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[abaya]

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/mmpa...52370353533b65

BTW SRK DOESN'T NEED YOUR ADVICE, SO KEEP IT FOR THE BACHCHANS MR.JHA

[maryah]

I'm sure I've read all of this before, quite a while back. The first two paragraphs are the only new part, that seem to try and bring it up to date. Another recycled old article maybe?

[Roza]

Originally Posted by maryah

I'm sure I've read all of this before, quite a while back. The first two paragraphs are the only new part, that seem to try and bring it up to date. Another recycled old article maybe?

Yes! Same here. I think SKJ is worried that SRK said he hates him lol so he came with this piece

[Reggiana]

I am pretty sure that I read that article some time ago and that, apart from the first three lines, the rest is recycled (I happen to have an excellent memory). I hope he didn't get paid twice for that tripe...

As for Shah Rukh's opinion of him, I would tend to trust Tehelka for credibility.

[mohney012]

yeah i have read this too.....i agree wih roza ....he is trying to make himself look better...and then at the end says the same thing needs to work with new directors....i don't like this guy

[abaya]

Originally Posted by maryah

I'm sure I've read all of this before, quite a while back. The first two paragraphs are the only new part, that seem to try and bring it up to date. Another recycled old article maybe?

It's SK Jha himself who's recycling the news because he's got nothing new to say as SRK doesn't deal with him.

[SRK_Super_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by abaya

It's SK Jha himself who's recycling the news because he's got nothing new to say as SRK doesn't deal with him.

Haha exactly...some people are sad...

[nicha]

Originally Posted by abaya

It's SK Jha himself who's recycling the news because he's got nothing new to say as SRK doesn't deal with him.

must be, because i really do remember most of this interview. he is a fool.

[SaRah_K]

In my humble opinion, SK Jha is very fond of SRK and wants to be near to him on a personal basis. But SRK is not intersted in something which is like a friendship and this makes SK Jha feeling neglected and because of this, he sometimes writes that rubbish.

Thanks Abaya!

[TopazSLC]

Originally Posted by Roza

Yes! Same here. I think SKJ is worried that SRK said he hates him lol so he came with this piece

Yep, Roza - I agree with you!

[ujjwala]

Originally Posted by abaya

"Nothing escapes my attention"

I completely believe this. He is a fantastic observer, nothing can escape his attention.

Originally Posted by abaya

It's SK Jha himself who's recycling the news because he's got nothing new to say as SRK doesn't deal with him.

Originally Posted by Roza

I think SKJ is worried that SRK said he hates him lol so he came with this piece

I agree. I am sure that is the case. Idiot.

[annous]

except for the first 3 lines, the rest of the article was first published around the time of KHNH in 2003, because his daughter was 11 then, she has grown up since then ..hasn't she?

That man is laughable , just like his allies.

[ujjwala]

Originally Posted by abaya

Shah Rukh felt I was allowing my other favourites to colour my judgement. I didn't know or care to correct his perception

Really!!! then why this recycled article. Idiot.

Originally Posted by annous

except for the first 3 lines, the rest of the article was first published around the time of KHNH in 2003, because his daughter was 11 then, she has grown up since then ..hasn't she?

That man is laughable , just like his allies.

[Mon1ka]

That's so dumb how people just make up stuff out of nowhere . . .

[PrettY_WoMaN]

Poor guy