Snippets - Shah Rukh at the Golden Globes
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Here is a round-up of Bollywood news from Indian newspapers on Wednesday, Jan 7. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
BOLLYWOOD SHINES - Shah Rukh Khan will present an award at the Golden Globes awards ceremony next week, the DNA reported.
Khan, currently in Los Angeles shooting for Karan Johar’s “My Name is Khan”, was quoted as saying he would also be introducing “Slumdog Millionaire” which is nominated in the best film category.
REMAKE SHELVED - Plans to remake the Bollywood hit “Hum” (1991) with Abhishek Bachchan in the lead have been shelved, the Mumbai Mirror reported.
The film, to be directed by Shirish Kunder, was shelved after the filmmaker backed out, the paper quoted a source as saying.
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