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...remain friendly, but it somehow seems too late: like all the most ridiculous celebrity stories the Big B v. SRK brouhaha has taken on a life of its own. In a wonderful illustration of globalization's reach, even U.S. satirist Stephen Colbert has helped fuel the dispute by featuring Bachchan and Khan - "the Indian Robert Redford and Brad Pitt only crank up the handsome and rip the knob off" - in his television show's celebrity feuds segment. Khan, Colbert said way back in early January, had failed to turn up to Bachchan's New Year's Eve party...
...Leonardo DiCaprio publicly slamming Harrison Ford as too old, too last century, and Ford slapping back by questioning DiCaprio's acting abilities. A feud along those lines has gripped India over the past few weeks with newspapers and magazines breathlessly reporting the supposed rift between Bollywood screen legend Amitabh Bachchan, 64, and current heart throb Shah Rukh Khan, 41. Moviegoers here have long debated whether Khan will - or even can - take the place of Bachchan, who is one of Bollywood's most loved actors and is affectionately known as the "Big B." Last year when Khan starred in a remake...
...rivalry hit the headlines again this year when Khan, dubbed "SRK" by his millions of fans, was named host of the Indian version of the quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire, a role Bachchan had held for two seasons until heart problems forced him to step down early last year. Or perhaps, as rumor has it, the show's producers balked at Bachchan's steep fee. Whatever the reason for the change of host, the question of whether Khan would be a better question-asker than Bachchan has taken on national importance in recent months with weekly newsmagazine...
...television interview on February 3, the constant comparisons with Bachchan seemed to get to Khan. "That was your generation, this is mine," he replied, curtly, to one question. "He does his age, I do my age." Bachchan said comparisons were unfair. "I am 25 years older than him. If you want to do an honest comparison, you should wait for him to get to 65 and then see how he fares with the Box Office king at that point in time...
ENGAGED. India's wildly popular screen couple, Aishwarya Rai, 33, a former Miss World, and Abhishek Bachchan, 31, hunky son of film legend Amitabh Bachchan; in a private ceremony; in Mumbai. The Bollywood hotties, whose relationship had fueled gossip in Indian papers for months, have appeared together in several films, most recently the rags-to-riches tale Guru, which premiered in New York City...