SRK-Fox in a Rs 100 crore deal
"I'm only tying up with Fox because I want to marry Megan Fox," said Shah Rukh Khan
as the actor laughed his way through to the bank with a mega deal of Rs 100 crores with FOXSTAR Studios for My Name is Khan.
FOXSTAR would market and distribute the film in India while Fox Searchlight Pictures, which marketed and distributed the Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire in the US, will release the film in United States.
Slumdog Millionaire was a global success and also swept the Oscars this year. So, SRK fans could expect an Oscar for the Badshah of Bollywood too with My Name is Khan. "I've been waiting for my Oscar for 10 years," said SRK.
But Oscar or not will this blockbuster deal finally establishe Shah Rukh Khan as Bollywood's number one Khan? "I don't care about being number one or two or seven," he said.
Well, clearly the Bollywood's number game is no longer of interest to SRK, but with so many bigger numbers floating around who can blame him!
The film, which has been co-produced by Khan and Johar, examines how a life of a Muslim man from India, living in San Francisco, embarks on a remarkable journey across the United States and inspires people, inviting debate, creating an accidental revolution. (With PTI inputs)