Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders - Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it)

Kolkata Knight Riders is a franchise of the eight team Indian Premier League. It was bought on January 24, 2008 by King of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with actress Juhi Chawla and her husband, Jai Mehta.

Kolkata Knight Riders is the franchise representing Kolkata in the DLF Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Sourav Ganguly, also the Icon Player for the team and coached by John Buchanan. The name of the team was revealed on March 10, 2008 with an official team unveiling ceremony on March 11, 2008. The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) and the official colours are black and gold.

- Shahrukh Khan -

Khan started out his career appearing in several television serials in the late 1980s. He made his film debut with the commercially successful Deewana (1992). Since then, he has been part of numerous commercial successes, as well as delivering a variety of critically acclaimed performances. During his career years, he has won seven Filmfare Best Actor Awards and has had significant box office success. Films such as Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Chak De India (2007), and Om Shanti Om (2007) were some of Bollywood's biggest hits, while films such as Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), Veer Zaara (2004) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) have been hits in the overseas market. Since 2000, Khan branched out into film production and television presenting as well.

Red Chillies Entertainment is a Production Company owned by Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan. Apart from production it also has a state-of-art visual effects studio known as Red Chillies VFX.

On January 7, 2000 Shahrukh Khan along with Juhi Chawla and Aziz Mirza launched their new film Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani under their new production banner Dreamz Unlimited. The film was not successful as it lost the competition to Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai starring debutant Hrithik Roshan. Shahrukh Khan facing a loss tried his hand with another film Asoka in 2001 which was produced by Arclightz And Films a new banner created by Shahrukh and Juhi Chawla. But due to its historical story and too much intellectual content, the film resulted was also a failure at the box office.

Shahrukh took a break from production and concentrated solely on his acting career. In 2003 Shahrukh revived his Dreamz Unlimited banner with Aziz and Juhi and launched his film Chalte Chalte starring Shahrukh himself and Rani Mukerji who replaced Aishwarya Rai. The film was successful at the box office. In 2004, choreographer Farah Khan who was also a good friend of Shahrukh decided to direct a film with him. Shahrukh then conceived and created Red Chillies Entertainment with his wife Gauri Khan, who became producer of the first production Main Hoon Na. This film became a huge success in box office.

In 2005 Red Chillies produced Paheli which was not commercially successful but gained India's official entry to Academy Awards but lost in selection round. In 2007 their most anticipated project Om Shanti Om was launched on November 9. This film did very well in cinemas in both India and abroad, and is their highest-grossing film to date. Recently Red Chillies introduced and bought Kolkata Knight Riders Cricket franchise in BCCI new venture Indian Premier League.