SRK copies his success speech from J.K. Rowling(Original vs SRK’s speech)

Bollywood will never stop copying. Superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s recent speech on success delivered at AIMA (All India Management Association) on 26 September was as inspirational as a blockbuster Bollywood movie. Alas! It lost its charm when a startling discovery was made about plagiarism. Parts of Shah Rukh Khan’s speech were ripped off from author J.K. Rowling’s commencement speech delivered at Harvard in 2008 titled Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination.

We have reproduced parts of Shah Rukh’s speech that was copied word- to –word from J.K. Rowling’s speech

• Shah Rukh Khan’s speech

Let me tell you. Poverty is not an ennobling experience at all. Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. I had seen my parents go through it many times. It means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. (Start from 1:17:06)

• Original J.K. Rowling’s version

I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. (Start from 5:48)

• Shah Rukh Khan’s version

But I’d like to tell you that life is not just a checklist of acquisitions, attainments and fulfillments. Your qualifications and CVs don’t matter, jobs don’t matter. Instead, life is difficult and complicated and beyond anyone’s control and the humility to know that by respecting your failures will help you survive its vicissitudes.

• Original J.K. Rowling’s version

Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone’s total control and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes. (starts from 10.46)

There you go. That’s a verbatim frame by frame copy of J.K. Rowling’s speech just the way it happens in our movies. Now we know it’s human to err but to get inspired and then refusing to acknowledge the source smacks of typical Bollywood arrogance.

What’s surprising though was to see Shah Rukh Khan, often known for his spontaneity and street smart eloquence, reading his speech from a paper just like a politician. And from the looks of it the actor didn’t look comfortable at all. Now we don’t know who wrote the speech for Shah Rukh Khan but this was one blunder that the actor could have done without.

Here is the entire speech.

• Original J.K. Rowling’s version

• Shah Rukh Khan’s version

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The JK Rowling plagiarism was originally pointed out by Agratha Dinakaran in her blog link

Himesh Reshammiya to compose for Sooraj Barjatya’s next with Salman Khan

Sooraj Barjatya has roped in Himesh Reshammiya to compose the music of his upcoming film. The film (untitled), which is set to go on floors next year, will see Salman Khan team up with the director after 15 long years. Previously, the duo has given hits like Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994), Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United (1999).

The film will go on floor in June 2014 and the producers are looking at a Diwali (2015) release.

An official from Rajshri Productions said: “Himesh will compose the music and Irshad Kamil (of Jab We Met, Love Aaj Kal, Rockstar and Aashiqui 2 fame) will pen the lyrics.” It is an unlikely choice for the Barjatyas, who are known to stick to traditional Indian folk and classical music, while Himesh’s strong point has been highly charged electronic music. The buzz is that it was Salman who convinced Sooraj.

Although, Himesh started his career as a music composer with Salman’s Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998) and followed it up with his Hello Brother (1999), Tere Naam (2003) and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005), their alliance soon hit a rough patch. And the two buried the hatchet with Bodyguard (2011).

Also, Salman recently signed Himesh for his upcoming film Kick.

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Best Salman Khan Songs: Top 10

From Indicine.com

It is next to impossible to choose ten best songs featuring one of the biggest superstars of Bollywood Salman Khan. Even while selecting his 10 best in the last 5 years, you will miss quite a few gems. Salman has been a part of more than 80 movies and his songs and dance numbers are always ones to remember in each of his films.

Musically Salman Khan’s career is heavily influenced by 3 artists – singer S.P. Balasubramaniam and music directors Himesh Reshammiya and Sajid-Wajid. Legendary singer SP sang some of the evergreen hit songs of Salman’s initial career and being Salman’s prodigies, Himesh and Sajid-Wajid composed for his maximum movies.

To select 10 best Salman’s songs, we must require some filter criteria. Since it’s the best of Salman Khan, the list will only have those songs which wouldn’t be the same without the superstar’s presence.

So without much ado, here we are with the Top 10 songs of Salman Khan:

(click on the song title for the lyrics!)

1) O O Jaane Jaana: Easy! Hope most of you would agree with me on this. This track sung by Kamaal Khan from ‘Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya’ has to be Salman’s most famous song till ever. The addictive guitar tune combined with Salman’s trend-setting shirt-less dance made the country crazy for him. The song changed the outlook of a Hindi Movie hero and as a result all the actors from the current generation are in shape and are ready to take off shirt if required. Salman has to be credited for starting the ‘gym-phenomena’ across the nation.

 2) Didi Tera Devar Deewana: This song from Salman’s biggest hit ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun’ became a house hold number across the board and topped the charts for years. The set of Salman’s and Madhuri’s outfits from the song are still imitated in Hindi movies. Didi Tera.. ignites with Salman’s famous catapult shot. It is one of those few songs where everything was perfect – be it lyrics, music, singing, choreography, picturization and lead actors.

3) Mere Rang Mein Rangne: Salman’s first blockbuster ‘Maine Pyaar Kiya’ had arguably the best music of the 80s. All songs became chartbusters and are still fresh in the minds of listeners. This particular song is taken to heights by SP’s wonderful singing and then the icing on the cake is the innocence of Salman’s performance and his boyish looks.

4) Tere Naam: This is arguably Salman Khan’s best performance till date. He lived the character of Radhe Mohan to the fullest. Himesh Reshammiya composed superb melodies for his mentor and this title track sung magically by Udit Narayan is the best of the lot. Tere Naam revived Salman’s drowning career in a big way and brought him back in reckoning.

5) Hud Hud Dabangg: The ‘Dabangg’ word became synonym with Salman’s personality and the title song of the movie composed by Sajid-Wajid is like an anthem of his current massy demi-god image. Sukhvinder Singh’s rustic vocals and Jalees Sherwani’s poetic lyrics accentuate the iconic ‘heroism’ feel portrayed by Salman as Chulbul Pandey.

6) Tan Tana Tan: Anu Mallik composed a peppy number for many of Salman’s movies. He also did playback for the actor in hugely popular dance numbers including Jaanam Samjha Karo, Ek Garam Chai Ki Pyaali and Oonchi Hai Building. His most famous composition for Salman is the foot tapping ‘Tan Tana Tan’ from David Dhawan’s ‘Judwaa’. The song became a rage for its raunchy lyrics, bouncy tune and naughty dance steps.

7) Dekha Hai Pehli Baar: We are back again to golden days of SP sir singing and Madhuri dancing. ‘Saajan’ is the best music album ever by composer-duo Nadeem-Shravan after ‘Aashiqui’. Salman got some of the best songs to portray the womanizer character of Aakash. Madhuri and Salman are ever so lovable in this foot-tapping number.

8.) Teri Meri: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has sung quite a few memorable songs for Salman including Surili Akhiyo Wale, Tere Mast Mast Do Nain and Dagabaaz Re. His best rendition for Khan is this melody from ‘Bodyguard’ composed by Himesh Reshammiya which boasts of an ever-lasting shelf life. Song is brilliantly picturised on Salman and Kareena – both looking at their hottest best.

9.) Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan: Salman’s chemistry with Aishwarya Rai in this Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s epic love saga is probably his best ever with any actress. He is as natural as ever and effortlessly performs in this mellow and semi-classical number from ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’.

10.) Oo Jaana Na Jaana: ‘Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai’ is yet another album which boasts of many melodious and popular songs. Jatin-Lalit were the masters of love tracks in 90s and this track is as beautiful as it is melodious and as romantic as it is nostalgic. The yoddling interlude vocals by Kumar Sanu, who is assisted by legendary Lata Mangeshkar, are addictive.

  

Well, I am not going to mention the list of the songs that I have missed as there are plenty of them and I know almost all will be covered in the comments sections below. I just hope that I did justice to the ever-lasting song bank of Salman.

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Ek Hee TIGER: Salman Khan Old Interview- Video

Piyush Diwan

This is a 1998 interview. But one cannot say enough about the year’s irrelevance as not enough can be said about Salman ‘Tiger’ Khan’s irreverence for the ‘star-maker’ media.  Be it 1989 or 2012, hardly anything has changed about this guy’s thought process. Yes, he has mellowed down a bit in terms of his overall demeanor, but his brutal honesty and HUMILITY is the same as always. It is almost unnerving, the way he carries himself in front of the sometimes most annoying and uninformed media personnel. While almost all other B-town stars have made a career out of sucking up to the media and most in your face PR tricks, this guy is perhaps the only example of a mostly self-made star in that sense.

I think this video is quite popular, and most here must have seen it. But reiteration is the order of the day, and I think most would agree that a ‘jeeta-jaagta’ video is a much better study of a human mind as compared to a print article which is prone to mis-translation of words and thoughts into mere black and white sentences devoid of emotions, humor, and perspective.

It is just a 3 minute video. Please do watch it.

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