Shah Rukh Khan turns 61 with King’s first song, Michael Mann hurt at a gun range, and Ramayana pre-sales pass ₹56 crore

Shah Rukh Khan marked his 61st birthday on 2 November by releasing Tu Mil Jaaye, the first song from King, at midnight. The track reunites him with Deepika Padukone and was composed by Sachin-Jigar, with vocals by Arijit Singh and Madhubanti Bagchi, lyrics by Kumaar and an English rap written and performed by Ed Sheeran, India Today and The Hindu reported. Sharing it, Shah Rukh wrote: “Yeh Daur Ishq ka Naseeb Waalon ko milta hai... Jahan Barood ki Khushboo mein Gulab khilta hai... Of Love and other Battles....This December.” Directed by Siddharth Anand, King is dated for 24 December. India Today also repeated the Bollywood Hungama report that Anirudh Ravichander has left the film, with Sachin-Jigar handling the songs and score; the makers have not confirmed it.

There was no midnight balcony greeting at Mannat this year. With his Bandra home under reconstruction, Shah Rukh skipped his usual appearance for the fans who gathered outside, and a handwritten note from him was shown on a giant screen instead, Filmibeat reported.

Ramayana: Part One, out on 5 November, keeps growing in pre-sales. Sacnilk’s tracker, updated at 5:20 pm IST on 2 November, puts its India advance bookings at ₹56.88 crore gross across the opening days on sale (₹46.11 crore without seats blocked by cinemas), from about 13.5 lakh tickets. Opening day alone accounts for ₹27.58 crore. Hindi makes up about 84% of the total. These are advance sales, not box office.

Ajay Devgn has been shooting Neeraj Yadav’s action drama Chauhaan in Kargil, Ladakh, where he plays an Army officer with salt-and-pepper hair and a leaner build, mid-day reported, sharing a picture from the set. The first schedule wrapped on 25 October.

Actor Imran Khan, a US citizen who holds an Overseas Citizen of India card, gave the Bombay High Court an unconditional apology and an undertaking over joining protests in Mumbai against the voter-roll revision, after the court said he had no right to criticise the country as an OCI cardholder. The court has kept the authorities’ notice asking him to leave India on hold until 7 December, the Indian Express reported.

In Hollywood, director Michael Mann, 83, was briefly treated in hospital after a gun accidentally went off in its holster at a Los Angeles shooting range on Saturday 31 October. “A weapon accidentally discharged while holstered, resulting in a superficial injury to film director Michael Mann,” his representative said, adding that he was being released, the Los Angeles Times reported. The LAPD told NBC News the shooting was accidental. Mann, known for Heat and Collateral, is developing Heat 2.

Suki Waterhouse told the Sunday Times that she and Robert Pattinson have not married yet, despite rumours, and that any wedding would be “all or nothing”: “If we were going to go for it we’d have a massive party, blow it out,” she said, as reported by Page Six. The couple have been together since 2018 and have a daughter, born in 2024.

On Pakistani television, viewers of Mitti De Baway have been praising its period detail after Mahira Khan’s character Billo was seen with a 1990s wireless phone carrying the Mobilink name, 24 News reported. The Green Entertainment serial, written by Faiza Iftikhar and directed by Syed Wajahat Hussain, also stars Wahaj Ali. And actor Merub Ali told Hasan Chaudhary’s show Buzz that social media has been good for the industry because it brought in talent such as Dananeer Mobeen, her co-star in Sinf-e-Ahan, and Romaisa Khan, Images by Dawn reported.