Comedian Russell Peters set to take stage alongside King Shah Rukh Khan
Russell Peters, the guy who said Bollywood is rubbish, is all set to team up with the King of Indian movies Shah Rukh Khan.
Yes, you heard of it here first. Russell Peters is to replace Saif Ali Khan as co-host of a major awards show in 2009 – thus teaming up with Shah Rukh Khan. The idea is the brainchild of businessmen brothers Morani. Says a source, “Shah Rukh and Saif have managed to annoy a number of B-Town biggies with their act but it’s child’s play compared to what Russell Peter does to crowds on his shows. The industry people really need to develop a sense of humour. They have to learn to laugh at themselves and not take themselves so seriously."
Russell is an Indian by birth but has lived and worked in the far west for most of his life, where he has made a name for himself in stand-up comedy. Comedy in which he uses his Indian roots as a method of generating laughs. Russell was recently in India, where he staged a few stand-up shows, during which he made a statement about the actors of Bollywood. Says a source, “At Russell’s recent Mumbai show, there were many film personalities. He made it a point to pick on B-Town people in the crowd. Those who bore the major brunt were Sikander Kher, Neha Dhupia and Aishwarya Rai (who was absent). While Neha took all his jokes in the right spirit, Kher really took offense and at one point even contemplated walking out of the show.”
The awards show is expected to take place in February or March and Russell has already reported to have accepted the anchoring role. Shah Rukh Khan has yet to agree as he might still be busy working on Karan Johar’s My Name Is Khan.
Your thoughts on this… would the combination of Russell and Shah Rukh create magic on stage… or is this not going to be appropriate… should the organisers stick with the proven formula of Saif and Shah Rukh even if the two have been making people angry with their unwanted comments… please use the comments section below to respond…
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Like cheap SRK, another cheap guy from Canada Peter Russell is hosting the show. Nice pair
shah ruk sucks