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Shah Rukh Khan’s over-ambitious superhero project RA.One received quite a few negative reviews in India. Talking from Los Angeles, where the actor was on tour with his film team until Saturday, he says, seeming rather upset, “I was reading some reviews and they were silly. They are looking into some other aspect of filmmaking.”

Internationally, he claims that the Anubhav Sinha directorial got a great response. “LA Times has carried a fantastic movie review,” he insists, before adding, “We presented the film to a lot of people from Fox (Fox Studios, US) and we spoke to the foreign press on the technical aspect of RA.One. It’s important that we promote this ideology and explain to the world that we can do it.”

Within this week, the actor has travelled to Dubai, London and Toronto, before arriving in the US. His promotional rampage in India too made headlines. But the real challenge he claims to face is “showing the world that India too can make high-tech films.”

And to facilitate the same, he has set up a technically advanced studio in the city, which he used for the postproduction of RA.One. “The good news is that the studio is two or three years ahead of any other. This is the first step in that direction,” says the actor-producer, adding, “This is the time to bring this genre to India. And I have started it. Instead of cribbing, if you want to modernise and make different movies, you have to use this technology.”

Till Friday, RA.One had collected over Rs 60 cr at the box office in India, the film’s spokesperson claims. “I feel relieved to see it open well. I’ve been travelling, so I wasn’t able to follow the figures much. All my partners now feel that they’ll be able to recover their money.”

The film, which also stars Arjun Rampal and Kareena Kapoor, released on Diwali, October 26 and was made for a reported budget of Rs 150 crore. Ask him about the sequel, and he says he’s leaving it all to time: “Let’s see how it fares. It’s lot of hard work. I’m happy how people have responded, despite mixed reports. Once it has come to the fore, I’ll give it a thought.”

Khan will be seen in Farhan Akhtar’s next directorial Don 2 in December, and will start shooting for Yash Chopra’s film in January 2012.

Rajini after the illness struck has been resting silently for the past several months. Now he has done a cameo role in ‘Ra.One’, Shah Rukh Khan most ambitous film.

RA.One was dubbed and released in Tamil as well on Diwali day.

Though Rajni's presence is only for a short time, it seemed enough for the fans to celebrate and enjoy, as it ensured that all is well with Rajini.

“We were very much worried about the health condition of Rajini though it was repeatedly said that he is fine. Only now we are happy to watch him on screen. He has given a rocking performance once again,” said Rajini Anbu - one of Rajni's biggest fans.

The scene for Rajini was created by Shah Rukh Khan and director Anubhav Sinha to pay tribute to Rajini and his legendary character Chitti the Robot.

Ra.One was produced by SRK's Red Chillies entertainment and Eros international.

Kareena Kapoor plays a bold, strong mom in Ra.One, who is at ease in speaking everything crass. You have seen her groove to Chammak Challo, now hear her as the super cool Sonia Subramaniam in Ra.One.

Until now, the promos of ‘Ra.one’ didn’t focus on her character; so here is the new trailer of the film which is surely a delight for all Kareena Kapoor fans.

In the promo, whenever Kareena sees Shahrukh Khan, she gets scared and unleashes a volley of cuss words, which sounds as refreshing as Kareena’s looks in the film. The dialogues read like this, “Tere baap ki…Tere tau ka poda….” She is a bindaas Punjabi girl who doesn’t worry about her lingo or what she is saying. However, her cute kid does remind her of the foul language.

It seems slangs suit Kareena. When she said ‘Tere Ma Ki ..’ while abusing her beau in the movie Jab We Met, audiences were thrilled to watch her in that particular scene. In the movie Golmaal 3, Bebo uttered some newly coined cuss words to the audience’s amusement, and we adored her for her attitude.

Again Kareena gets abusive on big screen but you will surely fall in love with her character! Have a look at this cool trailer where Kareena Kapoor deals with Shahrukh Khan with a slew of fresh abuses.

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A fresh surprise for all those who are eagerly awaiting the Shahrukh Khan starrer ‘Ra.One' produced by Shahrukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment.

Reportedly, Shahrukh's pet project 'Ra.one' starring himself with Kareena Kapoor in the lead role only had cameos by actors Sanjay Dutt and Priyanka Chopra. And now, Superstar Rajinikanth has also been signed on for a guest appearance as a icing on the cake for this superhero flick that is directed by Anubhav Sinha.

About Rajini’s cameo in ‘Ra.One’, an insider disclosed that there will be a scene where Shahrukh will be attacked by the rowdies and it is then when the Superstar will be making his entry. Confirming Rajini’s special appearance in SRK’s pet project, a source said, "In the sequence he will deliver his super-hit dialogue from the film Baashha.”

With 'Ra.one' scheduled for a diwali release, news is that Rajini, who has just recovered from illness, will be shooting for his cameo at Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad, on Oct. 4.

It’s learnt that at the outset, Rajini’s look-alike was approached for this sequence in question. However, later on Shahrukh somehow managed to convince Rajini himself for the cameo in his film.