Shahrukh Khan

Don, Badshah or Devdas???

Cut to a guy who is so obsessed with his girlfriend that he came to Mumbai and
searched for her with only the information that she loved swimming.

He sold his Pentax camera for Rs 10,000, as he combed beaches with hope and
prayer that he would locate her, sleeping on the park benches, and cleaning and
bathing in the hotel bathrooms. His friends lost hope and purchased tickets with
the balance remaining money while he for the last time combed the north
Mumbai beaches and luckily found her.

Sitting forlorn at the Marine Drive in Mumbai, he promised that one day he
would rule the city of Mumbai.

In his one of his first castings for a movie produced and directed by Arundhati
Roy, he was given a role of an extra and he vowed that he would one day win
an Oscar playing a gay man.

He came to Mumbai to act in a serial and got stranded at the Mumbai airport in
the middle of the night as the person who was supposed to pick him up
overslept, he cried in the telephone booth thinking that probably it was a hoax
while searching for some coins.

He was recommended for the role of Abhimanyu Rai (Fauji)by the son in-law
of the producer who was showing some flats to his mother. The original choice
of the main lead was the producer's son who was also the camera man in the
serial.

He got the role as there was a logistic problem of handling the camera and the
role simultaneously by the producer's son.

His role became bigger and bigger as the other co- stars threw tantrums while
he worked hard to get the nuances right as an army officer.

This choice of being always the second or the third choice continued with the
movie Baazigar where the other established starts like Aamir, Anil Kapoor
were the first choice, but they refused to touch the movie where the main
character kills without any compunctions and "is a murderer in the movie"

The same continued with Darr where he was selected with great reluctance as
no established actor wanted to be seen being beaten to pulp at the end in the
movie.

Juhi Chawla shrieked as she was persuaded by the director/producer that this
actor was at that time going to be another Aamir Khan in making when she met
him for the first time during the shooting of Darr.

She could not get over the fact that he was so dark with wild unruly hair in
comparison to Aamir and Salman Khan who were recently launched during the
same time

Both the movies were superhits blockbuster and he went on to bag the Filmfare
best actor award for Baazigar . He went to meet Abbas- Mastan(directors of
Bazigar)at 2 o' clock after the ceremony at their residence in Bhendi bazaar
chawl and touched their feet.

He initially refused to do Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge with Aditya Chopra as

he thought of it as a romantic cliché. He only agreed to do it as he liked the last
scene where the father lets go of the heroine's hand .

He never wanted to be the Bollywood star but a television personality

like Oprah Winfrey and refused movies in the beginning. His fiancé and later
his wife had strong reservations against him joining the Bollywood .

He grandly declared that if he had to choose between his flourishing career in

the movie or his wife. He would always choose his wife over everything else.
He initially refused to do the movie Chamatkar when the producer insisted that
he should hide his marriage as was the norm at that time.

He also refused to tell a lie to his in laws who were dead against his marriage to
their hindu daughter. His fiancé and later wife insisted that he tell his in -laws
that he has Rs. 6 lacs in his bank when he only had Rs 28000/- in his bank
account.

He refused to do so and grandly proclaimed during that time that Dilip Kumar
had become old, Amitabh Bachchan had retired and it was his time now to
crowned as the king when he left Delhi for Mumbai to start his career in
bollywood.

Gradually, he became the superstar giving one hit after the another. He has
always charged lesser than his fellow actors while doing the films as he feels
that all the name and fame he has is due to the film industry and makes up with
the brand endorsements.

He claims that he can do anything -dance, shows ... for money except films.
Films he does only for love.

He also went into production and promised to make different kind of movies -
His first movie Phir bhi dil hai Hindustani made with blood, and tears flopped
and the critics, media were savage in their attacks.

He also faced scary days when the mafia started targeting film wallahs. The
mafia used to call him and threaten and chat with him. With his common sense
and smart wit he managed to escape them.

He has always maintained a tight balance between handling the mafia and as a
law abiding citizen.

This is the roller coaster life journey of todays superstar Shah Rukh Khan.
Need less to say picture abhi baki hai………
mere dost....