Pathan director Aditya Chopra has revealed that Bollywood’s king of romance Shah Rukh Khan actually wanted to be an action hero.
Streaming service ‘Netflix’ released a four-part documentary series ‘The Romantics’ yesterday, a tribute to late legendary filmmaker Yash Chopra and the production house on 50 years of Yash Raj Films. Made for.
In this documentary series, Yash Raj Films head Aditya Chopra while talking about his directorial debut ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ revealed that Shah Rukh Khan did not want to do the film because he wanted action. Had to be a hero.
In the same documentary series, King Khan said that he always talked about action films and heroes with Aditya Chopra, where there is fighting, blood, but he offered me ‘Dil Wale Dulhania Lejainge’ in which the hero, heroine Didn’t even run along.
Shah Rukh Khan said that he liked the story but was surprised because it was unexpected. On this occasion, King Khan revealed that ‘Aadi (Aditya Chopra) used to say to me, there is something in your eyes that cannot be wasted on action alone’.
Aditya Chopra said that he never gave up to convince Shah Rukh Khan, he used to follow Shah Rukh Khan on the sets of various films to convince him for the film.
He recounted an incident on the sets of the 1995 film Trimurti, when an almost 80-year-old woman came up to Shah Rukh Khan and said, ‘Son, you’re so good, you’re doing such a good job, but you’re killing me in every film.’ And every movie has blood, I don’t like it’.
Aditya Chopra added that 15 minutes later I went to Shah Rukh Khan and told him that I think you are hesitant to refuse, it is your right to refuse but I will only suggest that Don’t close the doors of romantic movies to yourself because in this country the superstar will be the only one who is every mother’s son, every sister’s brother and every college girl’s fantasy.
Shahrukh Khan signed the film on the insistence of Aditya Chopra and even today after 27 years, ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ is still in theaters. This film gave Shah Rukh Khan recognition as a romantic hero.
It should be noted that on this occasion he also promised to do an action film with Shah Rukh Khan, which was fulfilled today in the form of the film ‘Pathan’.
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