He came, he saw and he conquered. Maratha Mandir, the iconic
single screen behemoth in central Mumbai, was decked up like a bride on Dec. 12
and Shah Rukh Khan played the perfect groom whose charm radiated all around
bringing the theatre to a standstill.
A huge crowd thronged the venue to get a quick look of King
Khan and the megastar sure didn’t disappoint his legion of fans.
Inside the theatre, SRK and Kajol spent a good half an hour
regaling the audience with tales and dialogue from Dilwale Dulhania Le
Jayenge.
SRK was his usual self. Bursting with infectious energy, the
man did all the talking, singing and dancing. Kajol who was in crutches (she
has hurt her toe) played a passive spectator, effectively allowing the more
eloquent SRK to steal the limelight.
SRK worked his irresistible charm by mouthing a few popular dialogues
from DDLJ. But the one that got maximum applause was when he naively asked
Kajol, “Mujhse pyaar karti ho?”
One of the unusual things that Shah Rukh can’t do is sing.
The megastar tried singing a few lines of Tujhe dekha toh yeh jaana
sanam but his voice croaked off midway, making him change his mind. “I
will stick to saying dialogue,” said SRK.
Ever wanted to know why SRK and his flirting ways find favor
with most women? It’s because he respects and honors every woman he meets.
“Nowhere in your life should you disrespect a woman. You can love, romance and
be naughty with women as long as you respect them and don’t misbehave with
them. That’s my excuse for flirting with every woman I meet. You can go and
tell a girl how attractive she is as long as you respect her. I tell this to my
kids, too.”
SRK went on to credit Kajol for being the central character
of the film. “When I heard the story, I knew it was a modern take on everything
from love, relationship and marriage. But I also knew that it revolved around
only one character. The film was about Simran and will always remain about
Simran. And Kajol who played Simran is purity personified. The film’s purity
comes from her.”
Ajay and SRK’s bitter enmity that unfolded when their movies, Son
of Sardaar and Jab Tak Hai Jaan clashed at the box-office once
threatened to derail SRK and Kajol’s friendship. Thankfully, things were back
to being hunky-dory by the time Singham Returns released. SRK,
yesterday praised Ajay Devgn and said he once aspired to be an action star like
him.
Kajol praised SRK to the skies and told, “SRK is called the
King, Badshah etc. I know the way he became a king. I have never seen anyone
working so tirelessly. As much as fans love SRK, SRK loves you more. And he
wants to be Action Jackson but he can’t be Jackson
tonight.”
When Kajol told SRK that he has married multiple women
onscreen by now in his career, SRK quipped, “I have that Muslim angle, so I can
marry many times.” All in good spirit though.
SRK thanks directors Abbas Mastan and Rakesh Roshan
It was not just Aditya and Yash Chopra whom SRK thanked, but
he also made it a point to remember his other directors like Abbas Mastan and
Rakesh Roshan who gave him his career’s other big
hits, Baazigar and Karan-Arjun respectively.
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