REPORT
Shah Rukh Khan talks
about Fan and his fans
T
he character of Gaurav reminds us of your role in
Darr...
Gaurav is not a psychotic or mad person running
behind a girl like my character in Darr. It’s about innocence. When you’re young, you have stars in your eyes.
When things don’t happen the way you want, it disturbs
you. As a film and a character, it is way different than my
negative portrayals in Baazigar, Don or Darr.
In the film, Gaurav resembles Aryan Khanna the superstar. How believable is that?
When I was young, people used to tell me I look like
Kumar Gaurav of Love Story. I used to get so happy
when I'd wear red checkered shirt and was called Kumar Gaurav. There is nothing wrong when you look like
someone as long as they inspire you. When I grew up, I
thought I look like Al Pacino and now I think I look like my
father. I'm sure a time will come when I'll look like myself
and be happy.
You must have also been someone’s fan at some point.
Have you done anything crazy for them?
I’ve been a fan of movies. Jo bhi maine pacchis saal
main kiya hain, woh filmon ki deewangi main hi kiya
hain. So whichever role I play, whatever work I do is
because I’m a fan of movies. I love films so much that I
even love the bad films. I’m a bad person to show films
in trials because I like them so much that I can’t find
flaws in them.
What are the craziest things fans have done for you?
There was this one guy who broke into my house, swam
in my swimming pool and left. Woh sirf mere swimming
pool mein nahana chahte tha! When police caught him
at night he said, ‘Mujhko maarna mat, main toh sirf unke
pool mein nahana chahta tha’. There have been people
who've come to Mannat and climbed seven stories. But
I don’t want to talk about these stories because I don’t
want to encourage the youngsters to do anything that
might be harmful and wrong for them to do. And writing letters in blood is a big no no! Send me an e-mail or
tweet to me. That’s much better.
If you encounter a fan like Gaurav someday, what will
you do?
Bohot maarunga usko (laughs). I will make them under-
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