By:
Upala
KBR,
Mid-Day
Friday,
June
09,
2006
There
has
been
trouble
brewing
between
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
Shah
Rukh
since
last
year.
The
primary
reason
is
Abhishek's
increasing
popularity.
Though
the
two
superstars
are
cordial
to
each
other
when
they
meet,
everyone
knows
that
the
battle
lines
have
been
drawn.
Now
the
Bachchan-Khan
war
has
developed
a
new
twist.
According
to
an
insider,
"IIFA,
which
is
scheduled
to
be
held
from
June
14-17
in
Dubai,
is
suffering
because
of
the
animosity
between
two
of
the
industry's
biggest
stars."
It
is
rumoured
that
Shah
Rukh
decided
at
the
last
moment
that
he
didn't
want
to
grace
the
event
because
Amitabh
Bachchan
is
the
brand
ambassador
for
the
event.
Shah
Rukh
pulling
out
at
the
last
minute,
robs
the
event
of
its
sparkle,
to
a
large
extent.
Reasoning
time
But
Shah
Rukh
made
sure
he
had
a
valid
reason
to
back
out
of
the
awards
show.
He
reasoned
that
the
producers
of
Don,
Ritesh
Sidhwani
and
Farhan
Akhtar,
planned
a
shooting
schedule
at
the
same
time,
thereby
making
his
sudden
exit
seem
professional
and
not
petty.
Even
the
other
artistes
of
Don
-
Priyanka
Chopra
and
Kareena
Kapoor
-
would
be
needed
to
shoot
from
June
15
onwards,
which
increased
the
list
of
absentees
at
the
event.
Desperate
measures
With
Shah
Rukh
pulling
out
at
the
last
moment,
the
IIFA
organisers
in
desperation
approached
Salman
Khan,
Akshay
Kumar
and
Preity
Zinta
to
perform.
But
their
dates
were
lying
with
Sajid
Nadiadwala's
Janeman,
whose
shooting
begins
from
June
10
to
the
month-end.
But
the
ever-helpful
Sajid
was
obliging
enough
to
work
the
shooting
around,
allowing
the
trio
to
perform
at
the
show.
Sajid
Nadiadwala
was
unavailable
for
comment
but
an
insider
from
Janeman
confirmed
the
news.
"It's
true
that
Sajid
was
approached
for
dates
of
Salman,
Akshay
and
Preity
so
that
they
could
perform
there.
He
has
given
them
those
dates."
Date
problems
Sabbas
Joseph
from
Wizcraft,
however,
takes
the
safe
route,
"People
are
reading
too
much
into
everything.
Like
every
year,
we
invite
the
stars
to
the
event
and
according
to
their
availability
of
dates,
we
ask
them
to
perform.
While
some
stars
have
rescheduled
their
dates,
others
haven't.
We
did
invite
Shah
Rukh,
Kareena
and
Priyanka
to
the
event
and
ask
them
to
perform
but
their
dates
for
Don
had
been
fixed
a
long
time
ago
-
before
the
IIFA
dates
were
announced.
Now
Akshay,
Salman
and
Preity
will
be
performing.
They
were
shooting
for
Sajid's
film
on
those
dates,
but
Sajid
has
been
accommodating
enough
to
release
them
for
a
day
to
come
for
the
event."
There
is
also
a
rumour
that
SRK's
friends
are
boycotting
the
function
as
well?
"That's
utter
rubbish!" says
Joseph.
Karan
Johar
will
be
releasing
the
music
of
KANK
at
IIFA
this
year
and
hosting
some
of
our
events."
No
rescheduling
Riteish
Sidhwani,
co-producer
of
Don,
currently
in
Malaysia,
refutes
the
rumours,
"Shah
Rukh
hasn't
insisted
on
the
dates
being
rescheduled.
We
have
the
dates
of
the
artistes
till
June
28,
which
is
when
the
shooting
gets
complete.
Shah
Rukh
is
not
shooting
for
Don
next
week
in
Kuala
Lumpur;
only
Priyanka
and
Kareena
are.
I
think
he
is
busy
with
something
else
in
London.
We
tried
our
best
to
accommodate
some
dates
for
IIFA,
but
it
didn't
happen."
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