Shah Rukh, Ra One and the F1

The much hyped super hero movie Ra One seems to be one hell of a concoction of the kings from three worlds: King Khan of Bollywood, racing King Michael Schumacher (though he is not acting in the movie but will be a part in the promotions) and the Formula One World Championship. How these three are related? Well, read on…

If sources are to be believed, SRK is planning a venture with the Formula One World Championship to promote his movie Ra One during the coming Grand Prix in Greater Noida; when India prepares to host it's first ever Grand Prix. 

The actor is in talks and it is assumed that the racing king Michael Schumacher will drive around in his car with Ra One emblazoned across it. Also, according to the current programs that are being formulated, Shah Rukh wants the cars participating in the Grand Prix to sport Ra.One logos.

We call him king of racing because it was twenty years ago, a lanky young man stepped into Jordan’s car number 32 in the Belgian Grand Prix and went on to rewrite Formula One history and booked his place as probably the greatest driver of all-time. Michael Schumacher spent 11 of those two decades with Ferrari and ended up with seven World Championship titles.

Another super-car movie that I can recall was the Ajay Devgan and Ayesha Takia starrer, Tarzan, the Wonder Car; sadly the car could do no wonders to make the movie a hit. Hope Michael does some wonders for SRK!

Coming back to Ra One, the actor will be seen sporting a very similar bike, the bat-pod used by Christian Bale in the Batman movie, The Dark Knight. But will SRK be able to create the same magic? Well, the movie releases on Diwali, so we need to wait and watch if SRK goes vrooming around with all his super-hero efforts or will he be best suited as a die-hard romantic icon only.