Arnold Schwarzenegger invites Shahrukh

A day after he returned home from the US, actor Shah Rukh Khan has got an invitation from California Governor and Hollywood superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Schwarzenegger has invited Shah Rukh for dinner to Washington DC on September 20. Arnold extended the invitation after he came to know of Shah Rukh’s detention drama at the Newark Airport in New Jersey.

However, it’s not clear whether Shah Rukh has accepted the invitation.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday Shah Rukh addresed a press conference about his detention. He said his experience at the Newark airport’s immigration counter in the US was “embarrassing” and he was not complaining to gain publicity.

“I am scared of the authorities and rules, so I try to follow the rules of the country I travel to. Whenever I am in America, I have to report at least two hours in advance while travelling within the country for security reasons — they ask me to take off my clothes and shoes, and I do that. But I never experienced this kind of treatment,” Khan told reporters in Mumbai on his arrival here four days after he was detained for two hours at the Newark airport.

Khan denied that the detention drama was a publicity stunt for his forthcoming movie My Name Is Khan. “I don’t think that I need publicity,” he said.

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Fox acquires worldwide rights of My Name is Khan

Fox Star Studios, a joint venture of 20th Century Fox and Star, today announced that it has acquired the marketing and distribution rights of Shah Rukh Khan starrer My Name is Khan, produced and directed by Karan Johar.

Fox Star will also finance the film in which Shah Rukh essays the character of Rizwan Khan who suffers from Asperger syndrome, a form of autism that impacts social interaction abilities.

Fox Star will market and distribute the film in India while Fox Searchlight Pictures will release the film in United States. 20th Century Fox International will distribute the film outside of India and the United States.

Starring Shah Rukh and Kajol, the film has Khan’s Red Chillies production house also on board as co-producer. It is slated for release early next year.

Addressing a press conference here, Vijay Singh, CEO of Fox Star Studio said the acquisition will help Fox Star to emerge as a significant player in Bollywood.

Both Singh and Sanford Panitch, President of Twentieth Century Fox International Productions, declined to divulge the
amount at which the deal had been sealed.

“We have acquired the rights of the film at the most appropriate value. All the figures doing rounds the media are inaccurate,” he said referring to reports that the accquisition has been done at the cost of Rs 100 crore.
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