The Phenomenon called Shah Rukh Khan
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The Phenomenon called SRK
The first memory of Shah Rukh that I have is something that is far from flattering. I was at a boarding school, and on our weekly television viewing sessions, we watched perhaps the ugliest of heroes being bumped around in a bus (or was it a train?) by a group of girls, led by someone who seemed to be hell bent on copying Sridevi.
Later we found out the name of the movie in question – Chamatkar – and the names of the ugly hero and the Sridevish heroine – Shah Rukh Khan and Urmila Matondkar.
Much later, Shah Rukh Khan was associated with the sweet tele serials, Circus and Fauji – though to be honest I don’t remember much of either. In school we were more hooked on to Oshin.
But I definitely remembered how we booed and guffawed every time Shah Rukh was on the telly. Those were the days of Akshay Kumar. Khiladi had released some six months before Chamatkar, and Akshay Kumar with his muscles had hijacked the fantasy of everyone between 9 and 19. When you are a mere 10-12 year old, acting capabilities were the last thing you looked for!
Shah Rukh came and was soon forgotten. To be honest, he didn’t even merit being forgotten – he was never remembered or even noticed in the first place. Don’t know about others, but it certainly holds true for girls.
A year later, and it was a different story altogether. Baazigar and Darr made sure that Shah Rukh arrive and stay put! Suddenly the obsessive lover of Darr was every girl’s dream man. It’s another story that Shah Rukh somehow never managed to let go his K-K-K-K-Kiran stammer even 15 years down the line!
If Shah Rukh failed to win some stubborn hearts with his turn as the villain, he made sure that he conquered them all in collaboration with the Chopras. DDLJ established his star status, and Dil to Pagal Hai and Ghai’s Pardes made sure that he remained on that elevated pedestal! Of course friends Karan Johar and Farah Khan have only put in their heart and soul to raise the pedestal further up!
Needless to say, Shah Rukh is the biggest star on the horizon of Indian Cinema today (do I hear howls of protest from the fans of Big B?). And he is proud of it and admits it every single time. This I think is his greatest charm – his outright in-your-face-I-am-the-best attitude!
Shah Rukh has no false modesty about him. He knows his super star status and acknowledges it. He knows he is an icon and admits it. Unlike Big B for example. Who as soon as the media attention is focused on him, reverts with some unbelievable comment about how his super star status embarrasses him, and how he is not at all a good actor, on how he is grateful to friend Yash Chopra for giving him a small role, and here’s the best one – on how grateful he feels because film makers still think of casting him!!!! Mr. Bachchan, do we always have to prostrate ourselves in front of you and tell you that you are the greatest ever?
Shah Rukh thankfully is refreshingly different. I recently read an interview, in which the interviewer asked Shah Rukh, whether he had bought the IPL Kolkata Team for publicity. Shah Rukh’s answer? “I am SRK. I am Publicity”!!!
This from another actor might have made you raise your eyebrows and wonder at the complacency of people. But coming from Shah Rukh, all you do is smile and say, that’s SRK for you!
Shah Rukh cracks jokes at all and sundry, but then again possesses the remarkable ability to laugh at himself and his faults. He knows his limits and openly admits to his vices. He knows he is not a great actor, not a great dancer, not even good looking, but at the same time he also knows that despite this ‘he’ is the best.
It often amazes me that whenever people criticize Shah Rukh, they end up comparing him to Aamir, Hrithik and the Big B, more so the latter two. Big B is well into the second phase of his career with a huge body of work already behind him. It is silly to compare the two. Sillier still is the comparison with Hrithik. Hrithik is young and has just begun; he still has a long way to go. And further, let us not forget that Hrithik came into the industry with the backing of his father, the looks and the physique of a Greek God, and a boneless body to boot!
The only name that merits comparison is Aamir Khan. But Shah Rukh has admitted time and again that Aamir is decidedly a better actor. So there!
To be fair to Shah Rukh, he is trying his best to catch up with Aamir – though that is a tall order! Swades and Chak De, India! are the small tentative steps towards that direction.
Despite the critics who love to tear down Shah Rukh, one has to admit that he is a phenomenon unto himself. Everything he does has his personal stamp on it. He knows he is the best, but he has no illusions about himself. He admits that he has achieved what he has through sheer grit and hard work, and this is what perhaps makes him hungry for more.
I only hope that his hunger is never satiated, because the day the King loses his appetite, Indian Cinema would lose quite some of its flavor.
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i didnt know you were a SRK fan
evidently u are , so …;) i wont comment nethin this time…
just have one thing to say….it is silly to say that comparison between two actors is silly..even if one has been acting all his life and the other might have just finished his or her first movie…Tushar kapoor has appeared in more movies than randhir kapoor but everybody knows who is the better actor….so ‘ a large body of work’ is a sorry excuse….and my biggest problem with SRK is that even though he is so intelligent and well-read he has failed to give back to the industry that has made him such a big star….he should now stop doing crapfests like OSO and dancing at weddings…WHERE IS HIS INTEGRITY….SWADES was a notable exception…
@Medha,
(1) Fauzi, Doosra Keval, Circus etc were done by SRK in 1988-89-90 phase and Chamtkar was released in 1992. in between he had done Mani Kaul’s Idiot.
(2)Without any doubt SRK is a phenomenon. Less than phenomenon, cant achieve such success. His luck should be given enough credit.
(3) He is a marketing brain also. When he has earned fans on his outspokenness also then it suggests he does whatever promotes him. Good thing.
(4) Can SRK before the TV camera be different than off camera? Do we have to believe that all his so called frank talks will be going on when cameras are off and he is sitting with Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan like seniors? He is quite civilized, he will not do it, but on the camera and he may do it also under the cover of comedy or funny things.
It may be different time, different education and different traditional values which stop Big B to admit about his big status.
Perhaps you have never seen any interview of Dilip saab.
Its funny to see you yourself are comparing both the actors who belong to different generations and then you want to stop others
To compare with oldies, we will have to wait till his stardom fades down. When one is shining then everything associated with him looks good.
(5) Without any doubt he has sharpest mind among actors of his generation, he is intelligent and at the same time very practical also. He has no illusion about his doings. He has talent to paint a justified sketch of whatever he does or says.
(6) and he must know how to maintain good relations.
(7) as luck is favouring him so he is expanding his business outside the films also. He knows from where profit can be taken. He is passing through Midasian phase.
(8) He is very hard working, intelligent and continuous efforts often bring success inspite of not having best talent.
(9) He knows his power in present time and he knows when to show it and where.
(10) He has established his independent image. He is no more dependent on anybody in Film Industry and he makes it clear through his Interview. Though nobody objects his sayings because of his way of sayings and his status.
(11) He knows value of Media and media seldom writes anything against him.
(12) Its too early to evaluate him on overall basis, because when he started he acted in different films, and he was seen as promising actor and lately (after DDLJ) he has been doing only one kind of roles. now when his position is very strong, he may again start doing different roles. He is the one (besides Aamir Khan and Hritik Roshan), who has capacity to change the face of hindi films. His name draws collection and he can help in bringing quality in contents and treatment of the films.
Then he will be giving back some portion out of enormous wealth he has generated from films.
shahrukh is a phenomenon
he has the karishma
he is sharp, witty
he is the hero of a generation
as big b was
just one little lack
if shahrukh would have a little more integrity
he plays for the gallery tad too much
amitabh replaced rajesh khanna
shahrukh replaced amitabh
but only in the box office
a king never announce that he is the king
a king is there and you know
without any word from him
that he is the king
if a king announces all the time
that he is the king, he is the king
the impact is lost
his i am the best attitude may have been right at the start of his carrier
but now it is grossly over done
he should have grown, mellowed
soon his i am best attitude will start to look obscure, and annoying
and he will deliberately be forgotten just because of his not mellowing with time.
who knows may the next generation will sill has to be content with amitabh
because the next box office phenomenon (shahrukh) was not up to the mark.
Vishrant,
“I am the best” Is SRK’s joke with others specially with media people. Do you think he says it seriusly?
He may say it before mirror in early morning to motivate him but what he reiterate before media is simply a joke, he entertains foolish media people with such jokes. Everybody asks same kind of questions and many go there without any preparation. what a person will say?90-95% journalists ask similar questions.
sharuk kan has karishma
sharuk kan has revina
sharuk kan has shilpa
etc etc…
rk
i don’t know
he says it seriously or as a joke
but i know him through media
b-(
surely, you know through media like everybodyelse.
But dont you believe understanding of masses- people dont bear egoistic statements, arrogant attitude, as then it does not matter how big status one is cherishing, one small slip and people show the real status.
and film stars are not even political leaders that may remain in power for 5 years once chosen.;)
Even Himesh has fans and is considered a craze in this world of advertisement and promotions. I admire Shahrukh for his sheer energy and spontaneity. Other than that he is a big zero in my eyes. Comparing him with AB or DK, is a crime.
I am not a big SRK fan but undoubtedly he is the most intelligent, smartest and sharpest guy in bollywood, comparable only to aamir khan.Love his interviews, man!! he talks really great. Call him just a silly smartass…yes he is.But how many people can work on that to become an iconic star?.He tried his luck in bollywood at a time when average looks were rarely entertained, and the only average looking guy as successful as him being Bachhan himself.
About being calling himself the best, just one of his clever media stunts to make people talk about him. Like we, at PFC, doing right now!! Thats where he is successful. And he deserves it.
in its early stages
cinema was not something that was respected in society.
it was looked down by the society.
manoranjan bhand karte hain
phir dilip kumar aaye
big b aaye
inhone ne cinema ko izzat dilayee
shahrukh ne phir usko bhandgiri bana diya
>:)
I could say it better.:)
@Anica
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what kind of izzat did dilip kumar and amitabh gave to hindi films? when we will get over this “golden age” hangover? Overrated, melodramatic films became huge hit not for their qualities but for the lack it; there were no other better entertainment around. No quality films apart from few mavericks like Satyajit Ray.
Dilip Kumar, Amitabh and Shah Rukh does the same thing, churn out shallow entertainment to reach maximum number of people, albeit in different forms just because the times are different.
@Rudro (10),
When SRK came then who was good looking hero working in films?
Anil Kapoor, Jacky Shroff, Govinda, Chankey Pande????????????????
They were not average looking guys?????????
Before that did you miss Shatrughan Sinha, (AB you have mentioned),
Before that did you miss Dilip Kumar-
Are these guys good looking?
How long this myth of average looking heros will be carried by cine buffs like you?
—
(14) There were no cinema halls where your grand father, father lived in their times or you never got a chance to talk to them about films of their time?
How they made films hit. were they not smart audience like you?;)
Shah rukh and I? we’re just good friends.
Aaj ke market-age main gadhe ko bhee ghodaa banaa ke becha jaa sakta hai…I bet nobody knows it better than SRK himself…and I fully agree that he’s the best ghodaa we have today.
SRK A Phenomenon, I agree. I totally agree.He has acheived the heights that he surely is a phenomenon.There is something in him that causes us like him.He is not a good dancer, but i like his steps.I dont like his emotional scenes but lies his comedy.So everyone likes one or the other thing of his.And there are some like you, who likes each and everything of his.
I agrre when u say that he is biggest star now a days.Sometime I look for the reason for that, but I find this a big puzzle.Though, surely he a great star.
But it will be good to shed some wrong notions about him.He is a shrwed person and knows the present(and future) very well.In one of the interview(in Koffee With Karan), he said that he dont blame media for anything.Even if media is creating some bad rumors about him, coz this is what ‘WE’(Cine people) opted for.We all need limelights, we all need attentions.This clearly shows his brain.
About his admitting his star status:He knows that his die hard fans are going to love it this way.He knows how to use media.And Amitabh not admitting it, because he is really humble.Thats why he recites his father’s poem at places rather than dialogs of his movies.Now dont say that there is no need to compare the two, there is, bacause SRK himself does that.Otherwise what’s the need of him saying “Don ko pakadanaa….” dialog where Amitabh is also present?He was not even closer to AB in DON, and this dialog belongs to AB more than it belongs to SRK.He, when was on Hot Seat in KBC, when AB was the host, himself has compared himself to AB.
I am bound to compare with Hritik, when you say “backing of father,looks and the physique of a Greek God,boneless body to boot”..these things r not god gifted.u work hard make ur body look like iron and still dance like a boneless.
He still has to prove his active mettle.He was once great in Bazigar/darr, then in DDLJ and lately in Swadesh.I beg evevrybody’s pardon saying that I dont term ChakDe as a great acting.He was just restraint, no mannerism.People just liked it.But there was a lot of charactor in Kabir Khan, which SRK clearly cud not depict.He cud not carry his pain thru out the movie.At times he looked pensive, at time angery, at times just a coach, never the whole-some ‘Kabir Khan’.
He knows what is good and what is bad to be best in business.He is friendly with all great directors/producers,never had any issues with them.Never, even in his jokes, he has never made any comments about any powers of industry.Why his sense of humor does not work there?
He is a practical person, who has acheived heights with hard work, some abilities and lot of luck.He will go even heigher in star-status, for sure.But, I am sure, that he will fail to deliver a BLACK when 65, as he failed to deliver a DON at 40+.
So hail him, but dont pretend ‘not’ to compare with others, when actually comparing him in pretext of not doing it.If he can not be compared to AB,Hritik and Amir, them whome shud he be compared to??Darsheel Safary?
Love SRK, as he is a great entertainer.He has his share of making Indian cinema global.Hail him for that.Hail him as biggest star of present.Hail his good works and abilities.But be realistic and un-biased.
Thankyou…
Oh those filmfare awards… what was that about! Cheap cheap cheap.
One of our screenwriting profs hammered something into our heads.. for every production, whether it be for Film, TV, Stage or Street, you NEED to understand 2 elements: Audience and Purpose.
Shahrukh knows his audience very well. He knows the purpose for which he is out there (be it in a film like OSO, or CDI, or an interview promoting an upcoming film, or for his IPL team). He understands how to adjust himself, and his performance, to various circumstances and how to present himself in such a way that it gels with what he’s trying to accomplish.
He stays completely in control of the situation, and THIS is what I attribute his super-success to. The fact that he’s intelligent, witty, charismatic and amazingly confident while somehow managing to stay humble in his own way (not seeming to take himself too seriously, laughing at himself, displaying normal down-to-earth values and thus relatibility) these are all bonus features SRK possesses and only adds to his “phenomenon”.
I’ll say this though, if he hadn’t proven himself as an actor in Kabhi Haan Kabhie Naa, DDLJ, Dil Se, Swades and Chak De India, he wouldn’t have nearly as much credibility that he has now. So let’s not take that away from him.
BTW Medha, nice article, an interesting perspective for sure. My first SRK movie was Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman.. loved it, and thought “this guy’s got a future”. No, he wasn’t the actor that an Anil Kapoor or Aamir Khan was… but he was different… he had an altogether different energy, different charisma.
RK: As usual Guruji (may I call you Guruji?) some great points and insight.
One thing I’d like to add. I believe ShahRukh has mananged to do what Shatrugan Sinha had success done years earlier and that’s seperate himself from he pack and stand out.
Just before Chak De India had released I had shared a story about my impressions when I met and spent a few days around Shahrukh in 1996:
“… I spent a number of days on the set of Pardes back in Sept of 1996. This is right after DDLJ was declared one of the biggest hits of all time, a classic, etc. I found Shahrukh to be very down to earth
common man
shahrukh is no longer the biggest star
undoubtedly it is akshay kumar man….
Only he can turn crap like welcome and bhagam bhag into huge hits. I feel the way he connects with the masses..no one else does.
As for shahrukh..he is a lesson in marketing and how to turn OSO kinda films into gold but akshay turn rubbish into gold without even marketing so isnt akshay easily the biggest star?
this is like SRK mahinman strot…
shahrukh khan was good actor in days of kabhi haan kabhi naa and then became average in days of ddlj and becoming worst in days of OSO.
and pls. don’t compare him with AB.
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I think (based on interviews and documentaries) SRK knows what he wants to do irrespective of others trying to strait-jacket him.
He has said so many times in the interview that he is here to entertain, nothing more, nothing less. And whatever it takes to entertain.
For folks expecting some other thing from SRK are going to get disappointed. For folks who have different sensibilities may also get offended by his entertainment.
Some may attribute SRK phenomenon to charisma, energy, wit, performance, mass appeal etc and some may attribute it to “media made” image.
Like it or not, we always love to compare so he will be compared with Dilip Kumar, AB, Aamir, Hritik, Salman, Shahid, and now Darshil.
So its all cool as long as they compare SRK with some one
As some one said long back, you cannot explain SRK phenomenon, you can only experience it!
The quality and the body of work done by AB (even till his 40s) is far more superior to what SRK has achieved. SRK may be the number 1 today but during his days, AB was rated as no. 1 to 10.
ok let’s get dwn 2 business!
@Avijit: yes i stil believe comparisons between 2 actors is silly - evn if u compare Tushar Kapoor n Ranbir Kapoor. two actors have two very different styles of emoting or not emoting for that matter, so hw d hell can u compare??
@RK: i’m nt comparin AB n SRK. i said its silly 2 compare them. n yes, i do compare them not on their actin abilities, but on the way they handle their individual selves in relation 2 d media.
@Vishrant: hello?? SRK nt mellowin wth tym - ok granted - maybe nt always - xceptions do nt count. bt den u want me 2 belive that AB mellowed wth tym?? ha! seems u’v 4gotten Jadugar, Lal Badshah, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, etc. etc.
@Abhishek: SRK was nt even close 2 AB in Don - sure i agree - he was refreshingly different. he was style personified in Don - the meanness, the evil glint in his eyes, the cool as a cucumber attitude was all so delightfully delicious!
@Nikunj: sure Akshay is a big star, but i bet u nt bigger than SRK. can u imagine midless films lyk Main Hoon Na n OSO evn comin close 2 being a success wthout d mighty Khan - if u can, den hats off!
@Shailesh: hey dats wot i said in d 1st plc - don compare SRK wth AB.
with due respect to Rajendra kumar; he gave 25 consecutive silver jubilee hits. but can u consider him bigger actor/star than dilip kumar/raj kapoor/dev anand/ AB?
and for jaadugar, lal badshah… AB was the best part of those movies.
@vishesh
No doubt srk is a big star but if one simply compares his film to akshay’s or hritik’s than u can identify a few trends.
1. Srk goes all out promote his film..nothing wrong wit that but he does it desperately…it stinks of insecurity
2. Akshay, Hritik and Aamir dont do half as much as Srk does and Akshay’s Welcom makes 75 crores, Hritik’s Jodha Akbar has crosses 50 crores and is going strong and Aamir’s TZP has made 65 crores
3. Now Srk’s OSO after all the jargon has made 90 crores
My point is just wait till tashan or ghajini release and theyll surpass OSO in probably a week
@Shailesh: plz…. spare AB d humiliation of sayin dat he was d best part of Jadugar n Lal Badshah! he looked miserable n out of plc in both dese movoies! as he did in movies lyk Ajooba, Toofan, Sooryavansham, n Boom. jst coz he is Amitabh Bachchan dsnt mean dat u worship d ground he walks on.
n b4 u start bombardin me wth SRK movies lyk Ram Jaane n d lyks, let me tell u dat neither do i worship d ground dat SRK walks on.
@ medha- see the point is that AB had not screwed up any of the movie like jaadugar, toofan, laal badshah. apart from his age…u can not question about his performance in those films.
and for Ashoka, Raam Jaane and many more… SRK was sole resposible for screwing up those movies.
i am not saying that SRK is bad actor.. but not a great actor. he is star only.
@medha
Nice article..but..
“he was refreshingly different. he was style personified in Don - the meanness, the evil glint in his eyes, the cool as a cucumber attitude was all so delightfully delicious!”
boy u do worship the ground he walks on !!
and it’s not fair to talk of AB in Lal Badshah, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Sooryavansham (god that was awfull wasnt it!!), etc coz the financial mess that he was in, he just did whatever movie came in his way to get out of the hole.
The main thing I admire about SRK is that even his non filmi activities are well thought out and etched out. He seems to head in a direction of not requiring his acting abilities alone to rake in the moolah. This is one thing that not many stars have successfully achieved.
@Shailesh: SRK did nt screw up Asoka - blame d director 4 takin a giant leap into the 21st century wth Asoka. n if u found AB’s preformance (!!!) in Lal Badshah, Jadugar, n (horror of horrors) Toofan good, den i rest my case!
@Sudhir: u got dat wrong - i admire SRK nt wrship him. had i wrshipped him i would’v praised him 2 d skies 4 d nonsensical stf lyk OSO, Main Hoon Na, Ram Jaane, n countless odrs. I admire d guy 4 wot he is n his i-gv-a-damn attitude 2 his cynics.
i know jaadugar, toofan were not so good movies. i also did not like much. but i am firmed on the point that if the film made some money; it was because of AB, his performance and presence only.
@ rohan (29):
For 1:
I don’t think it is a sense of insecurity per se when he goes around marketing. Of course, you are open to a different interpretation. For OSO, he was competing with 800-pound Sony Pictures. He had to be aggressive.
For 2 and 3: I think its difference of 15 crores (domestic) minimum, its as good as financing another movie
On a side note:Welcome was always suppose to take a bigger opening than TZP but in OSO-Sawariya it was a tough fight for the opening weekend.
On another side note: Chak De India had no publicity yet it earned 65 crores.
For Tashan, Ghajini et al, yes, they may and they may not earn more money. OSO was already sold for 75 crores to Eros (reportedly) so it was imperative that all the distributors profit from the venture.
SRK helps in that way that he goes full ballast to make sure that nobody suffers in his movie.
See that another point I want to raise:
With SRK, he is compared for box-office performances, he is compared for acting prowess, he is compared with yesteryear legends.
So SRK is the reference for most of the comparison, if you try to hold my viewpoint.
I have never seen Akshay compared with Amir or Amir with Dilip Kumar or even Big B.
I think that says a lot about SRK - the phenomenon.
As again, acting is very subjective matter and difficult to come to a common minimum check list to know what constitute a good acting.
Ha ha! I cant believe this has turned into yet another Amitabh bersus SRK debate! But Medha, I loved this one! I completely love SRK for the man that he is. To hell with his cynics! I know there are many better actors in the industry.. And yet he is bigger than most of them in star power. THAT is SRK! I know Aamir is the better actor, Mr. Bachchan is the bigger superstar, Hrithik is far younger.. But what the heck?! I still love him! I love Aamir and Mr. Bachchan too, strictly for their work. But some people you love for reasons that go beyond their core area of work. And that’s the way I admire SRK. I love his unapologetic attitude. It’s ok to like a popular figure. Why do we hesitate in accepting we like him?? I wonder..
And why dont we happily accept the fact that we have a smart guy between us, who is intelligent, an above average actor (No big deal if half the world disagrees), a kickass marketer, witty and someone who knows his way around in the industry and the world?? He is so well read and his interviews are always so much fun! His sharp humour may not go down well with most people but that’s ok.. He is a phenomenon, and there wont be another such complete entertainer for a long, long time.. And yes, if his sense of humour does not appeal to one’s sensibilities, the “Turn Off” button is always there!
he is well read
=))
i didn’t question any things claimed in favor of shahrukh
i enjoy his interviews
he is the only man who can stand his ground in front of cyrus brocha
just one little complaint
integrity
and it matters
=:)
His success has always been a function of his personality more than anything else.. And he has been smart enuf to re-invent himself in accordance with the demands of the media..
But there is a bigger thing abt gr8 actors..
Like Robert De Niro once said “Don’t talk it away….. do it”
@Vishrant: wot xctly is ur definition of ‘integrity’?
(1)Medha and all others who use SMS style,
Will they discuss it with objectiveity or detachment?:)
a request, if it goes well with you guys,
could you please write proper full forms of the words. Let “The” be “The” and dont make it “D”.
(2) Shahrukh can not be given benefit of doubt over Santosh Sivan for a bad film like Ashoka because he was producer of the film also and when he produces a film he controls most of the things. If knowingly he gave green signal to such treatment to the subject then it questions his wisdom in idenitifying a script. He was faulty there. He made it very clear in case of Amol Palekar’s Paheli that he is producer and his say will be heard more than Directors. Amol Palekar could not direct songs as he wanted to. Its very naive (with such strong producer like SRK) that only Santosh Sivan affected quality of Ashoka.
(3)Vishesh(35) Akshay Kumar is doing his job silently. He may not have that friendly relation with media as SRK has. It has always been giving an edge to SRK because it brings good impression when one is compared with DK or AB.
Compare him with Biswajit, Manoj Kumar or Uttam Kumar(in hindi films) SRK will start getting irritation after 3-4 interviews.
Even Bengali audience will be furious to discuss if its said SRK is far better or atleast more versatile actor than Uttam Kumar
@Tony(21),
Let time speaks. Lets see what Aryan (Shahrukh) Khan does in future?
Will he write his name Aryan Khan or will he add “Shahrukh” in between his first name and family name?
Will he listen to his Dad’s suggestion to outsiders? or will he will be introduced to films with big hulla gulla that he himself has chosen film career?
Lets see.
4get Shahrukh.!!! I notice that Anurag kashyap isnt posting on PFC nowadays. Also he is making friends now with people who he once bashed badly over here wid his words… I guess he now realised dat posting here harmed him a lot in terms of relations with other indusrty makers . Also he realised ki usne yahaan bahut chutya bana liya doosron ko wid his blabbering and arrogant self-praising as a different and gr8 director…. It all started when black friday became a hit and ppl started praising him.. it went to his head and he started parising himself much more and denouncing others…. so sad his no smoking exposed him as just a stupid director who made a mish-mash of every cinematic technique dat he copied from films cine-gr8s like scorcese etc.. but now he is kissing and hugging and making up wid all those whom he considered a shame 2 industry sometime back [read KJO, farah khan etc]
So it a case of loosing the soul to survive just like he showed it in his movie No Smoking where K lost his soul …. ??
and now as per pfc rule he shouldve been posting atleats once a month, which he is not…. can now PFC ban him and run widout d person who gave this site free publicity …
@Hopesh Gureja,
(1) there is no such rule at PFC that active Directors present here should write a post a month. This rule is for PFC authors and not for invited authors.
Perhaps you have managed to avoid the fact that not only Anurag but many other directors are not writing. and they never wrote continuously. Whenever they get time, they write.
(2) As you are informing people that Anurag is making good relations with Karan and Farah, then its a good thing for film industry. People from different school of film making should unite time to time for different projects. Thats a progressive step. Perhaps you took impression that there is personal enmity between professionals. Like politics professionals too cant afford personal enmity and if it exists then its temporary.
and nothing happens from one side. It cant happen that only Anurag is making friends. Relationship happens from both sides. Other sides will also be accepting him and his kind of talent.
PFC is not to increase rift among artists but to provide platform for bringing quality in the field.
Thanks for giving us a good news that hindi cinema is enjoying bonhomie these days.
If its true then thanks to Anurag, Karan and Farah etc whoever is busy in such good thing.:)
@Hopesh Gureja
Re: your saying “can now PFC ban him and run widout d person who gave this site free publicity
RK…….:) you opened my eyes… i am very sorry for my negative comment.
I am a regular PFC reader and a big fan.. its just that i am missing anurag kashyap
@Hopesh,
wear goggles or a cap on head, Direct sun light is not good for opened eyes:d
Never mind
you say you were missing Anurag. You have again proved that liking or what we call in general langauge Love (without giving much thought to the word’s meaning), resides just besides the disliking, hate, frustration etc. Its a dependent liking.
Give and take!
Thank you for exposing it so clearly. It may help many of us in real life as far as relationships are concerned.
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and man your name is something
Hope-sh ( english plus hindi, God of Asha). wonderful name:d
Just an SRK cannot a hit make..look at what happened to Swades and Paheli. A hit requires much more that that. Yes..he is a phenomenon, but not for his acting but his, humility, showmanship and star quality…..All said and done…..his persona emits energy!!! Makes my Day!!!
integrity
in the context of big b and shahrukh
the ability to stand up for something
big b will not kiss on screen, come what may.
try to remember something like this about shahrukh.
:w;
@Vishrant: oh i get it - integrity means AB will not kiss on screen and SRK has no issues playing to the galleries! that’s some definition, i must say! thank you so much for enlightening me! :d
Oh Guys please stop this . This Guy SRK doesnt deserve so much of your time & energy. Please use yiur valuable time, energy & intelligence for something or someone worthy of it.
@Vishrant,
AB has kissed Rani Mukherjee in Black, though it could be just camerawork.
SRK has given lovemaking scene in Maya Memsaab but he also has never kissed as he says also.
Though at the same time this was false what propaganda machine of OSO was propagating that first time in OSO he is going shirtless or showing off his bare top portion. He has shown his upper body in many films right from Bazigar where he has a full song drapped in a towel. Then Maya Memsaab. Duplicate, Yes Boss, Ram Jane and perhaps Army also.
Medha,
If audience started judging actors on the basis of their looks than what will be left for actresses ‘lol’ n srk is not that ugly when I first saw him in circus.My reaction was,”kitna bhola hai” how innocent he looks.Even though i was also a little kid then.He is photogenic ,energetic ,passionate about films n has some cinematic intelligence which helped him to reach to the top.
Every unmarried male star could go for kiss, if censor had no issue. Married might have feared their wives angers. Unlike lovemaking scenes where its just fake, for kisssing they actually have to kiss so here may come the reservation from their respective wives.
and now that inhibition is also removed by present days stars. Hritik (a married star) has kissed. Saif Ali Khan has kissed multiple times.
There is no such reservation now. Aamir also. Perhaps Salman has never kisssed on screen. When SRK and Salman can have success without kiss then they can maintain self imposed reservation. who knows about lean phase in career.
At one time Rajesh Khanna had done Redrose.
Tina Munim had done Kamagni. Mahima Chaudhary has done many films which she could have refused post Pardes.
Everything lies in success there.
@tzm,
people go on repeating some myths like parrots without giving self thought. Looks is also such a myth.
In films what matters is how they look on screen and cameramen play a good role there.
AB has long legs and his full frames are not always good and it can be seen in his early films, when he had no position but once he started getting success and cameramen started caring for his looks they started filming him carefully. Many times when he was shown dancing they would show upper part of his body specially if was wearing a short jacket and tight trouser.
Not all were good looking in real like Dharmendra.
During 50s, many actresses were so dark but they looked good on screen.
There wasn actress Ramola who popular for sometime and those who have seen her have mentioned she looked so ordinary and rather she was not even beautiful in ordinary sense but she worked in films.
What difference it makes how a person is looking in real life as long as he is potraying characters successfully, given to him.
If one has a ok face then he can have short height. then can we call such people handsome or appealing in real life?
Camera make them appealing on screen and that matters.
Man,
This RK is such an absolute delight to read. His insights, his comments, his observations… So profound and so so wonderfully put. And he comes up every now and then trying to teach everybody the decorum that needs to be followed, the correct blogging etiquette and stuff like that..
Evolution owes u “big time” Mr. RK..
Keep it up!!!
@Sreehari (55)
like you are doing now.
something is at top in your case. Pity thing is - its not positive
sorry@};-
So u got the sarcasm there unh? I thought it might escape you
@Sreehari,
you are such a powerful writer. How could your words elude in carrying real meaning.
You must join brigade of Editors as then you may do things by remaining invisible.
RK,
Another insightful comment. Dammn, you sometimes forget that u r talking to regular earthlings like me…
Oh sweet mother of Sense and Spontaneity, wave thy magic wand upon me.
I find it difficult to match upto some people…
@Sreehari,
Ohhh thanks to God almighty for giving you existence on earth when we are also alive.
Thanks to all those who kept your name as by reading it, (your name), God’s name is reminded. Its such a good thing.
How can humanbeing like me, take you lightly Sir.
Noway, Your mere presence is auspicious on earth. we have to show respect towards your deeds.@};-
What, Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan posting on passionforcinema … (!)
Ok mission accomplished. I wasnt getting any good comments on my blog nor where my comments on other people’s blogs getting any recognition which made me feel deprived for some reason..
And i kept thinking of a way to get out of the rut.
Stoning an innocent bystander seemed like the easy way out.
And RK Dear, you were that innocent bystander. I was just expecting a nice earthly comment. But, u made me feel like “GOD”..
Aaaj Ke liye bahut ho gaya. Can sleep peacefully tonight.
I am leaving for now. But, one of these days, I might turn to u again for comfort.
Promise u wud there for me?????
P.S.: Mom… I always told u I was special….:)
post dch Amir has turned to pseudo-acting .. and srk is at present actually btter than him actingwise ..
“only hope that his hunger is never satiated, because the day the King loses his appetite, Indian Cinema would lose quite some of its flavor.”
Best Quote I have heard in a while.
Shah Rukh Khan is a horrible actor. And this is an immensely childish, if not stupid, ‘article’.
shahrukh khan is mainly an nri phenomenon. even though immensely popular, i don’t think he is a phenomenon in india (maybe in the media).
here i guess, akshay kumar has now gone many notches above competition. even with such shitty movies he makes them watchable. aamir khan is in different league. he does not rest on past laurels. proves himself everytime…
Srk is getting to be an offscreen phenomenon more than on screen. I mean i’d rather watch events compered by him than watch kank like films..his sharp wit and mind is certainly rare..we have to admit he is the quintessential star..someone who has a quality you cannot pinpoint but cannot overlook..the stuff finally that legends are made of..that is his fate i presume.
Medha,
Your calling SRK a phenomenon is correct. He has taken the industry by storm. But its not correct to say that SRK always agrees upon his stardom. He himself admitted he is number 2, behind Aamir:
http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/mar/17sd1.htm
In his race to catch up to Aamir, you should add Dil Se as well, in addition to Swades and Chak De. And I dont think he’ll ever be able to reach Aamir’s level before Aamir keeps raising the bar with every film!
Personally, I like SRK’s charisma, energy and spontaneity, but thats about it. For me, the real star is who can ALWAYS bring in a bumper BO initial opening, irrespective of star cast, director, banner, etc. SRK couldnt do it w/ ChakDe, Paheli, etc. ChakDe has a bad opening, but the film caught up due to good word-of-mouth. Compare to Aamir: he has had superb openings for ALL his films in the last 4-5 yrs (even a bad film, like Mangal Pandey). His name sells, even when he’s directing (TZP)! Amitabh or SRK cant do it consistently, so my real #1 star is Aamir Khan!
you can visit my Aamir site at:
http://www.aamir-khan.com/
-Sanjit
@Abhishek(18)
AB in black was one the black spots in his career. If that performance is not mannerism, then what is?
@vishrant
AB would not kiss on screen????? Remember BLACK???????
Though it is natural to forget it :d
@RK(15)
Points taken. There were average looking guys when shah rukh started his career.But none of the people you mentioned cud carry a film on their name. Ab is the only one who made it big. I wanted to mean that.
I really dont judge films on the basis of the taste of films my father or grandfather had. That I rely on my own judgement may be for the fact that my lineage never had a sharp film-critic mind, something perhaps you are blessed with.
It doesnt take a genius to see the shallowness of those films in 50s, 60s and 70s. Compare that with contemporary world cinema and you know what I mean. I am not saying the situation has changed. We are still producing crap and proudly display that on our sleeve. I admire Shah Rukh not because of the quality of his films but because of his smartness, the cleverness he showed in shaping his career in bollywood. He knows the public pulse and plays excellent to the gallery. 30-40 years down the line, this Shah Rukh Khan will become another of that golden Age icon, joining the likes of Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand and Amitabh Bachhan(perhaps he is already there).
Great Article completely Agree on this
Here nother article which speaks about Srk
http://filmikhabar.com/2007/08/01/the-shah-rukh-khan-phenomenon/
SRK is the greatest phenomenon India has seen after Mahatama Gandhi
He is Most Intelligent man the world has seen after Einstein
He is the greatest marketing Genius on scene after Lee Iacoca
He has so much energy that he can talk nonstop ( All about himself) for 365 days in a year. He can also dance in 1200 Marriage receptions a year.
He is more cuter than Amrita Rao.
He is so cool that Eskimos start shivering when they stand next to him
Lage Raho Medha Ji..
@Pritish: sure, wth ur blessings!! ^:)^
comment 73…
:d< :-p:)>-^:)^=)):))
SRK may get award for hockey film, will lift sky on his head to promote film, ll try 2 prove he is sincere abt hockey but will enter in cricket, becoz there is MONEY.:d
and there is Rajiv Shukla, BCCI VC his friend.
ye public hai sab janti hai………..
US of A, may need SRK :)):d
“It may be different time, different education and different traditional values which stop Big B to admit about his big status.
To compare with oldies, we will have to wait till his stardom fades down. When one is shining then everything associated with him looks good.”
Couldnt have been better said. You cannot compare apples and oranges. !!!
Enjoy both of them. Shahrukh is over the top in mostof this movies. BUt can pull it off with his
charm.I think he is very ernest in his performance
and gets away with a lot of shit.!!!
Black was definitely AB’s black spots. Extremely over the top. I thought i liked him much better in Virudhh even Baghbaan. He cannot do an Eeshwar like Anil Kapoor.!!!
I hate the way he shamelessly promotes Abhishek Bachhan.
If at all you wanna compare something, compare his in you face support for Abhishek and Shahrukh’s self promotion. Both of those seem overdone.
I thot Rani Mukherjee outperformed ABjr in every one of their movies together and otherwise.
How come nobody talks about Shahrukh’s movies like
Raju ban gaya gentleman, yes boss or kabhi haan kabhi na. !!! I loved them so much more than baazigar and darr !!
Watch Shahrukh’s energetic dances in yes boss.
That guys just bounces….all the time
Kinda unrelated….but still…maaf karo
Any body love the Pehla Nasha song from JJWS???
watched JJWS so many times for this song…
there is somthing about songs in slow mo….
@Darkndusky: no1 talks abt SRK in relation 2 Raju ban gaya Gentleman, Kabhi haan kabhi naa, or Yess Boss, coz they r afraid that they mite end up praisin him, vn they r tryin desperately 2 hit out at him
@Darkndusky: btw, d so called 1st family of Bollywood (the Bachchans) n their blatant in your face self promotion along with chote bhaiyya Amar Singh - well lets nt even get started on dat!!! :w;
On 1 or 2 people here objecting to SRK making, or rather raking, moolah by doing ads, dancing at weddings etc., all i would say is that you guys are nothing but jealous. Dancing at weddings is fun (in case you have experienced that), especially so at those lavish ones. And being paid in crores to dance at a wedding would be anybody’s dream…. Just ask yourself this - how many years (or life-times, as would be the case with many) would you need to work to amass a few crores and compare that to how SRK rakes in a few crores in less than an hour of dance!! That is star power at it’s best! This whole thing makes few people damn jealous of SRK.
Now go move your butt at a wedding and see if people even bother to pay you a few hundred bucks!!
On comment #75…
You stink real bad dude, go clean yourself first!!
SRK did nothing to promote Chak De! In fact, people did not believe that it would become the phenomenon it became. All credit to SRK’s star power and performance which lifted a regular movie to an almost cult status…
Now, on the other hand, you would lavish praise on Aamir for Taare Zameen Par even though TZP was all about the story and screenplay, both of which were Amol Gupte’s which Aamir stole away from him. If you’ve seen TZP closely, you’d notice that there’s nothing different about it’s direction which was where Aamir contributed. Above all, a similar film was released an year before TZP called “Apna Asmaan” starring Irrfan Khan and Shobhana in the lead. And they did a tremendous job in the acting dept when compared to the actors in TZP. And the boy in ‘Apna Asmaan’ acted much much better than Darsheel of TZP…. Unfortunately, the makers and actors of ‘Apna Asmaan’ were not as popular and as publicity-savvy as Aamir to get their film noticed… Now coming to what people liked about TZP, it was mainly the story of a boy who was disregarded by many to which many could associate themselves and partly the situation/histrionics of the boy which again was the story of Apna Asmaan but since it wasn’t marketed as well, it never got kudos from public. This despite being the fact, Aamir fanatics will ignore such truths…
In spite of these facts, all some people want to do is bash SRK, out of sheer jealousy, and you seem to be one of them…
Once upon a time, I was a die hard Shah Rukh fan, only went to cinema to watch his movies. Saw him once in London and quite disliked his wife’s snobbery. He was quite amiable though.
Anyway, Filmfare Awards did it for me, I must admit I am finally over Shah Rukh Khan. I found his antics quite crass and there was this balance missing, that thin line between jokes and decency. To me, he came across as quite an insecure person, which was quite a shock …him being the undisputed King of Bollwyood and all that!
Sad to see someone normally quite smart and witty as he is drooping down to the level.
Arjun, SRK was doing publicity of Chak de in 20-20 world cup if u have seen.
To Comment #84…
SP dear, i too am not a SRK fanatic but like the way he takes himself lightly. I don’t think any bollywood star on reaching his position (in case someone does) would be able to be as level headed as him.
Firstly, i don’t see anything wrong in what he did at Filmfare awards’ function. Yes, may be he went over the top a couple of times but that’s fine when you’re trying to do something different - all award ceremonies get too serious and stuffy. If someone’s doing it light-heartedly, one has to have the open-mindedness to accept the variety (oft times some label him as repetitive and when he does something different, even that doesn’t go well with guys like you. As they say, one cannot please everyone.).
And what he did in filmfare awards was follow the plot and script that was designed by the producers of the show. May be he was doing a few things on his own but more or less the show was designed by the producers and he was playing his part. And he did it very well. It is quite sporty of him to take a huge risk and accept to do something off-beat knowing that some folks will raise hue and cry, like the way you did…
As for his wife’s snobbery (though i’m unsure of that), well may be that her discomfort with excess attention has been perceived as snobbery by you or may be she’s just tasting the fruits of celebrity-hood and got carried away..
I like SRK more now given the ways in which he’s trying to fulfil his latent potential - diverse acting, off-beat movies, rocking production house, one of country’s leading multimedia studios, indulging in sports - owning an IPL team, working with new comers to help them establish themselves, doing his bit through paying huge personal (not his company’s) income taxes (has paid 27 crores this year as income tax!), etc. are signs of someone who’s versatile and talented. Which bollywood star has done what he has been doing and succeeded at it??
With the above, i’m not trying to make you a convert… Since you have/had some regard for SRK, all i’m doing is showing you the other side…
To comment #85…
Shailesh dear, it was controversy related to OSO and not Chak De. Think harder…
@SP: dis post deals wth SRK, nt his wife. as 4 d jokes on Filmfare - well granted, sm of dem were actually trashy - bt u cant say that its coz SRK is insecure - its actually d xct opp - he thinks he can get away wth almost anythin - n dat more dan often actually happens!
Well, to each his own…. Each one has his own way of looking at things and this can hardly be changed with a few words…
Rightly said Medha….
IF SRK was insecure, then he would never share stage with Akshay who has lately been pitted against SRK w.r.t the overseas market. Actually, he and Akshay were having fun poking fun at each other…
SRK is too grounded to be insecure though when one is put at such lofty heights, at times, insecurity could creep in which is quite natural. After all, don’t forget, he too is human!
My oh My, you sure are a big Shah Rukh fan. Well fans like you keep him going so good for him.
I still have my opinions which, unfortunately, are strong and I do tend to get obsessive about things and right now my obsession is not SRK.
But yes, he is a great businessman and very far- sighted person. He knows he won’t remain young and appealing forever so he is spreading his wings in the right direction…he definitely is a very smart man!
Shah Rukh Khan, is insecure, you should have seen his interview before ‘Chak De! India’. He was so apprehensive about the film and his status. And if he wasn’t insecure then he would step out of his stardom - but he doesn’t. Why?
@ 92:
How does one step out of stardom ?
How does one choose to step into stardom, is it by choice or is it the mass and media that give the status?
What is stardom anyways ? Is it being dyslexic kid with gift of painting or is it being able to fly off the ground with mask and long hair ?
Or is it changing diapers and cracking toilet jokes ? Whether it is coaching girls to world cup glory ? Is it everything above or none of it?
Twinkle Twinkle little star…
How I wonder what you are…
To comment #92…
Goonda bhai/ behen/ yaan woh, it is very clear that you can see the Sun only under a cloudy sky which is usually the other way round. Now since you can see what isn’t there, my dear Goonda bahi/ behen/…., can you pls tell us lowly creatures as to how you conjure/interpret in such mystical fashion!
Now just to keep you grounded, let me share some real-world (not mystical) facts. SRK says what you think he says out of insecurity only because he’s a very humble guy. He doesn’t want to sound boastful or over-confident by saying that he is sure Chak De will gross above 100 crores… So, my bahi/ behen/…, it is SRK’s humility and not insecurity that makes he say what he says…. I agree that during his hey days he had this brashness in his attitude due to which he was termed as over-confident but today, in retrospect, he’s done much more than what he was supposedly bragging about….
@Vishesh, the last two lines of your comments (comment #93) made my day! :d You’ve responded to our Goonda bhai/ behen/…. in a way i could never have!
To comment #91
Vishesh, ArjunBehn, … do read this interview of ‘im.
http://www.pyara.com/shahrukh/article7.htm
Oh and, due to his insecurities he has not grown as an actor, has he now? And he has become a follower rather than a trendsetter, which he could have been…
Goonda bhai/ behen/ yaan woh,
Phew! took all the pains to read the interview and find a gold mine of new info about SRK hoping that our Goonda bhai/ behen/… has something to offer but only to be disappointed a little more with our Goonda bhai/…
Firstly, that interview was done ages ago and hence doesn’t fit in the current context.
Second, it’s irrelevant as no so-called insecurity displayed by SRK has become a reality.
Third, by referring to that old interview and comparing that with SRK of today, toone apne hi paer pe kulhadi maar di - you yourself have proven that your conviction is wrong.
Fourth, pls look for something more concrete to support your case.
Fifth, to me it seems like you are insecure about SRK and his success. Somewhere deep down, you seem ill….
People like you who look at such things superficially think that movie ’stars’ are what they project on-screen in real life too and hence what they portray on-screen (heroic/ macho/ etc.) should be applicable off-screen too. And due to this illusion, a ’star’ (SRK in this context) who speaks blatantly about himself and other things around him seems like someone who’s not what his on-screen persona depicts and due to this he must be insecure, fake etc. etc. In that process, you forget that they are professional actors and not real-life characters they project on-screen.
erm, no. Did I say anything against SRK’s success? no. Well done to him for earning the world wide fame and a good bank balance. i have not got anything to do with that.
i am talking about srk as an actor. and you lot are talking about srk as the SHAH RUKH KHAN.
Goonda bhai/ behen/ yaan woh,
To remind you, you were talking of SRK’s insecurities…. So, let’s delve back into it…. Don’t drift….
As an ACTOR….
Goonda bhai/ behen/ yaan woh,
Looks like you’ve nothing else to do other than beat around the bush.
Now what do you mean when you say SRK’s insecurities as an actor? Insecurity is associated with a person and actor is a on-screen facade, you dodo! You really are dim-witted!! You’re a waste of time….
Now ArjunBeti, I have been somewhat civil in my replies to you, but since you keep being a twat, I thought it was time to..
So, you profess that you are not a SRK fan, right? But then, why are you defending him like he is everything to you? You seem like those crazy weirdo gal from Indian dramas. Don’t be insecure; if you luvvvv him then say it.
Next, If I have to explain what I meant by SRK as an insecure actor, then you really area a dodo, not me. Read me earlier replies in which I have clearly explained what I mean by SRK is an insecure actor.
Lastly, do not reply to this unless you have time to waste, that would mean that you are ……..
Goonda woh,
If you’ve got the wits, i’ve said that i’m not a die-hard SRK fan. That doesn’t translate to i’m not an SRK fan! Phew!!
Next in queue, i don’t know what on earth you mean when you say that ‘SRK is an insecure actor’!! Pls elaborate… As far as humans go, in our language when we say someone’s insecure, we refer to a person where as what you’re talking of is an on-screen persona of SRK when you say ‘SRK as an actor’..
God, you’re just trying real hard to twist and turn the whole conversation by complicating it unnecessarily as you’ve realised that you’ve fumbled badly with your own ideologies….
No, I am not, you are.
All I said that due to his star status Shah Rukh Khan become an insecure actor - he was not willing to try or do any different kind films like he did it in his earlier career. He did not want to step out of his world because he was afraid of losing all of the success.
The fame got to him and he hanged around with wrong kind of group of people.
Also, he started following others - he rejected ‘Lagaan’ - but accepted ‘Swades’ - why? Would he have accepted ‘Chak De! India’ if there wasn’t ‘Iqbal’?
Aamir Khan has a created a fine balance with his star status and actor status. Where as SRK has failed at doing that..
Get it? No. Then, I don’t know how to explain.
Anyway, let’s just agree to disagree.
I saw SRK for the first time in Fauji and then in Circus and I must be 8 around that time, and I fell in love with him. I watched the serial only to catch a glimpse of him. I was hopelessly in love with him. Then I religiously watched all his films, and the love kept getting reinvented. And till date its reinventing itself, and now its the longest love story of my life :d
Pretty much a fair comment on SRK i think…The follow-up debates are because u can’t get away without it when u r talking abt him…
There is smthg abt him tht generates extreme views either way…a reflection of his personality about him…u can’t help either love him or hate him…
Can’t say the same thing about Aamir…and I think he prefers it this way..
Love him or hate him, 100+ messages and over 1000 hits shows that we all love to talk about him
I think its unfair to compare actors. All the actors mentioned have reached great heights and hence there is something about them which makes them click. I like SRK a lot, he is a much better actor than some of his performances indicate. Just look at his earlier films, or recently Chak De, Swades or even KANK. I just wanted to kick his butt in that film, which is the right reaction his character should have generated. That was the power of his performance.
But on the question of integrity I just want to say one thing. He has never cheated on his wife and nor has he ever been linked with any heroine. Thats integrity according to me.
CHEERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Iam also looking forward to Shah Rukh’s directorial debut film , if he ever makes one. Iam sure it will be as different and interesting as Aamir’s TZP.
@107
I bet articles on Mallika sherawat and Rakhi Sawant would get thousands of responses and don’t know how many hits:)
this is cinema
world of glamor
artist is as important as art
if you want to concentrate more on art
come to literature
you will be aware of the name of the author
and may be one or two facts about him
until he writes his autobiography
if you want to concentrate more on art
come to the classical music
to utter a word about the private life of pt. bhimsen joshi
is almost an insult
awiting the articles on mallika and rakhi
@ Honhaar Goonda,
Well, you are saying that SRK is not trying something new, he became trapped in his own image unlike Aamir.
I have few thoughts, allow me to share:
1) Does a role in terms of different get-up,different settings, different story only indicate trying out new things ?
Is it possible with the “same” love story, “same” NRI setting, a role cannot be different or an actor cannot try something different?
Or is it too subtle for aam aadmi to miss it that only the actor himself understand and nobody else?
2) Was Amitabh insecure in his peak in 70-80s. He has experimented in last decade than he has in his entire career, I can safely say that.
Now this is again a big supposition I am making without any solid figures.
Whenever SRK has supposedly experimented with “different” roles, like Paheli, Asoka, Dil Se, even a cop for first time in One 2 Ka 4, the aam aadmi has rejected the movie. Now this may be possible that the movie was bad or SRK was bad or both. Also is possible that the image of SRK the star that aam aadmi has is so strong that they cannot expect anything else from him
In any case, SRK is in a catch-22 situation. He tries to please a niche audience, people say he failed. He does not try then they say he does not try.
He says the same thing in “The outer world of SRK”.
As far as Amir is concerned, now this is my opinion, I think he has worked in different movies but not necessarily all the time has acted differently except for his personal appearance.
Again, I am not converting you or neither you are converting me. But I will be more than happy if you can relate to my view point
[Such is the beauty of this forum, I love this place]
vishesh@121 you said about AB “He has experimented in last decade than he has in his entire career, I can safely say that”
could you safely elaborate it please ?
@ 113,
I am taking the same context as used in earlier posts that says Aamir has experimented more. AB acted in different get-up and settings in Black, Aankhen, Khakee, Cheeni Kum, KANK , Eklavya, Viruddh, Sarkar to name a few instead of the so-called “same” roles of Vijay.
Its just that I see him don’t see him as angry old Vijay anymore but a Nagre or Eklavya, or ACP Shrivastav (is that his name in Khakee ?) etc in recent movies. Unlike in 70-80s where he was Vijay fighting or taking revenge most of the times if he was not with Hrishikesh Mukherjee
To add to 113:
I think AB was brilliant and acted well during his younger days. He may not have expanded his “horizons” supposedly but that did not make him a lesser actor.
Similarly,SRK is that territory. He has acted well as Rahul/Raj in movies.
It will be sad that he is only remembered for those roles only.
oops it was 114. I am losing it big time. Am I dyslexic ?????
@ RK
Hehe…
Yes Hopesh as a name sounds really funny… Actually its not my real name, just a little distorted version of my name.
anyways i think you put it relly well regarding the disliking residing behinf liking thing.
ciao
Big B’s second release after Deewar was ‘Kabhi Kanhi.’ Can u name any superstar who has just reigned in as a Superstar had dyed his hair and played a fater to a 20 year old that too with an aplomb? There was Manzil and Benaam where he did not play an angry young man…plus all Hrishida movies and can u forget Amar Akbar Anthony where he actually gets beaten up by Vinod Khanna! If this is not being experimental that too at the peak of one’s career, then I am afraid nobody has experimented till date. Its his badluck that people remember him only for his angry young man roles and the bigger badluck is that they blame it him for it…bahut nainsaafi hai. He did try to break the monotony whenever he got the chance though in the limits of comercial cinema.There were no directors who wanted to take that gamble with him, now fortunately we have directors who are writing scripts for him and he’s all ready to do experiments all over again. I am eager to see SRK playing Last Lear, Debraj Sahay, Buddhadeb Gupta, Sexy Sam in his 60s. I had horrible time watching him playing a 50 year old in Veer-Zaara. But I am hopeful…practice makes man perfect…one day he’ll definitely learn to act and I am eagerly waiting for that day.
Please read Kabhi-Kabhie,and father…sorry for skipping letters:(
@Toni Mera Naam: v true - lv him or hate him - bt u cant ignore him!!!
There is no point comparing apple and oranges. Yet the point is to understand what makes them different. Few people like apple and oranges, few like only apple and others only orange.
U Got It!!! NO !!!! come on, here is more
Dilip kumar did whatever was required in his time to get more n more audience and to better himself with each movie. AB did exactly same thing and now SRK is not doing something different. First they tried coming up, once established they tried breaking rules, then became habituated to stardom, sharpened acting skills etc etc, its a cycle, it comes for everyone but only few succeed in it, point to be noted is - with changing time its not only acting that makes someone popular, it is much more then that.
We people start judging them and comparing them. I am not against comparision neither am supporting it, as I said - first judge what you want to compare. Today how much money a movie makes, how many weeks it runs populated makes a star, in old days these were important only for Producer/distributor. Now a days we keep that in mind while comparing two STARs of the bollywood.
SRK - I admit I like him, but don’t compare HIS ACTING SKILL with AB or DK saheb or even AK. Again I won’t say who is the best on acting skills - I can not force you even if I give proof.
No.1 category is something that we only created, we people, it didn’t came from bollywood or even media. You and me started comparing the one we like, thats our nature. Comparing on acting skills I find Sanjeev kumar (one example only, I can name few more here) more talented then Rajesh Khanna or AB in that period.
Conclusion is: Medha even though says she doesn’t worships SRK, but can’t listen against him. She will do it with intelligence though naming Ram Jane etc flops in her list. But in her heart she praises SRK for whatever he is today. Same goes for few other for AB and our parents for DK saheb.
A never ending story anyway I like both AB and SRK and want to tell you that I like Govinda too and he is also better then many others on ACTING SKILL.
Rocky(65),
please avoid making negative comments .If u didnt like the post or the actor (srk) u should not have come here. Is it necessary to show ur unlikeness about somebody.
@debkumar(69)
BLACK a black spot in AB’s career…r u out of ur brains????the emotions he has carried, the way he has shown the charactor and depiction of the very old man with cronic decease, is that a black spot?? its amazing to see the “Sam” of KANK doing the role of that crumbling old man with all memory lost.Can we beleive that the two r the same person??its height of acting and a stellar even for greats of acting.u need to work on ur judgement system.
u JUST so good i know we need to Feriend With the best wishes Furik From TAjikistan ,,,,,
Hello everybody i’m from TAjikistan …. Just i like SRK he’s also best one.Espacially in OM Shanti oM film.
medha dutt, if u wrote this ur an even bigger git than i thought
wat a load of shit
srk came in bollywood in 1992 & made his first impressions in bollywood thru the movie Deewana & won best debute male for it
previously than that he was in tv serials
get a life sado
u wrote u laughed at srk evry tym he came on screen
lemme tell u i was laughin afta every damn word u wroote coz its so shit
i cudnt even take it seriously
Shahrukh is such an intelligent, caring, person with enormous talent and charm.No one is anywhere near as romantic as he is in his songs. No one else dances with such energy and joy. He’s funny and uniquely handsome. Akshay Kumar right now is busy runnning him down and trying to make himself out to be a kiNNG but he’s just a nasty bootlicker for Amitabh Bachchan.