Shahrukh
Khan
doesn't
sleep.
Or
so
it
seems.
He
landed
in
Mumbai
on
Thursday
from
Dubai
after
a
show,
but
shows
no
sign
of
strain
or
jetlag.
Just
before
Dubai
the
mega-star
was
in
Berlin
for
the
film
festival
negotiating
the
attention
of
hundreds
of
screaming
fans.
What
we
don't
know
is
that
Shahrukh
met
and
bonded
in
Berlin
with
American
auteur
director
Martin
Scorsese
and
his
favourite
actor
Leonardo
Di
Caprio.
Says
Shahrukh,
"Leonardo,
Martin
and
I
spent
some
time
together.
Martin
was
gracious
enough
to
remember
that
he
had
met
me
in
Cannes
way
back
in
2002
when
I
was
there
for
Devdas.
He
wants
to
watch
Devdas
and
I've
promised
to
send
it
to
him.
I'll
do
so
right
way."
After
the
glorious
performance
in
My
Name
is
Khan
as
a
physically-disabled
underdog
journeying
across
America
on
a
whimsical
mission,
Shahrukh
Khan
is
all
set
to
play
the
super-hero
flying
across
the
sky
to
save
humanity.
True
to
its
mythological
title,
Ra.1
which
starts
shooting
next
month
in
Mumbai
followed
by
Goa
and
London,
will
have
Shahrukh
combating
10
villains.
Raavan
according
to
Hindu
mythology,
was
a
ten-headed
demon
whom
Ram
vanquished
single-handedly.
In
Ra.1,
the
modern
day
Raavan
has
been
turned
into
ten
different
villains
whom
super-hero
Shahrukh,
the
modern
day
Ram
will
annihilate
one
after
another.
After
playing
the
under-dog
in
two
successive
films
Rab
Ne
Bana
Di
Jodi
and
My
Name
is
Khan
(we
aren't
counting
his
guest
appearance
in
Dulha
Mil
Gaya)
Shahrukh
will
be
flying
across
the
sky
in
Ra.1.
The
estimated
budget
of
the
film
to
be
produced
by
Shahrukh
Khan's
Red
Chillies,
is
Rs
100
crores.
And
no
Kareena
Kapoor
won't
be
joining
him
in
midair.
She
plays
Shahrukh's
grounded
wife
and
not
a
super-woman.
Says
a
source
close
to
Ra.1,
"Kareena
was
keen
to
attempt
the
hi-jinks
with
Shahrukh,
especially
since
Agent
Vinod
where
she
has
a
lot
of
stunts
has
again
been
postponed
But
in
Ra.1
all
the
conflict
involves
Shahrukh
and
the
ten
villains."
Shahrukh
along
with
the
film's
director
Anubhav
Sinha
and
journalist-writer
Mushtaq
Sheikh,
has
co-written
Ra.1
and
will
be
credited
as
one
of
the
writers.
The
film
will
be
in
Hindi.
Says
the
source,
"He
was
advised
to
make
the
film
in
English.
But
Shahrukh
decided
to
make
it
in
Hindi.
Why
should
he
pitch
his
super-hero
film
to
the
Western
audience
when
they
already
have
their
Superman
and
Spiderman?
Shahrukh
has
no
aspirations
of
cracking
Hollywood
on
their
terms."
The
film
requires
the
star
to
perform
never-before
heart-in-the-mouth
stunts,
which
he's
gearing
up
to
do.