Saturday, December 11, 2010

King Khan gets into the act

Today Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan will perform live at Army Stadium in Dhaka. This time the performance goes side by side with a campaign for the Sundarbans to become one of the Seven Wonders of the World on December 10.

He will vote for the largest mangrove forest on stage. Local private television channel Boishakhi TV will telecast the megastar's voting and stage performance. The organiser of the event is Antor Showbiz.

"Indian silver screen stars Rani Mukharjee, Arjun Rampal, Isha Kopikar, singer Niraj Sreedhar and choreographer Ganesh Hedge are to perform with Shahrukh Khan," said Swapan Chowdhury.

"This event promises to be a milestone in the realm of entertainment in Bangladesh and we are very excited as well as delighted to be a part of this," said Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul, CEO and editor-in-chief of Boishakhi TV.

Dhakaiites are eagerly waiting to see Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan at close quarters. The actor has been busy on many fronts over the last decade. Since 2000, Shahrukh, has branched out into film production and television presenting as well. He is the founder/owner of two production companies, Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies Entertainment. Khan is today considered to be the world's most successful movie star with a fan following numbering in the billions and a net worth estimated at over Rs 2500 crore (US$ 540 million). In 2008, Newsweek named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world.

Khan began his career appearing in several television serials in the late 1980s. He made his film debut in "Deewana" (1992). Since then, he has been part of numerous commercially successful films and has earned critical acclaim for many of his performances. Khan has won 13 Filmfare Awards for his work in Indian films, seven of which are in the Best Actor category, thus establishing himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi Cinema. In 2005, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri for his contributions towards Indian Cinema.

Source: http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=165430



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