Bollywood and Cricket, two of the countries biggest passions have now officially come together. Some of bollywood’s biggest stars have bid mega bucks and won at an auction of city franchises of the Indian Premier League, the BCCI’s (Indian cricket board) mega-hyped Twenty-Twenty competition. Shahrukh Khan along with good friend and actress Juhi Chawala and her husband Jai Mehta won the Kolkatta team with a bid of $75.09 million.
Preity Zinta and beau Ness Wadia won the Mohali team with a bid of $76 million. There were several other groups who bid and won different teams.Shahrukh Khan was very happy to win the Kolkatta team and said “I have already decided on the entertainment part but we have not decided on the core and content of the team. We want to put together a winning combination, for which I would definitely seek advice of the experts.”
Shahrukh has now already started making plans for his team. SRK has decided to give his Kolkata team a new look with designer uniforms designed by her favorite designer Anahita Shroff. He has also appointed Vishal-Shekhar to compose a song which has a lot of punch and a winner attitude.
Vishal confirms the news saying “Yes, we met Mr. Khan recently. We have been given about a month’s time to get a tune ready for his IPL team. We’ve been told that the tune should be one that represents a winner.”
