Shah Rukh’s ‘tempting’ the international audiences
While many forgettable things are being said about the Bachchan’s Unforgettable tour, Shah Rukh Khan is doing his bit of taking his world shows – Temptations Reloaded – to another level altogether. With him having already performed in various cities in the US and Europe, the actor we hear has bigger plans.
We are told: “These shows are just teasers of the main show that’ll happen next year in 2009. They are sporadic shows and it’s not the world tour. Shah Rukh will be taking a few actors next to Frankfurt and then to Dubai.”
Besides organizing the shows, Shah Rukh is also busy shooting for Billoo Barber directed by Priyadarshan. The film will release on November 14 and will clash with Karan Johar’s Dostana at the box office. Now that’ll be an interesting war of sorts.
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SHAHRUKH KHAN have the guts to do a show at the o2 arena in london…
lets see if you have the guts to book that arena..
unforgettable show was a sellout there i was there…
SRK only does shows at wembly arena which has a capacity of 10,000.
dude c’mon his all prev shows were sold out ….
his shows r 25000 plus mostly….c’mon…..
unforgettable most of the shows r only 9000-10000…
and as said those were just teasers…..
and SRK have lots of other work to do rather doing World Tour…..
his film in overseas prove his power….n we all know how Bachanz fair @ boxoffice in overseas….
give prayers to MADHURI PRIETY who may saved yr BAchanz show…!! with SRK not much big stars do shows…Bachanz need big name like Shilpa…who is popular in LONDON due to BIG BOSS…..MAdhuri is dancing queen we all know…Priety did shows with SRK previously….hence popular again…!!!
n btw i think LIL C is d worst dancer….ppl may gone to see MAdhuri Priety n may be in end BIG B…!!!
now don’t say that whole of the tour crew is popular than SRK overseas ! that would make u crack biggest joke of d millennium
Don Mansoor you havent got a clue have you…
i went to the temptation show in london it had 10,000.
unforgettable show happened at the o2 arena london. 20,000.
If you are good at maths you will know that this is twice as big.
But the biggest show of all-time is 60,000 at wembly stadium in 1990.
DOn Mansoor if you dont know history keep your mouth shut!!
Fact is…SRK has never had more than 10,000 people at his shows..
If he was so great how comes he cannot do a show as big as 60,000 people like AB did in 1990.
He can never do that..
Rizwan still no Movie in Overseas of 70’s and 80’s which has any Record. Proves that Amitabh was Non Entity in Overseas.
SRK and all the star should touch ABs feet for opening doors for them overseas with shows.
Before AB there was no shows….
He opened the doors for the rest to follow…i think they should touch his feet…
he also opened doors for stars to make money by going to TV….
Before AB..no star went on TV for a quiz show..
today they are all at it..
AB starts the trends the rest follows…
And it is already confirmed by Western Media that Forgettable Tour has Flopped, it is only Amitabh Fans who are saying it is Hit and we know they call every Amitabh thing as Hit.
Amitabh should touch Shah Rukh Khan Feat that He became Known Name in Overseas because of Him. He said this thing himself in his Blog. Go read it Rizwan and then argue.
Mustafa please watch these shows…
BIGGEST TOUR EVER…totally destroyed temptations…
all the shows were sell-outs..
EYES DONT LIE…
SLAP on the face for every person hoping this would flop. Its become the most succesfull tour EVER by an indian….
Please enjoy the clips and photos…..AB has proved he is KING!!!
EYES DONT LIE!! THE TRUTH IS THERE FOR YOU TO SEE… hear the screams and hysteria and sold out arenas…
LONDON
youtube.com/watch?v=4ybn7tEDoTA&feature=related
NEW YORK
youtube.com/watch?v=T-xjVFRHMBE
CHICAGO
youtube.com/watch?v=RM2EvwtQLQQ&feature=related
ATLANTIC CITY
youtube.com/watch?v=WQSiFLSThl8
HOUSTON
youtube.com/watch?v=Ck9vxlWB-ow&feature=related
and pictures
blogs.bigadda.com/ab/2008/08/05/353/
SAN FRANCISO
blogs.bigadda.com/ab/2008/07/29/day-96/
TORONTO
youtube.com/watch?v=NzuLBDhkC9g
If you are real fan go read that thing and cry. Amitabh himself said that Overseas doors was opened by Shah Rukh Khan no one else. We will believe that thing instead of fanatic crying.
SRK always does shows at wembly arena. If he is a big star like you guys are saying…tell him to do it a WEMBLY STADIUM like AB did in 1990!
60,000 plus. thats superstardom.
AB is the only star that has done this…
thats why all stars should touch his feet for opening doors for them overseas for stage shows…
Did you read what Amitabh said about Overseas that Shah Rukh Khan opened Doors. Read that and cry.
mustafa watch the clips instead of barking..
Your God said that and you are challeging Him. Haaaaaaaaaaaaa Poor Loser Rizwan. Your lie has been caught.
Rizwan whenever you open your mouth just read Amitabh statement that Overseas Market was opened by SRK.
Mustafa are you mad or is it a family thing??
How can he open doors when AB did a concert in 1990….
60,000 people came and saw it..history was made that day…
Where was SRK then???
Think you need to go for a mental checkup
Or whenever you tell lie read Amitabh Statement.
Tell this thing to Amitabh not me. When he himself is saying that thing why should I listen you.
Your Amitabh said that Overseas Market was opened by Shah Rukh Khan. You are Blind that you cann’t read that, so you need Medical Check Up.
Rizwan is clean bowled so he changed His ID.
Vijay can you tell me that after Winning Star of Millenium, why Next Day Amitabh was Declared Bankcrupt?
The biggest joke of the century…SRK opened doors overseas.
when the biggest FACT is..
AB was the first star to do stage shows…
1990 concert of 60,000 has never been beaten..
Where was srk in 1990…
he was in his nappies..
mustafa that is the statement of the century….
SHARUKH OPENED DOORS but yet the record for overseas concert was set in 1990.
Mustafa you do make me laugh..
hahahahahah
Rizwan when you don’t believe what Amitabh said then I cann’t do anything. You yourself is cracking Jokes and making Fun of yourself. Gochallenge Amitabh on that not us.
What were the Figures of Maine Pyar Kiya in Overseas Vijay? Amitabh didn’t committed Sucide but started doing Cheap Movies which was Bigger thing than Sucide.
These types of Pictures I can give for Saif Ali Khan Show and say that it was Hit.
And Vijay for your info in Overseas All All Time Blockbusters and Blockbusters only belong to SRK. SIK will be 1st Non SRK Blockbuster.
Akshay is struggling that SIK becomes Super Hit. Just shows Frustration of Amitabh Fans to Crown King every Tom Dick and Harry.
So Vijay agreed that Amtabh did more than Sucide by doing Cheap Movies. Shah Rukh Khan is intelligent not Foolish like Amitabh investing money in everything without knowing that thing.
Yes that is why still it is said that in Overseas Akshay is way behind SRK.
“akkis overseas demand is so high in volumes that srk figures are unnotticeable”
Good Joke Vijay.
Aksahy not a Single Solo Blockbuster and “akki has taken srk to cleaners!”. Amitabh Fanactics really need checkup.
Vijay Really I sympathise with you. You are exposed everytime, still you have guts and talk lies. That is why Amitabh did a Movie Beshram. Amitabh Fans are Beshram.
Rizwan!
One more thing you say that Amitabh Created Record in 1990 and Opened Overseas Market and Amitabh says that Shah Rukh Khan Opened Overseas Market. So from this one thing is sure you are Fool saying that Amitabh Opened Overseas Market or Amitabh is Fool that He Opened Overseas Market and doesn’t know that and says Shah Rukh Khan opened Overseas Market. So Decide First who is Fool Rizwan or Amitabh.
topic was never on BIG B tour but this guy Rizwan Started things….
i just ask one simple question to him….
the whole of unforgettable tour together can’t match SRK in overseas….how could they beat SRK?
as said in article SRK never meant for a world tour like UNFORGETTABLE….he do shows but no world tour as of now….
he has more things to do….the time will tell dude….
if SRK do a world tour…yr bachans will b seen nowhere…!!!
and about overseas market SRK is the opener of overseas market not BIG B…
Temptation was not a world tour first…then it was never promoted like sites promoting Unforgettable…..they need promotion….i have seen LIL C and BIG B dancing on stage…they can not create heat unless ASH join them..n i think the marriage too is a business joint….!! i won’t talk on success or failure..but if u say BACHANS or even whole crew is bigger than SRK in overseas u make a fool out of yrself…!
http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=overseas_earners&PHPSESSID=8797c307e2c22fb7a04fb937ec297fc9
dats overseas…any AB’s past time movie here…lolx
http://filmikhabar.com/2008/08/26/bollywood%e2%80%99s-unforgettable-world-tour-extravaganza-fails-to-woo-westerners/
thats for u again…and as i told u earlier its by UK media…
Again idiots copying articles and pasting for us to read..
WHY would i want to read an article when i posted VIDEO FOOTAGES of shows…
Unforgettabe has been the biggest success story where concerts are concerned. instead of reading false articles..
why not WATCH the DAMN SHOWS….
again i list the shows for viewing..
i repeat…
articles can lie, media can lie, journalists can be bought, camps will favour one party and talk about about others…
propoganda can take place….
BUT
BUT
BUT
EYES WILL NOT LIE!!
please view these clips of the unforgettable tour instead of wasting time reading false articles…
LONDON
youtube.com/watch?v=4ybn7tEDoTA&feature=related
NEW YORK
youtube.com/watch?v=T-xjVFRHMBE
CHICAGO
youtube.com/watch?v=RM2EvwtQLQQ&feature=related
ATLANTIC CITY
youtube.com/watch?v=WQSiFLSThl8
HOUSTON
youtube.com/watch?v=Ck9vxlWB-ow&feature=related
and pictures
blogs.bigadda.com/ab/2008/08/05/353/
SAN FRANCISO
blogs.bigadda.com/ab/2008/07/29/day-96/
TORONTO
youtube.com/watch?v=NzuLBDhkC9g
SRK can never match bigb…
this clip was just unbeleivable…
AB will always be the greatest….stars after him will come and go…..
What magic…what a dialouge…!!
AMAZING!!
youtube.com/watch?v=1vrcZj6ry3g&feature=related
u can not accept what SRK iz..so no point of discussion…if BAchanz have no fan following abroad where these fig come from damn it….it is for ASH MADH n Priety…!! …..if they had such fan following n power behind them in overseas they don’t give flop after flop there…c’mon grow up…!! don’t give credit to bachanz if it is successful…i don’t want to argue on success and failure of Unforgettable…bt Bachanz….including all Unforgettable crew can’t even man SRK popularity and fan following abroad…c’mon accept it…
and as i told u SRK never did a world tour….let him do a world tour n u’ll see…
u r telling me 10000 crowds @ temptation n everywhere i read 25000+ crowd….c’mon u so hypocrite…
every site n every man told me 25000+ @ temptations……
watch d video of it if u watch unforgettable videoz…!! grow up…n SRK don’t go with full big stars….!!! now he will go with KAreena bt before that no such big stars…even priety wasn’t big @ that time before KHNH…!!!
and dude u r denying that article….why UK newspaper would lie ?????? c’mon dude help yrself n take things as they r..don’t exaggerate and dont under estimate other shows….
Amitabh Bachchan is a ROCKSTAR
he even SINGS his own songs on stage….
compare this with srk who dances to other singers voices….can you silly this comparion seems..
SRK can never reach ABs level…unforgettable shows have proved it…
HE IS A ROCKSTAR who sings his own SONGS on stage and says his own dialouges….
don mansoor please view this clip….
and accept that SRK can never reach BIGBs level…
youtube.com/watch?v=B_OZ9723hRA
http://www.indiamarks.com/guide/Temptation-Reloaded/450
to increase yr info
Amsterdam: Amsterdam loves Shah Rukh Khan. The fact was driven across by a full house at the Ahoy in Rotterdam on Saturday night where he performed for his Temptations Reloaded show. The show, organised by the Moranis, ran to a full house despite the fact that most people in Holland were in mourning over their defeat to Russia in the Euro 2008 quarter finals.
The Moranis were so thrilled by their successful show that they are now planning another Temptations Reloaded with King Khan in October in Germany.
Says Ali Morani, “Shah Rukh is a huge craze, not just in India but also abroad. The Rotterdam show on June 21 with SRK, Kareena, and Katrina was a huge hit.” He confirms that they are planning a similar show in Germany in October, “We are working out the modalities with Shah Rukh and the rest of the team.
Going by the success of the Rotterdam show, the emails we get every day and the feedback across the Dutch border for Shah Rukh, we decided to have another show in October in the four main cities of Germany as of now Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Berlin and Munich.
We have had enquiries for a SRK’s Temptation Reloaded show even from Paris but we will have to go along with a piecemeal tour as we don’t have Shah Rukh’s dates for a month-long one.”
Mid-Day
Rotterdam, June 22 (IANS) Screaming fans from across Europe showered flowers, notes and trinkets as Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan performed at Ahoy, Rotterdam’s large cultural and sports complex, to launch the world premiere of Temptations Reloaded, a live song and dance show that saw a number of Indian stars descend on the city Saturday night. Shah Rukh performed on stage with Bollywood favourites like Arjun Rampal, Katrina Kaif and Kareena Kapoor in an auditorium with a capacity of 25,000 before a mixed audience of Asians and Europeans.
In between the two-and-half-hour long show, Shah Rukh and Arjun Rampal drove through the aisles of the auditorium in light vehicles and the venue echoed with the adoring screams of fans, some of whom showered them with trinkets, flowers and notes.
Some European fans were dressed in Indian clothes and referred to the Bollywood superstar as the ‘Saudagar of Sunshine’. And Dutch fans preferred to watch Shah Rukh instead of the Euro 2008 football champion semi-finals between Holland and Russia played around the same time.
In a continent starved of warmth for most parts of the year, King Khan is called ’sunshine’ by his fans here.
Ignoring weather forecasts that had predicted clouds and rainfall, fans travelled from all over Europe to witness the live performance.
With stars in their eyes, cine buffs arrived here under clear blue skies to watch the midsummer night performance and to sigh that the mere presence of Shah Rukh Khan makes clouds part.
“Shah Rukh Khan is our sunshine! When he is close to us, the worst day becomes bright. He fills my life with light and warmth,” an Indian female fan said rubbishing weather forecasts.
“Bollywood makes you happy” is the slogan for marketing popular Indian cinema in Europe, suggestive of the fact that Hindi movies create a state of emotional well-being that goes far beyond mere entertainment.
This is the reason for a dramatic increase in Bollywood fan communities on this continent whose activities revolve mostly around Shah Rukh Khan and his work.
“Bollywood makes European audiences happy because the films are like life seen in dreams,” Ségoléne Roudot, a French fan who is researching fans of Indian cinema in France, told IANS.
Colours, costumes, music, dance and Shah Rukh’s charismatic screen presence have brought much joy into many lives here.
An online Swiss fan forum has a special web page filled with thank you notes to Shah Rukh for coming to Europe. The notes thank the superstar for the colour that he brings into lives and for being the light for fans in the dark.
“Such feelings become stronger at the possibility of a meeting with Shah Rukh Khan. The desire is to touch him in an attempt to experience some more of the joy and happiness that he radiates,” Elke Mader, a professor of Vienna University who monitors the behaviour of non-South Asian fans of Shah Rukh Khan for Bollyglobal, a research project, told IANS.
Mader gives the example of Christina Zück, a Berlin-based artist who has publicly confessed that her life was magically transformed after she touched Shah Rukh at the Berlin Film Fesival of “Om Shanti Om” earlier this year.
“The experience of fans like Christina goes beyond admiring Shah Rukh Khan as a movie star. Shah Rukh is seen much more than just an entertainer here. He is happiness and love personified. Fans want to touch him and to talk to him because he is able to transfer a lot of joy to those who are lucky enough to cross his path,” Mader said
Hosted by Netherland’s Sekier Entertainment Service, the next European stop of Temptations Reloaded, a sequel to the ‘Temptations’ tour Shah Rukh started in 2004, is Berlin.
Founded in 1999 by Ishaq Sekier, a Dutchman originally from an Indian family from Surinam, with an evening of songs by Manna Dey, the entertainment service has since sponsored Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shaan, Shreya Ghosal, Kavita Krishnamurti, KK and Jagjit Singh here.
“We would like to see Bollywood activities increase around continental Europe,” Monique Dabloe, a Sekier staff member, told IANS.
even some guys who went their @ SRK Temptation in 2004 n 2008 says a different story from u…!!
do u need another proof
do u have media proof of Unforgettable success and crowd no. there????
c’mon if u have post damn it….
Temptations concert in london was at Wembly Arena.
Unforgettable concert was at the o2 arena london.
compare the capacities of each arena…..
i will give you guys the offical website for each arena…where it lists the capacity.
wembly arena capacity according to their site is 12750. (don mansoor stop spreading lies about 25,000)
here is the link for wembly arena
wembley.co.uk/venues/visitors/arena.htm
and here is the link for the o2 arena london were Amitabh Bachcan did his show. Capacity 23000
bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6548973.stm
Well mr mansoor i exposed your lie! I have proved that SRK did his show in a 12750 arena. and AB did his show at a 23000 capcity arena which was totally sold out!
I live in london so your lies will easily be caught..
Bachanz show needed publicity from many sites like their own Indiafm.com who always show its making back stage etc…publicizing with personal chit chat among ASh-abhi…huh! they need that..no power….
Don Mansoor now you are talking about a complety different arena.
Your are talking about rotterdam! Yes maybe that is 25,000.
But in london his show was done in front of only 10,000 people…
only london doesn’t mean its big…there r many other cities…proof yr point by links…media reporting Unforgettable success and crowd strength…..
m not talking about london…catch my article carefully first..dude
But in london his show was done in front of only 10,000 people…
dat was way back 2004…2009 will tell u different story….
n u didn’t answer me
whole crew of unforgettable can’t match SRK popularity in overseas grow up
c’mon post article on whole tour success with strenght…n i’ll post u SRK tour in 2009…then compare it…..
and as i mentioned u…..BIG B needed publicity…..
ASH now his family…much bigger than 2 other bachanz…..
MAdhuri d dance queen…the real USP of unforgettable
if BAchanz have such fan following then SR would not be flop…in overseas…c’mon man
in 2009 SRK will again do his show at wembly arena. (i think)
Or he may copy BigB like he does with everything else and do it at the o2 arena. capacity 23000.
lets wait and watch…
n dude check SRK films in overseas…they r set to make records every 2nd time there…let Pakistan open to SRK films u’ll see more n more collection coming around….!!! BAchanz will sleep then…
In the UK…80% of the crowd went for BIG B. i live here and i know the truth.
He was the main attraction.
The show was advertised as…..AMITABH BACHCHAN LIVE IN CONCERT
Stop giving your opinions who was the main USP.
Ask people that went to the show…like myself…
any which way you look…srk will always trail amitabh bachchan.
his london show in 1990 had 60,000 people!
10 shahrukh khans can not beat that…
Shahrukh is indeed sunshine in our life, where i live in west africa srk = bollywood with out him bollywood is zero
Rizwan,
please give me a source that says AB’s london show had 60,000 people in 1990.
You must not know math, because if what you are saying is correct, then there needs to be only 7 SRK’s to beat that.
Rizwan!
One more thing you say that Amitabh Created Record in 1990 and Opened Overseas Market and Amitabh says that Shah Rukh Khan Opened Overseas Market. So from this one thing is sure you are Fool saying that Amitabh Opened Overseas Market or Amitabh is Fool that He Opened Overseas Market and doesn’t know that and says Shah Rukh Khan opened Overseas Market. So Decide First who is Fool Rizwan or Amitabh.
Now Rizwan has confirmed that He is Fool and giving us stupid explanations.
SRKs Temtaion would rock the international scene.and i am sure Rizwan would be the first to book tickets for the shows.
Rizwan u hijacked the thread…and now u don’t have a proof…c’mon its over for u and bachanz…!!!
i still respect him….but he has no power or fan following behind now…!
and don’t talk about Lil C…
we all know the USP of Unforgettable was
Madhrui and Priety and now Shilpa among them!!! hez more popular than AB in London..BIG BOSS!! made her big
London show was AMITABH BACHCHAN LIVE IN CONCERT.
Thre was no mention of other stars..
please read this newspaper article from london which proves that 80-90% of fans went for ONE NAME.
AMITABH BACHCHAN
He is the biggest indian star in the UK…
BBC online poll is evidence for this…Madamme tussaus poll again re-enforced this point.
Read this article which proves that majority of people went to the SHOW for BIG B only!!
harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/west-london-columnists/west-london-jadine-johnson/2008/08/21/bollywood-we-just-can-t-wait-to-see-big-b-116451-21580515/
Also mr Mansoor i finally read the article which u posted from the TIMES NEWSPAPER. It is a shameful article. An article which is an insult to every pakistani and indian or asian person living in the UK
The article says 90% of the audience is of indian origin and 10% are non-indians.
What the article is implying is that you need WHITE FACES in the crowd for it to be a HIT. This is an insult to every non-white person. infact its quite offensive almost racist.
If you cannot read between the lines for the article than you guys are a shame for the colour of your skin.
According to that article every indian movie is a flop…every show is a flop as 90% are of indian origin.
Infact i am going to complain to TIMES NEWSPAPER.
bollywood does not need white people to embrace it to be a hit. They think that WHITE is superior to BROWN.
FACT IS..
LONDON SHOW WAS A SELL-OUT.
its money at the end of the day….who cares who the people are..
Mansoor you are a big idiot for even advertising this article. You are a shame on every indian and pakistani.
Raja do your own research my friend.
1990 show had over 60,000 people at wembly stadium!
some even say its 70,000. but i think 60,000 is about right…
It was part of ABs world tour in 1990.
Rizwan Amitabh said that Overseas Market was Opened by Shah Rukh Khan. So your 1990 talk is only lie nothing else. I feel for you.
we feel pity for Rizwan too
why we search..its ur post..go and give us a proof..
Rizwan Hijacking every 2nd topic promoting his BIG B!
Basically Rizwan Frustration Starts when Any Project of Shah Rukh Khan is Announced. His undewear automatically becomes Dirty. Because He knows that the Project will become Hit and Amitabh will give one Flop after another.
The New thing He has started is that He is saying Amitabh is Fool and I know more than Him that He has Started Overseas Trend. While on other hand Amitabh has already said that Overseas Market was Established by Shah Rukh Khan.
It just shows that He is not Amitabh Fan, only Shah Rukh Khan Hater because He is Jealous of His Success. This Shah Rukh Khan Hating is not taking him any where. He has just become a Laughing Stock. Read His Post laugh on that and that’s it.
The other day Rizwan was claiming that SRK is not very popular overseas. He is popular only among Indian diaspora. Now, he says, MONEY MATTERS, audience is not important.
Shows how big hypocrite, these AB fans are!