Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan's film My Name is Khan, which imparts the fabulous screen pair Kajol and Shahrukh together after eight farseeing years produced by Karan Johar, is planned for release this Friday (February 12).

My Name is Khan will be a super hit movie says Shah Rukh Khan's fans in Mumbai but is consanguine to controversy. First, it was the Shiv Sena, who imperiled to forbid the public distribution of the film, then joined the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and now Orissa unit of the Bajrang Dal is also joining them to protest the movie.

The latest news is that Orissa unit of the Bajrang Dal has imperiled to interrupt the screening of My Name is Khan in the state if Shahrukh fails to offer excuse for supporting the comprehension of the Pakistani cricketers in the IPL.

One of the senior leaders of Bajrang Dal, said that they would not allow the screening of MNIK in the state unless Shahrukh apologize for his remarks. He added that the actor acted like an agent to Pakistan by arousing his voice for the cause of its cricketers.

In the mean time, the Shiv Sena activists sniped on some theatres in Mumbai yesterday, opening for advance booking. Mumbai police had earlier promised full protection to the theatres screening the film.

Shah Rukh Khan is finally ready to enjoy the release of his much- awaited movie. The actor latterly went through a very difficult time in the wake of his comments about Pakistani cricketers.

"I'm thankful to the media for being there by my side all the time. I'm also thankful to all my friends. Some of them have voiced their opinion about the issue and some didn't because they did not want to throw more attention to this sensitive issue. I thought that was prudent.” he said.

The film actors are also in the favor of Shahrukh Khan . "According to Aamir, if any cricketer is good, he would like to have him in his team, it makes no difference to him which country he belongs to," said the statement.

Aamir had already said that if he was to select IPL players he would do so only on the basis of their performance and not nationality.

It depends on time what will happen on 12th February, but this issue breaks the unity of India and some of the politicians are having fun and taking part in this issue and shining their careers. It’s the big time for all of them, Shahrukh and Karan who are in tension to success of their movie, Shiv Sena which is all set for protesting this movie and Government of Maharashtra which is trying to release this movie safely. Let’s see who will win the race ?

Now this in Karnataka Congress(I) beats up Muthalik of Shriram Sena:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videoshow/5561254.cms

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Sunny Leone a true Canadian DESI now back in India !.

The Winner is Shiva Sena and the Indian Sentiments.

A very good copy of this movie is already on the internet.

Already SEEN it and it is worth a watch on the internet and NOT in the theatre paying $8.

It is not worth it as it is a ULTA of Forest Gump, Rain Man with typical India sob story.

I heard that in certain parts of India including Mumbai, copies of this movie on DVD is being distributed FREE from home to home.

If this continues Dharma Productions is FINISHED.

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maharashtra-cinema-owners-back-off-not-to-release-SRKs-MNIK/articleshow/5562485.cms

Maharashtra cinema owners back off, not to release SRK's MNIK
TNN, 12 February 2010, 12:35am ISTText Size:|Topics:Mumbai

MUMBAI: In an embarrassing show of no-confidence in the Congress-led state government, multiplex and theatre owners on Thursday decided not to
release the Shah Rukh Khan flick, My Name Is Khan, in Mumbai and other parts of the state on Friday.

Exhibitors will now take a wait-and-watch approach to the release of the film in Maharashtra. Late-night reports said multiplex owners would meet again on Friday morning to take a final call and it might be decided that each multiplex chain would release the film at only one multiplex and wait for the response. But no consensus emerged till late in the night as the fear factor weighed oppressively on every multiplex owner's mind.

Tinsel town insiders reacted with shock and dismay at the possible no-show of the movie in Bollywood capital and were calculating financial losses but civil society in Mumbai said the loss went much beyond the movie's profit-and-loss economics. The general feeling was that the multiplex owners' fears exposed an enormous lack of confidence in the government's ability to take on political blackmail and provide protection against vandalism.

Chief minister Ashok Chavan tried his best to get the theatre owners to screen the film on Friday, promising them ``full security''. ``They (the theatre owners) must release the film,'' he said. But his assurance found no takers either in Mumbai, the Sena's hometown, or elsewhere in the state.

The multiplex owners' apprehensions, besides being a major embarrassment for Chavan and the government, put a huge pressure on Khan to make it up to the Thackerays as a film's performance in Mumbai can make or mar its overall fortunes. A teleconference between the actor (in Berlin) and the producers came off in the evening, when Khan was formally told of Mumbai theatre owners' decision, but the mood in the Khan camp was downbeat even before that.

Khan stuck to his decision not to ``apologise'' to anyone but the `tweets' he sent out during the day were markedly conciliatory. ``(I) feel awful that Balasaheb and Uddhav have misconstrued my words. The reactions of the Sena workers seem to make me believe that. Don't want mayhem, anger and violence 'cos of our beautiful film which talks about repairing a bruised and divided world. I hope my tweets clear this cloud of confusion. I hope peace prevails and the city is at rest. Nobody wants Mumbaikars or their property hurt and destroyed, least of all me. This also is the last time I clarify or say anything on this topic. This is not a justification, it's just reiterating the facts,'' he said. But he seemed to have resigned himself to the no-show. ``Now what happens with the release, the film, is the film's fate,'' he tweeted.

Mumbai's multiplex owners, too, seemed to have resigned themselves to living with the Sena. ``I think the uncertainty over the release of one film and the risk that we would have taken by releasing this one film is not worth it. Several other films are showing in my multiplex and I don't want to lose that revenue as well,'' a multiplex owner in the central suburbs said. His was one of the cinemas targeted by the Sena on Tuesday.

Another multiplex owner from Navi Mumbai admitted that the government's assurances paled in comparison to the fear factor. ``A plex screen costs between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 11 lakh and one stone can damage it irretrievably. Why should we take the risk?'' he added.

There is another huge fact that plex owners had to bear in mind when they decided that life without MNIK probably made more sense in the current circumstances. Most of the multiplexes run out of leased property and owners say they cannot bear the consequences of any damage to that property for the sake of one film. ``We have to live with the Sena and we don't have the confidence that cops can give us blanket security cover 365 days a year,'' a western suburbs mall owner admitted. ``But we will wait till Friday morning to take a final call,'' he added.

Chief minister Chavan and home minister Patil, however, felt the plex owners were chickening out without reason. Chavan, even at 6.30 in the evening, refused to admit that multiplex owners had decided not to screen the movie. ``I have no such information and we have spared no effort in providing cinemas security. But whether or not they want to screen the film is finally the hall owners' decision. The state's job is to maintain law and order and lawlessness will be dealt with firmly,'' he said, regretting that cops - trained to tackle terrorism and the naxal threat - had to be diverted to take care of problems that did not have ``any solid issue''.

``I said the issue should be settled amicably but people misconstrued it as softness,'' he said.

Patil went a step further, accusing the theatre owners of going back on their word. ``It's unfortunate that theatre owners have backtracked. They had promised us they would release the movie if given adequate protection. But it appears they have gone back on their word despite our best efforts,'' he added.

Congress circles, however, felt the government had been backstabbed by Patil's leader, NCP supremo
Sharad Pawar. ``The decision to go and meet Bal Thackeray immediately after Rahul Gandhi's whirlwind tour of the city, which had the Sena squirming, gave Balasaheb that much-needed lifeline,'' a senior Congress functionary said.

The Sena did not take too much time to latch on to that lifeline. Leaders bragged on Friday that the decision to go after MNIK had - in one stroke - exposed the ``soft'' chief minister, brought the Congress down to earth after the Rahul Gandhi-provided high and ``showed Raj Thackeray his place''.

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A very good copy of this movie is already on the internet.

Already SEEN it and it is worth a watch on the internet and NOT in the theatre paying $8.

It is not worth it as it is a ULTA of Forest Gump, Rain Man with typical India sob story.

I heard that in certain parts of India including Mumbai, copies of this movie on DVD is being distributed FREE from home to home.

If this continues Dharma Productions is FINISHED.

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This MNIK is turning out to be a true story off screen.

I've been following various newsmedia reports, box office reports from official bollywood trade magazines and also from critics reviews across the globe.

The interesting facts are:

1.This movie is doing well in India in muslim dominated areas.

2.This movie has not had a great opening in India as seen by official box office report:

http://www.boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownews&articleid=1515&nCat=news
Top First Day Openers


Saturday 13th Febuary 2010 16.30 IST

Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network

The top first day openers going be nett collections after the release of My Name Is Khan are as follows.

1. Three Idiots

2. Ghajini

3. Love Aaj Kal

4. My Name Is Khan

5. Kambakkht Ishq

6. Singh Is Kinng

7. Veer

8. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

9. Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

10. De Dana Dan


3.The performance of this movie in a highly muslim dominated place like lucknow is not as good as 3 Idiots:

http://www.boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownews&articleid=1512&nCat=news
Lucknow First Day MNIK Veer Three idiots


Saturday 13th February 2010 11.30 IST

Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network

My Name Is Khan has done huge business in Lucknow on day one. It has recorded the second best first Friday collections in Lucknow after Three idiots. Below are the collections of My Name Is Khan, Veer and Three idiots from Lucknow on day one.

Novelty Lalbagh

Three Idiots - 1,38,573

Novelty Aliganj

My Name Is Khan - 76,912

Three Idiots - 78,848

Pratibha

My Name Is Khan - 1,09,164

Three Idiots - 98,613

Veer - 1,14,108

Shubnam

Veer - 89,052

Sahu

My Name Is Khan - 1,03,986

Umrao

Veer - 95,042

Fun

My Name Is Khan - 2,87,856

Three Idiots - 3,58,516

Veer - 73,246

Inox

My Name Is Khan - 1,33,310

Three Idiots - 2,50,842

Veer - 49,670

PVR

My Name Is Khan - 2,04,552

Three Idiots - 2,50,410

Veer - 1,40,514

Wave

My Name Is Khan - 3,52,846

Three Idiots - 4,04,460

Veer - 1,37,572

TOTALS

My Name Is Khan - 12,68,626 (7 cinemas)

Three Idiots - 15,01,414 (6 cinemas)

Veer - 6,99,204 (7 cinemas)

4.The real box office fate of this movie is going to be known clearly by Monday the 16th February 2010. I hope the current bomb blasts in Pune do not put a damper on this movie.

5.The reviews from NYT, WP, LAT and other major US news media has projected this movie as an escapist fairytale. The reviews have been mixed.

6.The reviews from Indian media depends on where it comes from and if it is a trade magazine run by a secular guy he is projecting it an game changer while a realistic guy is given it a decent fair. This movie is expected to do better than his earlier Kurbaan but not as good as 3 Idiots. The movie of 3 Idiots has done a global business of INR 400 Crores in 2 months and is still going strong, while this movie is projected to do a business of INR 155 to 185 crores globally.More prints of this movie has been released globally than 3 Idiots.

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7.The interesting thing is that this movie is going to be bailed out by the NRI crowd abroad and that typically is going be the NRI Gujarati hindu and family who is going to spend his hard earned money to go to a multiplex to watch SRK.

8.The negative vote for Shiva Sena by the others in Maharasthra as they oppose Mumbai for Marathi has been converted to a positive vote for SRK and MNIK. It is said that MNIK has lost nearly INR 10 Crores on the first day which will be recouped from insurance.

9.SRK and KJo have made their money by selling this movie for INR 100 Crores to Fox Light and this distribution company is going to be hit hard as it need to make nearly INR 350 crores to make a hit.

10.The first day territory data is as follows:
http://www.boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownews&articleid=1516&nCat=news
My Name Is Khan First Day Territorial Breakdown


Saturday 13th Febuary 2010 19.30 IST

Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network

The first day territorial breakdown of My Name Is Khan is as follows. All totals are approx figures.

Mumbai - 1.75 crore
Delhi/UP - 2.10 crore
East Punjab - 85 lakhs
West Bengal - 52 lakh
Bihar - 12 lakhs
CP Berar - 37 lakhs
CI - 28 lakhs
Rajasthan - 43 lakhs
Nizam - 48 lakhs
Mysore - 70 lakhs
Tamil Nadu/Kerala - 20 lakhs
Assam/Orissa - 12 lakhs
TOTAL - 7.92 crore

11. A tamil movie called Asal starring Ajith Kumar made INR 18 Crores globally in the first 3 days.

12.If you want to watch this movie online you can google it and a good DVD rip is available all over the place.

13.Maharasthra CM and Dy CM spent many a nights talking to theater and multiplex owners in Mumbai which included threatening to cancel their licenses if they did not screen the movie. Thousands of police men were forced to protect the theaters which is going to cost the government cores of INR. Who is going to bear this cost?. Nobody is talking about it while everybody is talking about freedom of speech in India.

14.The biggest eye opener for me was the reporting style of the celebrated critic and trade pundit Taran Adarsh who seems to be biased in favor of SRK. He has projected the first day global collection as INR 25 crores which is Indian 8 Crores and foreign 17 crores. While it INR 29 crores for 3 Idiots globally on the first day.This was more in India than abroad.This clearly shows this MNIK movie is going to be saved by NRI's in particular Gujaratis in US. I do hope they see reason to see this on DVD and NOT to go to theater.

It will be interesting to follow the trade reports to track the progress of this movie.


More to follow on this MNIK saga !.

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14.The biggest eye opener for me was the reporting style of the celebrated critic and trade pundit Taran Adarsh who seems to be biased in favor of SRK. He has projected the first day global collection as INR 25 crores which is Indian 8 Crores and foreign 17 crores. While it INR 29 crores for 3 Idiots globally on the first day.This was more in India than abroad.This clearly shows this MNIK movie is going to be saved by NRI's in particular Gujaratis in US. I do hope they see reason to see this on DVD and NOT to go to theater.

It will be interesting to follow the trade reports to track the progress of this movie.


More to follow on this MNIK saga !.

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Shaharukh : In desperate need for a blockbuster after couple of flops and flop in IPL
Shiv Sena: toothless tiger with desperate need to have an agenda
Muslims: In a desperate need to soothe themselves against some of the racial incident after 9/11
Kajol and Karan: In a desperate need for a comeback
What a win win for everyone. Shahrukh sitting in New York must be very very pleased to see the agitation by Shiv sena and by passing few more fueling comments he was instigating SS. More hatred by SS more IndianMuslim +Paki polulation more revenue, badshah again badshah
SS: More Hatred towards film more aligned with their initial agenda.
Desi Muslims: Watching in the false hope that US will understand their side despite there are few more holliwood movies on the same lines.
Kajjol and KAran: who cares, we are back baby, let others do the work we will do the toast.
Suckers like us: Have something to chat about, darn another 20 mins of life wasted on useless stuff.