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Interview:Shah Rukh wants to quit smoking

Why is the villain of the film called Ra.One and the superhero G.One? Ra.One (pronounced as Ravan) is   Random Access: Version One . But it also stands for a bad or negative person made with ten of the worse…you can mythologically connect it to   Ravaan   and his ten heads. G.One (pronounced as Jeevan) is the life giver, the one I am playing. Why did you name the film after a villain? Many of my friends, including Karan (Johar) and Adi (Aditya Chopra) told me to name the film as   G.One . But whenever I have seen a superhero or larger-than-life film, including   Sholay   (I am not comparing… choti muuh bari maat ) or   Mr India , that has superheroic characters like Jai-Veeru or Mr India, the negative character also goes big…take Gabbar Singh, Mogambo, Shakaal. The villain is so big that we need a superhero to defeat him. So I thought keeping the villain's name as title will be a bit different. I know people were a bit confused as they thought Shah Rukh is playing   Ra.

Shah Rukh Khan gets royal treatment from IIFA organisers

Shah Rukh Khan There were a lot of stars at the film award function held recently in Toronto, but actor Shah Rukh Khan was given a preferential treatment above everybody else. While every other actor was lodged in a downtown hotel in Toronto, Khan was put up at the best suite in one of the topmost hotels there. "He was given the best suite and there was special staff posted for him both for the awards and the hotel. Shah Rukh had also flown in with his own staff and they were all lodged along with him," says a source. There was also a special task force formed by the organisers that was supposed to look after Khan exclusively. "There was no brief for them, except to 'standby and wait for anything that he wants'. Khanbriefly had some problem with the taps in his bathroom (he later said that he got confused between the hot and cold water taps in the show

King Khan: Bollywood mega-star touches down in T.O.

The screams reached near ear-shattering decibels Friday as Shahrukh Khan, the man known as Bollywood's Brad Pitt, arrived in Toronto for this weekend's 12th annual International Indian Film Awards. Thousands of screaming supporters jammed Pearson Airport to welcome the man fans call "King Khan." The madness continued as a crush of admirers, media and security accompanied Khan to the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. Later Friday, Khan will be at Toronto's City Hall to meet with Mayor Rob Ford. He will be presented with a special scroll and Toronto flag by the mayor inside the council chambers. Khan will also meet with Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre as part of the IIFA celebrations. This is the first year the awards are being held in North America. Check out the "in the raw" video for our interview with Shahrukh Khan and footage of his arrival. Source: http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/artic