HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD Now, a Shahrukh Khan Boulevard in Dubai07th Oct 2008 11.00 IST By ApunKaChoice Bollywood icon Shahrukh Khan on Sunday teamed up with a UAE-based real estate firm to launch a USD 2.17 billion signature beachfront residential project in the gulf country. The development project, a tribute by King Khan in response to the love and affection shown by the people of the UAE to Indian cinema, Shah Rukh Khan Boulevard, will be located on the Dana Island in Ras Al Khaimah. 
This is the latest in the series of endorsements and signature developments that are coming up in Dubai with names such as Brad Bitt, Boris Becker and Tiger Woods continuously doing the rounds. SRK will work closely with Los Angeles based architect Tony Ashai in the design concept of the beachfront community comprising 10 residential towers, it was announced during a press conference. Announcing the project with TSA Group, Shah Rukh Khan said, "Indian cinema has enjoyed strong emotional ties with the UAE and Arab cine-goers for decades. The Arab world is Hindi film industry's strongest foreign market. "Shah Rukh Khan Boulevard is my tribute to the love and affection shown by the people of the UAE to Indian cinema. I have lent my name to the project and I intend to share and transfer my passion for design and living spaces into this world class community that residents will be proud of." Scheduled for completion in 2012, Shah Rukh Khan Boulevard will have residences including specially designed studios, and one-and two-bedroom apartments and townhouses. It will also have beachfront features piers and boardwalks besides marine sports and leisure facilities. Related view Shahrukh Khan videos and wallpapers | ALSO READ scoop ~ Terror fallout – Ayesha Takia postpones marriage, Tusshar Kapoor cancels party ~ Slumdog sweeps UK film awards ~ M F Hussain to paint a portrait of Katrina Kaif? ~ Kangana Ranaut wants to look sexy the natural way ~ Britney Spears back with her new album 'Circus' ~ MGR to return in an animation flick ~ Farhan Akhtar to act in a psychological thriller ~ Saif and Kareena to live in together ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Amitabh Bachchan turns down Bill Clinton's invite ~ Jethro Tull, Anoushka concert dedicated to Mumbai terror victims ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Halloween, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Sorry Bhai, Yuvvraaj, Dostana, Dasvidaniya, Golmaal Returns, Fashion, Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi, EMI, Heroes, Roadside Romeo, Kidnap, Drona, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Rang Rasiya , Meerabai Not Out , Horn Ok Pleassss MUSIC Ghajini , Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Chitrangada Singh | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Mandira Bedi | Shahana Goswami | Konkona Sen Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Anushka Sharma | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Vidya Malvade | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | | more... | 
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