Or that they didn’t whoop in joy when Vidya Sharma successfully fended off the strike and saved the goal, thus giving India the world cup!Īfter this I watched a lot of Shahrukh movies (all the old ones too) and in each, I found that he was the honest actor and quite charming.
SHAHRUKH KHAN SONG 2014 MOVIE
This movie put him up there with Aamir as the actors that I admired most.Īfter that, came Chak De! India and damn them if someone says that Kabir Khan’s sattar minute speech didn’t give them goosebumps (despite being a rip off from a Hollywood movie almost verbatim off topic, this is a classic case of shredded frogs in delicious meals) or that they did not feel their eyes getting wet when the boy shouts ‘ gaddar!‘ atop his father’s shoulders. whoa! Gets me every time.Įven today, when I listen to Yeh Jo Des Hai Mera, I can imagine Shahrukh struggling with homesickness in USA and I tear up. I still love watching the movie and the romance, the feeling of patriotism (love for people, not country) and the feeling of guilt when the old woman says ‘ Bijlee!‘ as her eyes lit up in the reflection of the bulb. The actress Gayatri Joshi was so amazing as that elusive, witty and mischievous educated village damsel, that she became the benchmark for my girlfriend. After watching the movie, I wanted to just get up, go to a village and help them set up a hydel power plant (notwithstanding that I hadn’t the expertise to do so). The movie totally changed my attitude towards Shahrukh and a lot of other things. But I still had a thing against liking Shahrukh, so I gave him my grudging admiration instead (never in public).Įnter Swades, perhaps the defining movie of my life. That movie really struck a chord and I really liked how he was so effortlessly charming! Thanks to that movie, Kajol became my favorite actress for a long time, and mere khwabon mein jo aaye, my favorite song. So later, I watched other Shahrukh movies like Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. I actively took part in this and enjoyed it.īut I thought that he wasn’t that bad, and I even like Mohabbatein. What followed was two and half hours of jeering and making fun of him when he came on screen. Turned out it was a Shahrukh flick, Mohabbatein. Then after one my cousin’s wedding, my jijaji took all of us cousins for a movie. But I still didn’t like Shahrukh (in fact, my derision grew because of his confused and weak character in the movie).
She got me to watch Dil Toh Pagal Hai and I really liked the movie, thanks to Madhuri. My sister is a maverick though, and she’s a die-hard Shahrukh fan. I used to only drink coca cola, because that was the brand Aamir supported and never Pepsi (Shahrukh). The hatred was so deeply rooted that I used to avoid watching Shah Rukh’s movies and loathed it when he came on screen for a commercial. And I did! What do you expect when it’s drilled into you that Aamir rocks and Shahrukh sucks? They were all fans of Aamir Khan and I was expected to follow suit. Since childhood, my cousins have filled me with hatred for Shahrukh Khan. Well, it was fun to watch SRK bonding with these singers.TL DR : I was anti-Shahrukh, but Swades and Chak De! India changed me into a Shahrukh fan. SRK also thanked Sonu Nigam for lending his voice to the song, which turned out to be the biggest chartbusters of that year. So SRK added his own edge to it by doing his usual stretching his arms in the air thing, which he is an adept at. Now Khan was embarrassed to those steps because they were highly mechanical – as if a robot is dancing with absolutely no grace whatsoever. It seems when he was rehearsing for the song ‘Dil ye dil’ in the movie, Subhash Ghai showed him a couple of dance steps to go with the song. Shahrukh shared an interesting anecdote with the viewers. Just when the duo was starting to get all emotional, SRK joined them. Sonu Nigam and Subhash Ghai got together on stage and recalled the time when they worked together for Pardes. So this is what happened at the award function.
The one thing about Khan is that he always carries his wit and sense of humour with him whenever he is out there at a public event. SRK looked dapper in a leather jacket in his usual gelled hair. And an icing on the cake was Shahrukh Khan’s funny anecdotes. The Mirchi Music Awards was one helluva flamboyant affair.