“There are only two Khans…Genghis Khan and Shahrukh Khan…There’s no other Khan,” said Shahrukh Khan at the Tag Heur Don party in a seven star hotel in Mumbai. SRK knows how to promote himself and no wonder he continues to remain the badshah of Box Office. The question asked by an overzealous journo was asked in response to Salman Khan applauding ‘Don’ at ‘Jaaneman’ party. “I am looking forward to ‘Don’ as my father had co-written the film,” Salman had said.

The news channels are already in an overdrive comparing Shahrukh with Amitabh Bachchan’s original and now with Sallu. In a Star News survey yesterday, Salman beat SRk by a 55/45 percentage of SMS voting in an impromptu popularity poll. Shahrukh continues to be the biggest draw abroad while Salman rules the hearts of masses in India. Sallu Khan’s reach is massive overseas as well. In other words, this Diwali, it’s going to be a stiff competition between two heartthrobs. Trade analysts are saying that both the films are going to be having an 80% opening and if both had released separately, the collections would have been 100%. Nevertheless, with a long Diwali weekend followed by Eid on 25^th October, the ticket counters shall continue to sizzle.

So, who will take the cake this Diwali remains to be seen…King Khan SRK, Sallu-Akshay or will Munnabhai Sanjay continue to enjoy public patronage especially when the film has been made tax free. These are exciting times for Bollywood.