedy show. Rani had come for the promotion of her film, Bunty-Babli 2, she made this revelation and said, 'Yes, I was nervous because I had seen Shah Rukh in 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' and he was looking really good, he was my young crush, so when I worked with him for the first time, I was nervous.' Rani worked with Shah Rukh Khan for the first time in the film 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' The film was released in the year 1998 and it is a blockbuster film. In the film, Rani played the role of Shah Rukh Khan's wife, who dies. After 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai,' Shah Rukh and Rani were seen in the films, 'Hey Ram,' 'Chalte Chalte,' 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham,' 'Veer Zara', 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna' and 'Paheli.' Rani was last seen in the film 'Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway' which was released in 2023. More About Rani Mukerji On the work front, Rani is currently working on her next action thriller film, 'Mardaani 3.' Apart from this, the name of the actress is also being associated with Shah Rukh Khan's most-awaited film, 'King.' The film also features Suhana Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Jaideep Ahlawat and Raghav Juyal are also associated with the project which has been helmed by Siddharth Anand and written by 'Kahani' fame director Sujoy Ghosh.
The National
04-06-2025
- Business
- The National
Why Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam reunited after 38 years for Thug Life
It is hard to overstate the impact that Kamal Haasan, star of upcoming crime drama Thug Life directed by Mani Ratnam, has had upon South Asian cinema. Haasan, 70, is considered one of the best and most versatile performers in the history of Indian cinema, having worked on movies in six languages – Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali. And beyond acting, he's also the writer and director of five ambitiously mounted features, including the groundbreaking historical fiction Hey Ram (2000) and the spy action-thriller Vishwaroopam (2013). Even two-time Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee has lauded Haasan's varied filmography and encyclopaedic knowledge of world cinema. Haasan himself, however, puts it more succinctly in conversation with The National: 'I consider myself a child of cinema and no other institution.' Thug Life, an Eid Al Adha release, is Haasan's second movie with Ratnam in 38 years – his last collaboration with him was the critically acclaimed Nayakan (1987). When asked what took them almost four decades to do another film together, Haasan says: 'Situations in life can be complicated. And it's not for our lack of trying.' Over the last 40 years, Haasan attempted to collaborate with Ratnam on multiple projects that either went unrealised or got repurposed. Ratnam's ambitious two-part historical drama Ponniyin Selvan, based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's 1955 novel of the same name, had been in the works since the 1980s. At that time, Haasan acquired adaptation rights to the novel, likely for himself to star. When the project finally released in 2022, Haasan served only as narrator. 'Often our own ambitions and expectations far exceeded the kind of financial backing available to realise our dreams,' Haasan says. 'But this kind of obstacle also makes it the responsibility of the artist – the auteur – to continue to fight the good fight and reach the finish line.' In Thug Life, Haasan plays gang leader Sakthivel, whose relationship with his adoptive son Amaran (Silambarasan TR) starts to unravel after an attempt is made on his life. Ratnam's last collaboration with Haasan followed a similar story – Nayakan chronicled the rise of Mumbai mobster Velu Naicker from the city's claustrophobic slums to head of a criminal syndicate. 'A lot of people warned us that we'd have to contend with the similarities between Thug Life and Nayakan,' Haasan says, 'but here's my question to them: Why should we?' If anything, in Haasan's view, age has allowed the duo to approach similar material with newfound maturity. ' Nayakan was made when we were practically young boys. Thug Life is made by us as men who have lived a life enough to take up the challenge and still come out strong.' Thug Life marks Haasan's 234th film as an actor, and in the decades he has been active, he's taken up almost every challenge one can imagine and then some. He's tackled silent films with his comedy Pushpaka Vimana and did an Indian spin on Mrs Doubtfire in Chachi 420. For Dasavatharam (2008), he took on 10 separate roles, including an old woman, a Punjabi pop star, a Japanese martial artist, a tailor with gigantism, a white CIA agent and – get this – then-president George W Bush. It might be easier to narrow down a role he hasn't played at this point. For someone whose career has taken so many twists and turns, it's hard to imagine there's any challenge remaining on Haasan's bucket list. Which is why his primary ambition at this stage of his career is to lift up the next generation. 'I guess what's still left for me to do isn't much to do within the spectrum of acting as much as it is to foster and encourage newer voices in the industry, while also trying to run with them and learn from them for as long as our bodies can allow us,' says Haasan. He cites the boundless energy of directors Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola as his inspiration. 'I really admire how much Scorsese continues to contribute to the craft. But if he's not example enough, look at Coppola. People call Megalopolis indulgent. And if it is, so what? 'At my point in life, it's always motivating to see young-minded old men making the movie they want, without regrets, stamping their stories with their unique voice,' Haasan continues. While some view generative AI as a threat to the next generation of creatives, Haasan is surprisingly upbeat about the emerging technology's use in film. 'Young artists will create, and art by human beings and for human beings will live on. Maybe not in the way you and I think of how a story should be structured, but with the democratisation of art, anything can be an absorbing, cinematic narrative that will find its audience,' says Haasan.
Time of India
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
When Kamal Haasan called Shah Rukh Khan ‘A connoisseur of art'
As Kamal Haasan gears up for the release of his upcoming gangster action drama 'Thug Life' on June 5, let's take a look at the time when the Tamil actor recalled his collaboration with Shah Rukh Khan in the 2000 bilingual period film 'Hey Ram'. At the trailer launch of the film 'Indian 2', Kamal Haasan heaped praise on Shah Rukh Khan, calling him 'a connoisseur of art and a good actor.' Kamal revealed that Shah Rukh did not charge a single rupee for acting in Hey Ram, a film that Kamal himself wrote, directed, and produced. When we work together, we are all just people' 'In Hey Ram, Shah Rukh sahib made that film for free. That cannot be done by a superstar. That can only be done by a fan, a connoisseur of art. I'm ever thankful to him,' Kamal said, humbly acknowledging SRK's gesture. He added that when artists collaborate on a project, they don't see each other through the lens of stardom. 'When we work together, we are all just people. I don't see a superstar. He doesn't see a super director. We are friends.' Hey Ram, a Tamil-Hindi bilingual, featured Kamal Haasan as Saket Ram and Shah Rukh Khan as Amjad Ali Khan, two friends caught in the turmoil of post-partition India. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Buy Brass Idols - Handmade Brass Statues for Home & Gifting Luxeartisanship Buy Now Undo Despite being a niche film with a historical and philosophical narrative, it has since earned a cult following for its bold storytelling and powerful performances. Up Next: Thug Life Hits Theatres June 5 Kamal Haasan is all set to return to the big screen with Thug Life, a gangster action drama directed by Mani Ratnam , who has co-written the screenplay with Kamal himself. The film marks a major reunion between the two legends after decades, and anticipation is sky-high among fans. We spotted #srk at Kolkata airport last night Check out our list of the latest Hindi , English , Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam , and Kannada movies . Don't miss our picks for the best Hindi movies , best Tamil movies, and best Telugu films .
