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King Khan extends his empire to Poland
28th Sept 2005 09.04 IST
By ApunKaChoice Bureau

He is not called the King Khan for nothing. If there is someone who rules Bollywood by sheer popularity and mass appeal, it is Shah Rukh Khan . And the King Khan has extended his empire to Poland.

Recently, we told you that from 23-25 September, a festival of Indian films in the Polish capital Warsaw is being organized. Titled "Ticket to Bollywood", the event is a joint- initiative of the Indian Embassy in Poland and Gutek Film, in cooperation with the Indian Ministry of External Affairs and the Directorate of Film Festival, New Delhi.

The films screened during the three-day festival included all-time classics such as 'Awara', 'Pather Panchali', and ‘Salaam Bombay’.

But it were SRK’s films that drew the maximum attention and crowds.

SRK’s three blockbusters, Kal Ho Na Ho , Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Main Hoon Na won over the young Warsovians, who were clapping and dancing whenever SRK came on the screen. It's the time to disco and Mahi ve - songs from Kal Ho Na Ho - were big hits.

"We are all intoxicated with Bollywood and this hangover will last for a much longer time to come," said Gaberila Krzyzowska, an Indophile.

"For us Bollywood is a windfall and we started our distribution with Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham in January and now we would like to exhibit all the important main films of Shah Rukh Khan. He is becoming a new icon in Poland," said a representative of the Gutak films, the Polish distributor and organiser of the festival.

Indian Ambassador to Poland Anil Wadhwa, who was instrumental in organising the festival, said Bollywood could be the medium to tell the world about 21st century India.

"Let the mountain come to Mohammad... we Indians have to take more initiatives to tell to the rest of the world what we are doing in the 21st century. Let Poland be the first country in the Eastern Europe to get a feel of modern India," Wadhwa told a news agency at the conclusion of the festival on Sunday.

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