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Mar-18-07, 05:22 PM
Stupid SK Jha on SRK
Man on top
Subhash K Jha
Shah Rukh Khan
Recently, when Shah Rukh was quoted on an expose-driven website as saying he "hated" me, both of us had a good laugh over it.
Why would any journalist ask him about me in the middle of a marathon interview on global issues? More importantly, why would Shah Rukh invest an emotion as energy-sapping as hatred in someone who has no bearing on his life?
The first time that I met Shah Rukh about 6 years ago, he was shooting for the only flop film he has done in recent times.
When I left a message for Shah Rukh informing him I was in Mumbai, he called back late in the night suggesting we meet the next day. The next morning I was with Mahesh Manjrekar and Namrata Shirodkar when Shah Rukh called on my cellphone inviting me over to the venue of his shooting.
I still remember the expression on Namrata's face. "Shah Rukh actually called you?!" she was incredulous.
My first meeting with Shah Rukh was unforgettable. His good friend Juhi Chawla was also on the set of 1 2 Ka 4. Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani featuring both had just been released. Naturally that was the main topic of conversation… until suddenly, Shah Rukh said, "Let's go home. I want you to meet my wife and son." Dodging all security he hopped into my taxi and we sped to his famous bungalow.
Shah Rukh is a philosopher at heart, albeit a pop-philosopher but nonetheless committed to a fierce and constant soul-searching that he defines verbally with easy designer-words.
I remember the first time I called him on his birthday and mentioned it's also mine, he called right back to wish me. "How old are you?" he asked me in his direct way. I told him. "Oh, so 'wishing you a long life' goes a little shorter way for you than it does for me," he replied.
Shah Rukh can catch you unawares. "Nothing escapes my attention," he once told me. He would also advise me against my friendship with a particular actress. "She'll dump you," he warned me from London two days before his famous back operation.
I was amazed that he could talk about something so distant during a time like that. He was completely right about the actress, of course. "Over here they all think only about themselves constantly. I want my close friends to come out of that," he told me after a long interview.
The next time we met it was briefly on the sets of Sanjay Bhansali's Devdas. Shah Rukh gave his shot, and looked at me with surprise. "I'll be just come back," he said. He never returned.
Somewhere I think we lost connectivity. We hardly ever spoke. When we did it was done very guardedly. Shah Rukh felt I was allowing my other favourites to colour my judgement. I didn't know or care to correct his perception…until recently when I took my daughter a die-hard SRK fan, to meet her idol.
On this occasion when I saw Shah Rukh I was stuck by how frail the neck problem and surgery had made him. But the spirit remains unbroken. I will never forget how beautifully and effortlessly Shah Rukh met my daughter, how much at home he made her feel, advised her on career options.... My daughter, otherwise a grown-up 11-year-old, was overwhelmed. I believe Rajesh Khanna had the power to do that to his fans. Now Shah Rukh had it. He meets people with a genuineness that's sorely lacking in other stars. No strained smiles, no strenuous efforts to make conversation….
No one can get to know Shah Rukh intimately. He has two walls around him. One that he allows his friends and family to penetrate and the other more impenetrable wall which I don't think anyone is allowed to penetrate. Even the autobiographical sketch that he's putting finishing touches to cannot really reveal the real Shah Rukh Khan… the one behind the mask of superstardom who is as scared and insecure as any man… I think it's time for Shah Rukh Khan to look towards the future. So far he has devised a foolproof method of working with top notch directors most of whom are his very close friends. I think SRK now needs to explore a territory removed from home ground.
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article§id=30&contentid=2007031903452370353533b65
BTW SRK DOESN'T NEED YOUR ADVICE, SO KEEP IT FOR THE BACHCHANS MR.JHA
Man on top
Subhash K Jha
Shah Rukh Khan
Recently, when Shah Rukh was quoted on an expose-driven website as saying he "hated" me, both of us had a good laugh over it.
Why would any journalist ask him about me in the middle of a marathon interview on global issues? More importantly, why would Shah Rukh invest an emotion as energy-sapping as hatred in someone who has no bearing on his life?
The first time that I met Shah Rukh about 6 years ago, he was shooting for the only flop film he has done in recent times.
When I left a message for Shah Rukh informing him I was in Mumbai, he called back late in the night suggesting we meet the next day. The next morning I was with Mahesh Manjrekar and Namrata Shirodkar when Shah Rukh called on my cellphone inviting me over to the venue of his shooting.
I still remember the expression on Namrata's face. "Shah Rukh actually called you?!" she was incredulous.
My first meeting with Shah Rukh was unforgettable. His good friend Juhi Chawla was also on the set of 1 2 Ka 4. Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani featuring both had just been released. Naturally that was the main topic of conversation… until suddenly, Shah Rukh said, "Let's go home. I want you to meet my wife and son." Dodging all security he hopped into my taxi and we sped to his famous bungalow.
Shah Rukh is a philosopher at heart, albeit a pop-philosopher but nonetheless committed to a fierce and constant soul-searching that he defines verbally with easy designer-words.
I remember the first time I called him on his birthday and mentioned it's also mine, he called right back to wish me. "How old are you?" he asked me in his direct way. I told him. "Oh, so 'wishing you a long life' goes a little shorter way for you than it does for me," he replied.
Shah Rukh can catch you unawares. "Nothing escapes my attention," he once told me. He would also advise me against my friendship with a particular actress. "She'll dump you," he warned me from London two days before his famous back operation.
I was amazed that he could talk about something so distant during a time like that. He was completely right about the actress, of course. "Over here they all think only about themselves constantly. I want my close friends to come out of that," he told me after a long interview.
The next time we met it was briefly on the sets of Sanjay Bhansali's Devdas. Shah Rukh gave his shot, and looked at me with surprise. "I'll be just come back," he said. He never returned.
Somewhere I think we lost connectivity. We hardly ever spoke. When we did it was done very guardedly. Shah Rukh felt I was allowing my other favourites to colour my judgement. I didn't know or care to correct his perception…until recently when I took my daughter a die-hard SRK fan, to meet her idol.
On this occasion when I saw Shah Rukh I was stuck by how frail the neck problem and surgery had made him. But the spirit remains unbroken. I will never forget how beautifully and effortlessly Shah Rukh met my daughter, how much at home he made her feel, advised her on career options.... My daughter, otherwise a grown-up 11-year-old, was overwhelmed. I believe Rajesh Khanna had the power to do that to his fans. Now Shah Rukh had it. He meets people with a genuineness that's sorely lacking in other stars. No strained smiles, no strenuous efforts to make conversation….
No one can get to know Shah Rukh intimately. He has two walls around him. One that he allows his friends and family to penetrate and the other more impenetrable wall which I don't think anyone is allowed to penetrate. Even the autobiographical sketch that he's putting finishing touches to cannot really reveal the real Shah Rukh Khan… the one behind the mask of superstardom who is as scared and insecure as any man… I think it's time for Shah Rukh Khan to look towards the future. So far he has devised a foolproof method of working with top notch directors most of whom are his very close friends. I think SRK now needs to explore a territory removed from home ground.
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article§id=30&contentid=2007031903452370353533b65
BTW SRK DOESN'T NEED YOUR ADVICE, SO KEEP IT FOR THE BACHCHANS MR.JHA