Salman Khan celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi festival

This year also the Salman Khan household continued with their tradition of bringing a Ganesh idol to their home Galaxy Apartments in Bandra during the Ganesh festival. Salman's father, Salim Khan started the trend of bringing of Ganpati idol home around more than a decade back and since then every single member of the family participates in the celebrations that lasts in their house for a day and a half. (Click to enlarge images)

















Not many know that the family of Salman Khan celebrate all festivals, that of Muslims, Hindus and Christians. Salman Khan’s father, Salim Khan is the well known script writer of the famous Salim-Javed duo. Salim’s first wife was a Maharashtrian Hindu named Nadkarni who changed her name to Salma after marriage.

A source close to the Khan family told us, "Salman's youngest sister, Arpita, along with Salim Khan mastermind the celebrations and oversee the decorations, which include a lot of exotic flowers, inside the house during the festival.

“They keep Ganpati for one and half days. And Salman is actively involved. No matter how busy he is, he takes off from his schedule to perform Aarti. He loves the concept of celebrating the Ganesh festival which is like a family event for the entire family. Apart from family all close friends attend ganapati puja at Salman’s place,” revealed his friend.

This year too Salman has taken a leave from his shoot and will be at home for Ganesh puja. He adds “Salman makes a point to be at home during the first two days of Ganesh Festival and if he cannot manage an off day on the first day, he takes an off for the immersion of the Lord Ganesha which takes place at Bandra Bandstand.”

Salman's brothers Arbaaz and Sohail and their respective families enthusiastically participate in the festivities.

Salman Khan has decided to stay off alcohol for an entire month in honour of Ganesh Chaturthi and Ramzan. The next 30 days will see Salman Khan leading a healthy lifestyle. Friends say that Sallu decided to quit as soon as his family brought the Ganpati idol this Ganesh Chaturthi to their home in Galaxy Apartment.

Amongst those scheduled to visit Salman’s house for Ganpati this year from the film industry are Mithun Chakraborty, Govinda, David Dhawan, Sajid-Wajid, Subhash Ghai and Boney Kapoor.

Last year, Salman also participated in the special Puja at the famous Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesh Mandal and donated an undisclosed amount.

Shah Rukh Khan with moustache in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Shah Rukh Khan will be seen in a moustache and glasses in his new movie 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'. Shah Rukh Khan will be donning different looks in this film varying from a geek to a crazy lover. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi which marks the return of Aditya Chopra to direction, will be Yashraj Films biggest release of 2008 and will release on December 12th. Bangalore based model Anushka Sharma will be making her debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan. Some of the scenes have been shot at the Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab. King Khan had earlier sported a moustache in films like Paheli, Army and English Babu Desi Mem, but in this movie he is playing a mature role. (Click to enlarge images)

A source says, “Shah Rukh has already shot for in two of the get ups. There is one scene where he plays a geek and his hair is all plastered down. He also sports a small moustache a la Charlie Chaplin with half pants and everything. Similarly for another look his clothes are all flashy and over the top. Then in another look he plays the NRI who is visiting India.”

Apparently his various looks form an integral part of the story, “It’s all been done very well. They aren’t taking the mickey out of anyone else in the industry like the current trend in other films. When Shah Rukh heard about it he was all game but he was quite clear he wanted it done tastefully as he didn’t want to rake any controversy,” adds the source.

There are also reports that Shah Rukh Khan is playing the role of a postal department employee in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, so the curiosity of die-hard SRK fans will only increase till the movie releases.