Oye It’s Friday… A ‘Double Date’ with King Khan

Media News

Mumbai, January 14, 2009

The stars get brighter week on week on Oye! It's Friday! Host Farhan Akhtar pulls out an ace this new year with a special, double dosage of the reigning king of Bollywood. He has ruled Indian cinema for over two decades….growing from a television actor to one of India’s most popular and recognizable faces worldwide! He is the Baadshah of Bollywood; producer; entrepreneur and also the proud proprietor of the Kolkata Knight Riders… ladies and gentlemen – Oye! It’s Friday! presents a special 2-part series with the one and only Shah Rukh Khan! It’s SRK… candid and carefree, in a fun conversation with our very own dost-host Farhan Akhtar, interspersed with electrifying performances by the sexy Amrita Arora, the talented young violinist Ambi Subramanian and Kolkata popular rock band ‘Cactus’. This extravaganza with King Khan is spread over two exciting episodes airing on Friday, January 16th & 23rd at 10pm only on NDTV Imagine.

A ‘Fauji’ who entered the film industry as ‘Baazigar’ and went on to become the ‘Baadshah’ of Bollywood; he is today unquestioningly known as the ‘Don’ of the Indian entertainment Industry. The King is at his energetic best on Oye! It’s Friday as he reveals some very interesting facets about his life, his soul mate ‘Gauri’, his dreams and of course, his work. From the meaning behind his name and his dream of owning Mannat (his palatial Bungalow in Mumbai) to an impromptu act of his famous dialogues… SRK leaves no stone unturned in making these episodes a must watch for all his fans. As a director who he’s worked with and as a friend, Farhan persuades Shah Rukh into revealing a ‘not-seen-too-often’ side to himself!

SRK, the proprietor of Kolkata Knight Rider’s was felicitated by the singers of ‘Cactus’, the high voltage rock-band with KKR’s theme song ‘Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re’. Catch them perform this crowd favorite LIVE for SRK, Farhan and the audience only on Oye! It’s Friday!

The fun continues on Oye! It’s Friday! with a stirring performance by B-Town hottie Amrita Arora who grooves gracefully to the music of super-hits like ‘Gol Maal’ and ‘Chaliya Chaliya’. She definitely leaves you wanting more. Oye! then changes track yet again with an incredible performance by the young violinist Ambi Subramanian, who not only manages to wow the audience by King Khan as well with his amazing talent.

The New Year keeps getting better on Oye It’s Friday! where music, movies, masti and madness … come together every Friday night.

The interaction with SRK was so power-packed that it had to be split into two exciting episodes. Don’t miss a single moment… Tune into NDTV Imagine on Friday, January 16th & 23rd for the best of SRK and more on Oye! It’s Friday!

For further information, please contact:

NDTV Imagine

Zeenat Khan

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Tel: 67733999

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Mamta Sehgal

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