Shahrukh
Khan
wants
to
own
all
his
films.
The
actor
has
been
approaching
the
producers
of
his
earlier
films
to
buy
the
negative
rights.
Says
a
producer,
"Shahrukh
is
very
emotional
about
all
his
earlier
films
and
has
been
wanting
to
build
a
library
of
his
films
and
house
them
in
Mannat.
SRK
knows
his
market
value
and
wants
to
gather
all
his
films
and
sell
them
in
bulk
to
the
biggest
bidder.
SRK
has
been
in
touch
with
all
his
producers
and
is
in
talks
with
them
for
the
rights.
Some
he's
bought
directly
and
others,
like
close
friend
Karan
Johar,
are
giving
him
the
rights
for
emotional
reasons." Another
rumour
is
that
SRK
plans
to
launch
his
own
channel
some
day
and
wants
to
show
all
his
films
on
his
own
TV
channel.
The
producer
of
Chaahat,
Robin
Bhatt,
confirms
that
Shahrukh
has
approached
him
to
buy
the
rights
of
the
film.
He
adds,
“Shahrukh
had
approached
me
to
buy
the
negative
rights
of
Chaahat
three
years
ago
and
we
are
still
negotiating,
though
Shahrukh
has
already
paid
me
a
token
amount.
Shahrukh
shares
a
very
good
relationship
with
my
brother
Mahesh
and
me
and
because
of
this
we
haven't
been
able
to
fix
a
price.
Chaahat
is
12
years
old
and
it's
difficult
naming
a
price
as
both
Shahrukh
and
I
are
going
'pehle
aap'.
It's
as
much
my
need
as
his."
Robin
Bhatt
had
sold
the
telecast
rights
of
Chaahat
to
Zee
TV
for
a
certain
period
of
time.
"When
the
period
expires,
I
get
the
rights
back
but
if
I
sell
the
entire
negative
rights
to
Shahrukh,
then
it
won"t
belong
to
me
anymore.
Shahrukh
hasn't
discussed
the
reason
but
I
know
that
he"s
very
sentimental
about
all
his
earlier
films
and
might
be
putting
it
together
for
his
own
personal
library.
If
I
do
sell
the
rights,
I
will
sell
it
only
to
Shahrukh.
He
has
spoiled
me
as
a
producer.
He"s
a
fantastic
actor
to
work
with.
That
is
why
Chaahat
was
my
first
and
last
production.
Now
I
will
only
produce
a
film
if
Shahrukh
acts
in
it."
Karan
Johar,
whose
father
produced
Duplicate
says,
"Shahrukh
doesn't
need
to
approach
me
for
the
negative
rights
as
the
film
is
as
good
as
his.
There
is
no
difference
between
my
production
company,
Dharma
and
SRK"s
(Red
Chillies).
I
own
Om
Shanti
Om
as
much
as
he
owns
Duplicate."
Story first published: Friday, March 7, 2008, 14:43 [IST]