On The Silver Jubilee…..

Subhash Ghai Gifts ‘Taal’ To Ashok Purohit’s City Pulse

Ever since Ashok Purohit, the dynamic owner of City Pulse multiplex in Gandhinagar, the capital city of Gujarat, screened Taal for the first time at his cinema and saw it for the first time, he has been in love with the film. So, at the silver jubilee celebrations of Subhash Gha’s love triangle on 30th January, Purohit hoped, Ghai would gift him…. Gift him what? He hoped, Ghai would present him the print of Taal which he had been screening at his cinema. And the magnanimous Subhash Ghai did just that! And so, now, Ashok Purohit and his family, who’ve seen Taal several times, can see it several more times whenever they feel like it. The cinema is theirs, the print is theirs.

But if Ghai were to go on distributing prints of Taal to those who’ve fallen in love with his dream project, the first on the list would be the finance minister of Gujarat, Vajubhai Vala. For, the man — well over 60 years of age — has seen the film five times and plans to see it a couple of times more. He was the chief guest at the jubilee function — and justifiably so! — and guess, what did he do there? He sang four lines of the popular Ishq bina kya jeena yaaron number in front of a packed auditorium of City Pulse where the function was held. Thanking Ghai profusely for making a “super-hit” like Taal “which makes an old man like me feel jawaan“, Vajubhai went into raptures as he spoke of how he had visited City Pulse five times during the last 25 weeks to see Taal. Subhash Ghai blushed and blushed. And so did the artistes of the film — Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Akshaye Khanna and Amrish Puri — who were also in Gandhinagar to partake in the celebrations.

Yes, you’ve guessed it right. With four leading artistes descending on Gandhinagar, the janata couldn’t but go berserk. The warm welcome the people there accorded to the unit of Taal at the cinema was more than sufficient to make the guests from Bombay forget the chill in the winter wind of Gandhinagar.

Subhash Ghai introduced his stars to the guests and praised them for making Taal what it was. A question-and-answer session with the press followed. After the Purohit family had formally welcomed the guests — which also included, besides the above, Bombay distributor Tolu Bajaj, Ashok Sinha (joint secretary (films), I & B ministry, government of India, and officiating chairman of the NFDC), P.K. Lehri (information secretary, government of Gujarat) and Mukandan (chief secretary, government of Gujarat) — silver jubilee trophies were presented to the unit members. The audience cheered the artistes as each of them spoke a few words.

At the end of the function, Ghai picked up a ticket counterfoil from among the counterfoils of all tickets sold during the period from the 10th day of Taal at the cinema to its 25th week. For, Ashok Purohit had, on the film’s 100th day, announced that a lucky winner from among those who saw Taal at his cinema from that day till its 25th week would be entitled to an air ticket to-and-fro Dubai, courtesy City Pulse.

And while the lucky winner will see the whole of Dubai soon, the artistes of Taal could not even see the entire City Pulse multiplex. Yes, the crowds had gone so hysterical that the stars had to be cordoned off by a bevy of security personnel and had to be literally whisked away into the car to zoom off to Ahmedabad for a dinner party at Fortune Hotel after the jubilee function. But whether they saw City Pulse or not, they were convinced that the city of Gandhinagar had its pulse beating to the passion for Taal.

– KOMAL NAHTA

LATEST POSITION

Shikaar ran for 1 week in Indore, dull.

Johrabai 1st week 4,41,154 from 4 cinemas (3 on F.H.); Pune 59,115; Delhi 5,21,615 (42.13%) from 4 cinemas; Kanpur 1,14,180, Varanasi 1,35,754; Calcutta 3,09,453 from 4 cinemas (13 cinemas unrecd.); Raipur 23,086; Indore 39,914 (2 on F.H.); Jaipur 1,22,008.

Yeh Kaisa Pyar (dubbed) 1st week Kanpur 1,42,745.

Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani drops further. 2nd week Bombay 39,62,122 (66.97%) from 10 cinemas (8 on F.H.); Ahmedabad 9,68,457 from 4 cinemas; Pune 8,99,327 from 5 cinemas (2 in matinee), Solapur 1,03,464; Delhi 30,56,873 from 12 cinemas (1 on F.H.); Kanpur 1,79,134 from 2 cinemas, Lucknow 3,39,812, Allahabad 1,07,528, 1st week Bareilly 1,10,845; 2nd Calcutta 9,49,289 from 7 cinemas; Nagpur 1,64,285 from 2 cinemas, Akola 59,395, Raipur (6 days) 63,567, Bhilai 41,472, Jalgaon 80,885 (1st 1,75,075); Indore 1,67,000 from 2 cinemas (1 on F.H.), Bhopal 61,563 (1 unrecd.); Jaipur 2,31,983, Ajmer (gross) 88,243, Bikaner 92,525; Hyderabad (gross) 6,49,735 from 5 cinemas (1 in noon).

Kaho Naa…Pyaar Hai is extraordinary. 3rd week’s collections are better than 2nd week’s at some places. 3rd week Bombay 46,55,990 (99.18%) from 10 cinemas (6 on F.H.); Ahmedabad 8,55,656 from 3 cinemas, Baroda 2,42,194 (98.12%), Jamnagar 98,700; Pune 10,68,073 from 3 cinemas (1 in matinee), Solapur 1,97,381; Dharwad 88,317; Delhi 35,89,620 from 8 cinemas; Kanpur 3,60,430 from 2 cinemas, Lucknow 3,73,794, Varanasi 2,09,074, Allahabad 1,45,777, Bareilly (6 days) 81,709, Muzaffarnagar 40,000; 1st week Amritsar 45,200; 3rd week Nagpur 5,45,749 from 3 cinemas, Jabalpur (6 days) 1,29,740, Akola 1,44,774, total 4,80,231, Raipur (6 days) 1,43,451, Bhilai 80,015, 1st week Durg 1,07,571, 3rd week Jalgaon 1,56,598 (2nd 1,55,602), 2nd week Chandrapur 1,87,382, total 4,39,839, 1st Yavatmal (gross) 1,83,036 (100%); 3rd week Bhopal 2,39,029 (2nd 2,35,500); Jaipur 3,19,171, Bikaner 1,91,873; Hyderabad (gross) 31,89,913 from 11 cinemas (1 in noon); 1st week Guntur (gross) 1,98,576.

Mela 4th week Bombay 13,83,564 (44.76%) from 7 cinemas (8 on F.H.); Pune 2,70,111 from 2 cinemas, Solapur (14 shows) 65,487; Bijapur 44,480; Kanpur 1,71,212 from 2 cinemas, Lucknow 1,92,922, Varanasi 96,921, Allahabad 83,353, Bareilly (6 days) 65,790, Hardwar 15,000; Calcutta 1,52,819; Nagpur 1,07,345 from 2 cinemas, Jabalpur (6 days) 80,430, Akola 45,282, total 4,06,700, Raipur (6 days) 99,698, Bhilai 32,673, Jalgaon 65,447 (3rd 88,789), 3rd week Gondia (6 days, gross) 53,381, 4th week Wardha (6 days) 35,317, Yavatmal 52,950; Indore 59,700 (1 on F.H.); Ajmer (gross) 70,574, Bikaner 63,768; Hyderabad (gross) 4,02,389 from 4 cinemas (2 in noon).

Jaanwar 6th week Bombay 4,35,085 (45.35%) from 3 cinemas; Pune 36,024, Solapur 23,610; 3rd week Bijapur (14 shows) 26,563; 6th week Delhi 1,47,350; Kanpur 65,000, Lucknow 94,409, Varanasi 1,13,019, Allahabad 83,553, Bareilly (6 days) 32,422; Nagpur 31,068, Jabalpur (6 days) 32,306, Akola 60,805, total 5,46,574, 3rd week Wardha 38,320; 6th week Bhopal (6 days) 39,000.

Hum Saath-Saath Hain entered 14th week at Liberty Bombay; 13th week Pune (matinee) 47,339, Solapur (14 shows) 1,04,347; Belgaum 53,623, 4th week Karwar 19,367; Kanpur 63,000, Lucknow 1,40,706, Varanasi 47,217, Allahabad 27,959; Calcutta 95,044; Nagpur 97,788, Jabalpur (6 days, gross) 75,389, Amravati 88,885 (12th week 91,756), total 24,80,994, Akola 61,485, total 17,92,039, share 13,70,308, Raipur (6 days) 64,282, total 28,78,563, Bhilai 17,055, Jalgaon 81,840, total 19,16,297; Hyderabad (gross) 2,77,860 from 2 cinemas (4 unrecd.).

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Gaam Ma Piyaryu Ne Gaam Ma Sasaryu (Gujarati; TF) is strong. 3rd week Ahmedabad 7,82,956 from 4 cinemas, Jamnagar 93,622, total 2,91,733.

Maa Baap Ne Bhulsho Nahin (Gujarati; TF) is also strong. 7th week Ahmedabad 2,11,071 from 4 cinemas.

CINE & TV ARTISTES’ APPEAL TO MAHARASHTRA CM

The Cine & TV Artistes’ Association (CINTAA) has, in a letter to Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, appealed for “peaceful environment for their creative work” in view of threats, extortion and murders by the underworld. The letter cautions and appeals that before the business community and members of the film industry think of “shifting from this beautiful state of Maharashtra and the city of Mumbai to some other safe and secure cities of India, we very humbly request you to think and act fast for the stability and permanency of the film industry along with other industries to stay in Mumbai safely and fearlessly…”

The letter concludes, “With great expectations and fond hopes, we request you to make this city worth living for peaceful and decent people and let not Rakesh Roshan’s incident be repeated in future and tarnish the ever beautiful name of Mumbai and Maharashtra.”

FILMS DIVISION RELEASES SHORT FILM ON PRADEEP

A 30-minute documentary on the life of poet and lyricist Pt. Pradeep was declared released at a function held on 2nd February at the Cultural Centre of Russia. Veteran music director Naushad was the chief guest at the function organised jointly by Kavi Pradeep Foundation and Films Division. Titled Kavi Pradeep, the docu-drama, produced by Films Division, is written and directed by Bharat Berde. The short film documents in brief the life-sketch of the poet, affectionately known as ‘Rashtrakavi’, from childhood till the time he won the Dadasaheb Phalke award. Excerpts from films showing his songs reflected his patriotic feel as also his poetic genius. A shorter version (of 10 minutes) of the documentary will be telecast on 6th February on Doordarshan.

Naushad, in his tribute to late poet Pradeep, lamented, “The great poet was given the Dadasaheb Phalke award when he was in the twilight of his life. His merit did not get the due recognition even though he was writing patriotic, philosophical, religious and even romantic songs for more than fifty years.”

Maharashtra state minister Anil Deshmukh fondly remembered his short visits to the poet’s house before and after his death. The writer-director of the short film, Bharat Berde, informed the gathering about the making of the film.

Avinash Pande, the president of the Kavi Pradeep Foundation, welcomed the guests. The Foundation is now attempting a feature film on his life. A book on Pradeep is also being readied for publication.

RAKESH ROSHAN FINE

Rakesh Roshan, who underwent bypass surgery of the heart last week at Cumballa Hill Hospital, Bombay, was discharged from hospital on 4th February. He is doing fine.

K.N. SINGH BIDS ADIEU

K.N. Singh, the cool-tempered, pipe-smoking, stern-eyed bad man of Hindi films, whose inimitable intimidation set him apart from the rest of the bad men in the ’40s through the ’70s, breathed his last on 31st January at his residence at Matunga, Bombay. He was 91. He had worked in about 250 films.

Born in Dehradun and hailing from a family of practising lawyers, Krishna Niranjan (K.N.) Singh was groomed by his family to become a lawyer. But K.N. Singh developed a dislike for the legal profession and set out on a different course. In 1935, he met Pahari Sanyal and K.L. Saigal in Lucknow where he was running a small business. In 1937, he faced the movie camera for the first time, in Calcutta, when Pahari Sanyal gave him a role of a doctor in Sunehre Din. It was Prithviraj Kapoor who brought him to Bombay. A.R. Kardar then gave him a role of a lawyer in his film, Milap. He came into notice with A.R. Kardar’s Baghban. And thereafter, K.N. Singh went on to exercise his cold stern stare and threat with the twitch of his stiff upper lip in a number of films for nearly four decades. Among the films he acted in were Howrah Bridge, Ishara, Barsaat, Awara, Hulchul, Jwar Bhata, Jaal, Baazi, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Funtoosh, Mera Saaya, An Evening In Paris, Kaalia and Ajooba (his last film in which he did a brief role). He also did a comedy film, Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi.

K.N. Singh was one actor who terrorised even with less dialogues. His eyebrows and stern eyes were enough to bring out the villain in him.

‘HS-SH’ 100 DAYS’ PARTY

The combined 100 days of Hum Saath-Saath Hain at Lokendra Talkies, Ratlam will be completed today (5th February). A party to celebrate the 100 days was held at Lokendra Talkies on 4th. Govind Acharya, manager of Rajshri Pictures P. Ltd., Indore, was the chief guest.

The cinema announced 15 days’ salary as bonus to its staff on the occasion. Trophies were distributed by the cinema.

DO YOU KNOW?

* The craze for Hrithik Roshan among Jalgaon youngsters is such that they have patronised his KAHO NAA…PYAAR HAI 3-4 times already. Moreover, bowing to their demand, the management of Ashok Talkies (where KN…PH entered 4th week) has put up a board, bearing the new star’s residential address, on the theatre premises.

* THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (E.) has been released in daily 6 shows at two mini cinemas — Gem and Glamour — in the same complex at Bandra, Bombay. There will, therefore, be 84 shows of the film in one cinema complex in one week.

* KAHO NAA…PYAAR HAI has created a theatre record by collecting 2,42,194/- (98%) in 3rd week at Aradhana, Baroda.

* KAHO NAA…PYAAR HAI has created a theatre record by collecting 1,93,576/- (cap. 2,35,000/-) in 1st week at Seema, Aligarh.

* KAHO NAA…PYAAR HAI has created a theatre record by collecting 1,97,459/- in 3rd week at Vasant, Ghaziabad. Better than 2nd week (1,86,767/-).

* KAHO NAA…PYAAR HAI has created a theatre record by collecting 1,77,304/- in 3rd week at Alankar, Nagpur.

* KAHO NAA…PYAAR HAI has created a theatre record by collecting 1,67,945/- in 3rd week at Panchsheel, Amravati. Better than 2nd week (1,58,684/-). Total for 3 weeks: 5,41,269/-.

* KAHO NAA…PYAAR HAI has created a theatre record by collecting 1,56,598/- in 3rd week at Ashok, Jalgaon. Better than 2nd week (1,56,602/-).

* KAHO NAA…PYAAR HAI has created a theatre record by collecting 1,69,586/- in 3rd week at Anand, Raipur.

* KAHO NAA…PYAAR HAI has created a theatre record by collecting 1,48,834/- in 3rd week at Anand, Jabalpur.

* KAHO NAA…PYAAR HAI has created a theatre record in 3rd week at Abhinayshri, Indore.

* KAHO NAA…PYAAR HAI has created a record by collecting 2,39,029/- in 3rd week at Lily, Bhopal. More than 2nd week (2,35,500/-).

* KAHO NAA…PYAAR HAI has created a theatre record by collecting better in 3rd week (3,19,171/-) than 2nd week (3,06,473/-) at Motimahal, Jaipur.

IS DELHI ONLY 10% OF DELHI-U.P. CIRCUIT?

* The distributor’s share of JAANWAR in Delhi-U.P. so far is about Rs. 1.75 crore. Of this, how much share has come from Delhi? Only Rs. 19 lakh! Yes, JAANWAR is as weak in Delhi as it is strong in U.P.

ANNOUNCEMENT & LAUNCHING

Jeetendra’s Film Launched

Shri Siddhivinayak Films’ Prod. No. 1, yet untitled, was launched with the recording of a song on Feb. 1 (birthday of Shobha Kapoor, wife of Jeetendra and one of the two producers of the film) at Sahara India. Penned by Sameer and tuned by Anu Malik, the song was rendered by Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik. The film is being produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor, and directed by David Dhawan. Jeetendra presents it. It stars Govinda in the male lead. Story-screenplay: Yunus Sejawal and Imtiaz Patel. Dialogues: Rumi Jafri. Other cast and credits of the film are being finalised. Executive producer: Prakash Pange.

Indra Kumar To Direct Bobby Deol, Karisma In ‘Aashiq’

Shweta International’s Aashiq will go on the floors on Feb. 11 with a 25-day shooting stint in Hyderabad on sets and locales. The film is being produced by Anil Sharma and directed by Indra Kumar. It stars Bobby Deol, Karisma Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Mukesh Rishi, Rahul Dev, Ashok Saraf, Nasir and Smita Jayakar. Writer: Anwar Khan. Lyrics: Sameer. Music directors Sanjeev Darshan have already recorded five songs of the film, and two more will be recorded in March. Sound: Jeetendra Chaudhary. Action: Abbas. Art: Bijon Dasgupta.

YOU ASKED IT

Will 2000 mark the arrival of new stars just as the arrival of Hrithik Roshan and Amisha Patel in KN…PH?

– Yes, it will. The industry needs new stars.

During the last few months, there have been a lot of cricket matches with India being an important participant. Have these cricket matches affected our films’ box-office takings? If they have, to what extent?

– Thanks to the poor performance of our cricketers, the cricket matches haven’t affected the box-office too adversely. Of course, some effect is bound to be there because both, films and cricket, are forms of entertainment.

What type of opening do you expect Badal to take next week?

– Very good! The music is popular. Bobby Deol and Rani Mukerji are the favourites of the young generation.

Whose ‘Khauff’ Is It Anyway?!

The Indian Motion Picture Distributors’ Association (IMPDA) has received two applications for the registration of the Bombay distribution rights for Chirag Arts’ Khauff from two different distributors — Veekay Enterprises and Raj Enterprises.

In its reply to Raj Enterprises, the IMPDA has pointed out that Raj Enterprises, in its letter dated 5-4-’99 had objected to the registration of the film Khauff in favour of any party for Bombay circuit in view of its pending claim against Sapna Arts, in respect of the latter’s Bajrang. Nandu Tolani of Sapna Arts and Vijay Tolani of Chirag Arts are brothers.

It would be pertinent to note here that Raj Enterprises had applied for the registration of Khauff after procuring a letter from the producers, Chirag Arts.

The IMPDA has further clarified that another of its members, ABC Pictures Pvt. Ltd., had also objected to the registration of Khauff in favour of any party for Bombay circuit in view of its (ABC Pictures’) claim pending against Sapna Arts, Bombay, in respect of the film Mr. Bechara.

IMPDA has also pointed out that a Civil Application no. 6644 of 1999 in A.O. stamp no. 889 of 1999 in notice of motion no. 2229 of 1999 is pending in the high court, and it pertains to the matter of claims wherein Raj Enterprises along with IMPDA are the parties.

Veekay Enterprises, Bombay, has also sent a letter (dated 19-1-2000) to IMPDA, claiming its rights in Khauff for Bombay circuit. Veekay Enterprises has claimed that it has given the producers an excess of Rs. 5 lakh as under-production amount.

In view of the above circumstances, IMPDA has chosen to keep the applications for registration of Khauff for Bombay circuit in abeyance until the objections and the court proceedings are both withdrawn by its members.

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Education-Entertainment-Enlightenment

Last But Never The Least…
In Fact, The Best!

Not many know that a scene was added in Pukar even after the film was issued censor certificate last week. This scene was shot in Hyderabad six days before the film’s release!

The scene: Anil Kapoor, a military officer, overhears a telephonic conversation between an ISI agent (based in the neighbouring country) and his stooge in India. Anil intercepts the conversation and, after beating up the stooge for talking loosely of India, gives a piece of his mind to the ISI agent on the other side. He touches upon the Kargil conflict and the recent hijack of the Indian Airlines plane. Says Anil, ‘Tum teen ko chhuda le gaye, par hum tumhare teen sau ko utha laane ki taaqat rakhte hain… Kargil ka ek patthar uthane nahin diya, phir bhi Kashmir ke seb khane ka khwab dekh rahe ho?!”

No one will deny that this scene will evoke great applause. And it is doing just that and more than that! This scene was added to the prints running in Bombay city and suburbs in the 9 p.m. show of Friday (4th Feb.) because that is the day it was cleared by the CBFC. It will be added in all the prints today/tomorrow. Our friend, Soham Shah, a noted publicity designer, who saw this added scene at Shaan (Vile Parle), Bombay, reported that the audience broke into a thunderous applause when Anil Kapoor delivered the dialogue. He found it to be the “best-ever patriotic scene on the Hindi screen”. This last-moment addition of the scene is sure to create a lasting impression. Any bets?!

Venturesome Vashu

No one can deny that as a producer, Vashu Bhagnani is in a league of his own. Be it with the marketing and publicity or production values or even release of his films (he released Biwi No. 1 thick in the midst of the Cricket World Cup matches last year, much against the trade opinion, remember?), he brings in fresh ideas and innovations. And what is more, he is not afraid to implement them. It is, no doubt, this enterprising spirit that has led him to come up with another novel idea which he is executing in his next, Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa. He has picturised two entire songs of the film on Abhishek Bachchan and Kirti Shetty, twice over on separate locations. One version of the songs is shot abroad while the other, at the Taj Mahal in Agra and other Indian locations. Both the versions will not be shown to the audience in a single screening as each version is prepared for different sets of viewers. Accordingly, the viewers in Bombay and Overseas territories will be shown the songs shot in Agra and India while those in the rest of India will be shown the ones shot on foreign locations. Moreover, after 3-4 weeks’ run of the film, the songs will be shuffled so that the Bombay and Overseas viewers will get to see the foreign version, and viewers in the rest of India, the Indian version!

It is pertinent to note here that even in times as bad as the present in the film industry, there is a producer like Vashu Bhagnani who is not afraid to put his money where his mouth is!

Incidentally, a trial show of the rushes of 85% of the film was held earlier this week. The reports that are filtering in are lovely.

Caution Versus Over-Confidence

It pays to play it safe — especially in film business. This was proved by two incidents that took place within the last few weeks. Prior to the release of Mela, its Bombay distributor was offered a hitherto unheard of price of Rs. 1 crore for the sub-distribution rights of the film for Gujarat. The Bombay distributor, far too confident of the film’s success, refused the offer and went ahead and released the film himself in Gujarat. The film turned out to be a loser.

The other incident took place before the release of Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani. The same Gujarat sub-distributor, who was refused Mela, approached the Bombay distributor of PBDHH with an identical offer. This Bombay distributor chose to be cautious rather than over-confident and only too happily parted with the rights. Thus, even when the film didn’t turn out to be good at the box-office, the Bombay distributor’s cautious approach helped him cover his risk substantially.

The Ultimate Fan Of Shah Rukh Khan

If there ever was a competition held to judge the biggest-ever fan of Shah Rukh Khan, Vishal Singh of Lucknow would win hands down. His excessive adulation for the superstar would seem like an insane act even for any other die-hard Shah Rukh Khan fan. What does he do to show his infatuation?!

First of all, after having seen the ads of Shah Rukh extolling the virtues of Santro car, the 20-year-old bought a brand new Santro car. Then, he has fully embellished the car with the superstar’s photographs. And what is more, he has altered his name, Vishal Singh, to Visharukh Singh to rhyme it with his idol’s, besides embroidering and embossing his clothes with the name, Shah Rukh Khan. Vishal, rather Visharukh, who has a pharmaceutical agency, spends most of his time cutting the photographs of Shah Rukh from newspapers and magazines and pasting them on the walls of his bedroom and every available space in his house and office.

On February 1, 2000, Visharukh learnt that Shah Rukh Khan would be in Lucknow to attend Sahara India’s cultural show, ‘Bharat Parv’, at Sahara Shaher in Lucknow. He and his wife, Ruchi, who is also an ardent fan of Shah Rukh, reached the venue of the show at 2 p.m. (afternoon) to catch a glimpse of the star. But they could not gain entry as they had no passes. The couple stood all night outside the Sahara Shaher without having any food or water. When it was brought to the notice of the Sahara bosses, they (the Sahara people), in a rare gesture, allowed the couple to be brought into the Sahara Shaher in the morning for a breakfast meeting which Sahara had organised for the stars of the show — Amitabh Bachchan, Raj Babbar, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Aishwarya Rai and Raveena Tadon. There, the couple met their idol. Shah Rukh conversed with the couple and thanked them for being his ardent fans. He posed for a photograph and gave an autograph. And the star asked the couple to meet him whenever they came to Bombay. And meanwhile, the couple is thrilled beyond words and continues their Shah Rukh worship. Can any fan ever achieve this height of idolising?!

The Manoj Kumar Punch

And after a short gap, Manoj Kumar is back with another punchline:

Kya Dil Hindustani
Kya Joota Japani
Aaj zaroori hai kahani!