Accoring to this report in Rediff, Shah Rukh Khan has decided to exit Kolkata Knight Riders. Yes, finally! It seems the actor has already started talking to various companies to sell the team that he just bought a year ago for Rs 300 crore.
Reasons ? Losses. On field and off field.
On field – welll, Kolkata Knight Riders team are at the bottom of the score card. This is what happens when you have too many heads and ego issues in the team. And only one man is responsible for messing it all. Shah Rukh Khan.
Off filed – Here is the calculation according to Rediff…
Khan is supposed to pay Rs 30 crore per year for the next 10 years. The total annual cost for the team is about Rs 75 crore.
To settle the dispute between Kolkata Police and the IPL organisers over the cost of security arrangements at Eden Gardens, Red Chillies Entertainment had to agree to pay Rs 75 lakhs as security fees.
Khan had earlier said that KKR was easily the most successful IPL franchise, making a Rs 13 crore profit last year. However, his costs trebled last year owing to interventions from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Cricket Association of Bengal.
Red Chillies had to pay Rs 90 lakhs per match and was supposed to earn Rs 3 crore if all stadium tickets were sold at Eden Gardens. Red Chillies had to pay Rs 20 lakhs to the police and municipal tax of Rs 500,000. So its expenses per match would have been over Rs 1 crore. But this figure had trebled.
Last year, Kolkata Police demanded Rs 2 crore as security fees, against Rs 50 lakhs that the organisers of the IPL offered. Then, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation demanded Rs 25 lakhs from Red Chillies as amusement tax for holding IPL matches at Eden Gardens.
Its much easier for Shah Rukh Khan to make money by dancing at weddings!
Bad habits die hard. And if you are having bad days, then you will do anything to have some sunshine in your life. According to Juicymausi ( buzz18.com) Shah Rukh Khan is back to Mumbai, not for the vote, but its all about notes! He will be dancing at the wedding of builder Kanti Govani’s nephew. And he has been paid 3 crores for the same. Few more bollywood stars are suppose to perform with him. If not on field, he can make good money off field for sure!
20th Century Fox has sent a legal notice to producer-director Ravi Chopra for blatantly copying their film My Cousin Vinny. Chopra is the producer of the film Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai starring Govinda, Lara Dutta and Sushmita Sen. Its seems Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai is frame by frame copy of My Cousin Vinny and 20th Century Fox is asking for compensation of 7 crores.
So, Whats new ? Well, new location, same old shit, same naachgaana and big fat cheques for Wizcraft ( the organisers) and the Bachchan family. According to gossipmongers, IIFA is a big money making racket and nothing else. It gets all kind of possible support from the host country, almost everything is sponsored, sells tickets at high prices and more money from tv rights. All on the name of promoting indian cinema. Indian cinema ? Just look at the nomination list and its easy to guess what cinema they promote.
Why ? Because after the first task, suddenly appears Raghu and his brother. They made sure that they convinced Kiri to select Nauman. And not Palak. Why ? Here is my theory. Because they were afraid that if Kiri won it then they would have to go with a dumb guy as the Roadies winner. He is not the street smart type. He is the geeky kind. How can a show like Roadies have a winner like Kiri ? How can Ragu take it ? And everyone knew that if Kiri had selected Palak, he would have easily won it. 