{"id":8476,"date":"2006-12-06T16:51:16","date_gmt":"2006-12-06T16:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2006\/12\/06\/bollywood-buzz-with-karan-johar\/"},"modified":"2006-12-06T16:51:16","modified_gmt":"2006-12-06T16:51:16","slug":"bollywood-buzz-with-karan-johar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2006\/12\/06\/bollywood-buzz-with-karan-johar\/","title":{"rendered":"Bollywood buzz with Karan Johar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DVD Review: Koffee with Karan<\/h3>\n
\"\"When Bollywood hotshot Karan Johar revealed he was to front his own star-studded chat show, there was\u00a0that much excitement it was as if he\u2019d announced he was making Kuch Kuch Hota Hai\u2026the sequel! <\/div>\n

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For knowledgeable Bollywood fans, Karan Johar, was at the time (and probably still is) the man with the golden touch. Not only was he a good (and very close) friend to Shah Rukh Khan but he was the man who managed to assemble one of the biggest and most influential casts for his smash hit film K3G (Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hritikh Roshan and Kareena Kapoor!)<\/div>\n

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So who better than Karan Johar to take advantage of his star connections for a no-holds-barred chat show.\u00a0<\/div>\n

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In this 3-set DVD release (\u2018Best of Shah Rukh Khan\u2019, \u2018Classic Koffee\u2019 and Bollywood Diva\u2019s – all sold separately), Bollywood fans are treated to over 9 quality hours of Karan grilling some of Bollywood\u2019s biggest stars. <\/div>\n

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For those of you, like myself, who didn\u2019t catch the series on Star TV, you\u2019ll be pleasantly surprised to find out Karan\u2019s just as good in front of the camera as he is behind. The reason for this may lie down to the fact that Karan has at some point or another worked with a majority of those who are brave enough to take the hot seat, but you cant help but feel there\u2019s a mutual respect between Karan and his guests \u2013 something that is patently obvious during his interview with on-screen golden couple Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. <\/div>\n

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After a thoroughly exhausting evening watching all 3 DVD\u2019s I found myself wanting to watch Karan\u2019s interview with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol another time. Whilst the trio at the beginning talked openly about the success of their number one hit Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and on Shah Rukh and Kajol\u2019s great chemistry, the conversation soon turned into one big laugh. Both Shah Rukh and Karan joked openly about one incident when Kajol fell off a bike whist filming Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and became so disorientated she didn\u2019t know where she was or who those around her (including Shah Rukh and Karan) were. <\/div>\n

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\"\"It\u2019s moments during the interview like this which make you feel you\u2019re intruding in a private conversation. All three are remarkably at ease with each other and it\u2019s obvious they are close friends \u2013 creating the type of interview I have never seen elsewhere. At ease in Karan\u2019s company both Shah Rukh and Kajol offer the type of interview you would most likely never see them conduct elsewhere and for the first time reveal an insight into their private lives (Kajol talks about husband Ajay Devgan, while Shah Rukh reveals intimate feelings about his young son).<\/div>\n

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Putting Kajol to one side, we get another two helpings of Shah Rukh on the \u2018Best of Shah Rukh\u2019 DVD. He joins wife Gauri and fellow Bollywood husband and wife duo Hritikh and Suzanne Roshan (no one since has managed to get both couples on the same show), in one episode, while he takes Karan\u2019s hot seat for a while as Amitabh Bachchan takes to Karan\u2019s infamous couch. This DVD alone is a must for Shah Rukh fans everywhere!<\/div>\n

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In Bollywood Diva\u2019s Karan reveals how a host of actresses, including Aishwariya Rai, Raveena Tandon and Tabu all turned down the role of \u2018Tina\u2019 in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, before Rani Mukherjee agreed to do the role. For Rani, the rest is history and as one of the biggest Bollywood stars today, she has Karan to thank for that. <\/div>\n

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Alongside Rani we have Kareena Kapoor, who denies a host of media reports saying she has \u2018issues\u2019 with Rani Mukherjee. Judging by the obvious distance of the two on Karan\u2019s couch we\u2019re inclined not to believe her! (Check it out for yourself!) Other stars opening up on the DVD are Bipasha Basu, Lara Dutta and Arjun Rampal.<\/div>\n

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In the final of the 3-DVD set, Classic Koffee, there\u2019s something for our mums and dad\u2019s who find skimpy dressed Kareena Kapoor a tad too hot to handle. <\/div>\n

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\"\"Hema Malini, and Zeenat Aman take to one couch, husband and wife duo Rishi Kapoor and Nettu Singh to another, while former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen and Sanjay Dutt reveal all in the third part of the DVD. <\/div>\n

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So if you\u2019re Bollywood mad Koffee with Karan is a must for you. Fry the samosa\u2019s and pour the lassi for nine hours of some great Bollywood entertainment!<\/div>\n

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Koffee with Karan\u00a0\u2018Best of Shah Rukh Khan\u2019, \u2018Bollywood Diva\u2019s\u2019 and \u2018Classic Koffee\u2019\u00a0\u00a0(Showbox Home Entertainment) are all out to buy on DVD on 15th January priced \u00a312.99 each. <\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n

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Review by Zakia Yousaf<\/strong><\/div>\n

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\"\" \u00a0 Watch Koffee With Karan – Talking about Ajay Devgan<\/a> <\/div>\n

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\"\" \u00a0Watch Koffee With Karan – Shahrukh Khan quick fire round<\/a> <\/div>\n

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\"\"\u00a0 Watch Koffee With Karan – Rani and Kareena<\/a> <\/div>\n


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WIN A SET OF ‘KOFFEE WITH KARAN’ DVD’S!<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n

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We\u2019ve teamed up with Showbox Entertainment to offer three lucky readers the chance to get their Bollywood mitts on all three Koffee with Karan DVD\u2019s mentioned above. <\/div>\n

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To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is answer the following question:<\/div>\n

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In the Koffee with Karan – \u2018Best of Shah Rukh Khan\u2019 DVD, who does Shah Rukh and wife Gauri appear alongside?<\/div>\n

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Is it:<\/div>\n

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A. Hritikh and Suzanne Roshan<\/div>\n

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B. Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan<\/div>\n

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C. Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh<\/div>\n

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If you think you know the answer, send your name, address and contact number to:<\/div>\n

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The Koffee with Karan DVD Competition, The Asian Today Newspaper, PO Box 13544, Birmingham, B11 9BZ<\/div>\n

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Alternatively e-mail your answer to zakia@urbanmedialtd.com<\/a><\/div>\n

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Closing date for entries: 1st January 2007<\/div>\n

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Winners will be chosen at random and the Editor\u2019s decision is final.<\/em><\/div>\n

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This competition is now closed!<\/strong><\/div>\n

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The winners are:\u00a0 Preena Mistry, Birmingham, Inam Malik, Wolverhampton, and Faisal Ahmed, Birmingham<\/strong><\/div>\n

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