Be it Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’s Rahul or Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’s Raj, Shah Rukh Khan’s most memorable and cherished characters have been from a few of his standard romantic movies. However, now he is in no temper to characteristic in true blue rom-coms. During an Instagram reside session, Shah Rukh Khan mentioned he feels “too old to do romantic movies now.” Shah Rukh’s reply got here in response to a fan’s query who requested if he ever misses taking part in characters like Rahul or Raj. The actor said that he feels “awkward at instances” to romance actresses who’re “manner youthful” than him.
“I don’t need to sound unusual however I don’t keep in mind when was the final time after I performed Rahul. I solely keep in mind, ‘Rahul, naam toh suna hoga.’ So, I don’t miss roles/characters. Also, I believe I’m too old to do romantic movies now. It is awkward at instances. I keep in mind, a few years in the past, I used to be working in a film and the woman reverse me was manner youthful than me. It was awkward to do a romantic scene together with her. I used to be a bit of shy. But then you’re an actor. I’ve to think about that I’m her age. Maybe characters like Rahul or Raj are for the youthful ones to do,” he mentioned, thanking Aditya Chopra and Karan Johar for providing him “these phenomenal characters.”
“When I joined movies, I by no means thought I might be recognized by the names of the character. There is part of me in them. And there is numerous me in Pathaan. I really feel like a Pathaan,” he chuckled.
As the reside continued, Shah Rukh Khan cherished 30 years of his journey in Bollywood. He remembered how he started taking pictures for Hema Malini’s Dil Aashna Hai 30 years in the past. He mentioned the explanation he needed to turn into an actor was to make individuals smile, and convey a distinction to their day.
“I’ve all the time believed that I’ll strive to do as a lot work as doable as a result of for the primary time, after I did my serial Fauji, I keep in mind I used to be in a three-wheeler and two girls checked out me and shouted, ‘Abhi’ (his character identify from the collection). At that time, I assumed to myself that this is the explanation I’m going to act and make individuals smile,” he mentioned, including that it doesn’t really feel like he has accomplished 30 years within the business. “I used to be talking to my spouse and children. No one realises that it has been such a very long time. It is a lifetime. I got here down to Mumbai hoping to work for max of 10 movies or for a few years. If issues don’t work out, I assumed I might discover some sort of job in movies – even when it is lighting the units or helping the director. I simply love movies,” he continued. He mentioned that if issues didn’t work for him as an actor, he was prepared to be on anybody’s set as a result of “cinema evokes” him.
“My spouse (Gauri Khan) retains asking me how after so a few years I stand up within the morning, put on make-up and go to work and do the identical factor. I don’t know. I simply discover it thrilling to go on set and create one thing which may make a distinction to somebody’s day. But that is not the motivation. It goes again to my three wheeler story,” he concluded.
On the work entrance, Shah Rukh Khan is returning to movies after hiatus of 4 years. He shall be seen in YRF’s Pathaan, adopted by Atlee’s Jawan and Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki.