Koffee With Karan Ep1 S5 Discussion Thread- Alia Bhatt and SRK! - Page 28

Surprised to Sania everywhere.
She came on Sajid's talk show, even on Anupam Kher's talk show and now she is here as well when she is not even related to BW. KJo said he does only Bollywood.

Looks like we are in for a long and boring KWK season.
Found nothing remarkable about the episode and I always despised the fake camaraderie between celebs in the show.

@zaroon and sneha - enjoying your conversations 😃

Originally posted by: PAcino

Ash got CC ,VZ & KHNH on SRK's insistence ...those times there was a huge rumor(unconfirmed) about the two having a scene!

well did nt like kwk ..😔
srk looked oily (nt chichoda though 😆)
may be he needed a hard scrubbing 😆
plus he should nt have come with alia..
max of the questions were directed to srk..
alia was made to look like an accessory ..
karan should have rather gt srk on solo..
perhaps they came together to take the opportunity
to promote dz..
i would have loved to see vidya n srk together ..
it could have been a riot..😳

kjo n his midlife crisis continues..
too much importance on one thing makes him sound cheap
n a pervert..he spoiled nach baliyen with the same thoughts
n now kwk too..

alia was interrupted on many occasions..
the gk part looks scripted..perhaps a consolation prize
to a darling..😳


only two things emerges hit - demotional n
the lovely basket of gift hamper..rest was
cold n quite lame from the standard of srk
in kwk..

Originally posted by: Zeal17

I swear! if all my posts in last 3-4 be combined, will fall short of how much they hv written in 1 post.😆

Hahaha guys! Sorry. Ignore us. We're unleashing our false writers talent and justifying that by 'discussion'. 😳😆😳


@Gerua - Thanks! I thought no one else was even reading them! 😆

@Sneha - I am not as articulate as either of you but trust me I am really enjoying your talk 😊

borinnng 🤢

SRK trying so hard to be funny

Aloo is so dumb, no hope there

Kjo is so pretentious 🤢

did SRK say he wants to remake 50 SOG with Aalia 🤢

Alia is fun but I really wish SRK came alone for koffee. SRK's rapid fire was too good though. Ranveer being arrested for his clothes was the best 😆

Originally posted by: zaroonkashaf

Awww...Thank you. The feeling is mutual :).

But see that's the thing ...art is so subjective man. I have seen so many gush about 3 Idiots and they are absolutely entitled to those opinions. I have tried to watch the movie a few times when it has aired on telly and every time I have tuned out because I frankly didn't see what the big deal was neither did I find it all that engaging. I'm sure others might feel that way about other movies that have been praised to the skies.

Now coming to Shahrukh and Aamir , these are two different people with a different approach to work. I might be biased here as I ain't a neutral viewer , I'm a Shahrukh fan but I feel most out there who are neutral as well know that their approach towards their work is a little different. In the sense that Shahrukh has stated quite a few times that for him it's darn important that he should be able to get along with the director , to sort of be on the same page as him. We all know how he has signed movies without even knowing how much he'll get paid for them when it comes to banners like YRF or Dharma. He has probably worked with Yash Ji without even getting a full narration of the movie he's supposed to do. It was almost decided that once they approach him for a movie , he'll do it after he did Darr with them. So in that way one can see the two styles of working here. Not saying , he doesn't read scripts. Or he doesn't get narrations of scripts but just pointing out the little differences there. Even when it comes to script sense , I feel you can't expect two actors to have a similar thought process that way. I mean he might have rejected some good films but then he has done movies like Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa , FAN , Swades , Chak De , Dil Se and I could go on and on. There probably are movies that Aamir rejected that went on to do great business as well but then again nobody can predict the BO of a movie. Would I like him to work with a RajKumari Hirani? Sure! Do I feel bummed out that he didn't do a 3 Idiots? Not really.

FAN was a niche film though. I find it a little baffling when people compare how much it made at the BO with how much a commercial potboiler did. I mean those comparisons then get into the zone where you are comparing for the heck of it. I won't compare what a Talaash made at the BO with what a 3 Idiots did. So I think comparisons also have to have some semblance of logic to them. Dilwale might not have worked at the BO in India but it did tremendously well in the overseas market but I totally see where you are coming from. I remember Shahrukh stating in an interview he did after a week or so of CE's release that the monkey is off his back now. He was talking about all the talk of how he's finished , his movies haven't made the money that the movies of other Khans have so he has acknowledged those insecurities. I'm sure these things do get to these people considering how much focus there is these days on the BO numbers man. Not to mention that he was ruling the BO for majority of these years so he has sort of been that benchmark that others want to "beat" in a certain sense. When you are then ripped apart and told that you are finished , I'm sure it can get to you. But at the end of the day , one can't expect him to do just one kind of cinema. He's an actor. A Rohit Shetty film might not be for everyone out there but many do dig those movies. Same goes for Farah Khan movies. I mean I still haven't watched a CE because the trailers were enough to put me off 😆 yet I know so many who have not only watched it once but watched it plenty of times at the theater. As an audience , I don't want him to do just "intelligent" movies as you stated because frankly I have enjoyed a MHN as much as I have enjoyed watching a Dil Se. I might not care to watch a CE but I do think he is absolutely entitled to do that movie even though it might not be everyone's cup of tea. Those are the movies that make a lot of people happy.

I do see your point though about getting that balance right where a commercial movie has good content. He has done quite a few of those. But that combination of getting that balance right is still rare I feel. He has mentioned as to how nervous they were about Chak De. On paper it doesn't seem like a movie that will do well with at the BO but it did. So like you said the BO is so unpredictable man. Swades is one of my all time favorite movies of his and it didn't work at the BO so there really is no formula. He has stated sometimes he's in the frame of mind to do something fun so if he's getting offered a Farah Khan movie at the time , he would do it not only because he is in that frame of mind but also because he loves working with Farah. So it goes back to how these people approach scripts. And that is something that I feel is quite individualistic. Which is why I don't necessarily compare anyone's script sense as such.

Sorry for that essay 😆 but really enjoyed reading your post and wanted to throw my two cents out there :).

I'll address the last line first! 😉 No problem! I love reading the essays and retaliating. Evidently, not everyone does, so I'll try keep it short this time. (Yeah right! 😆)


I agree about the difference to approach to a script. And largely speaking, it is the correct way to go ahead also I presume. It probably explains why an Aamir would make a Dhoom or SRK a CE, even so knowing that the script isn't as tight as it should be. It assures a certain 'break' from the typical 'intelligent' cinema, and frankly, however crappy it might seem, I can imagine the amount of fun it must be to shoot such movies. Also, you should definitely watch CE. It's no pathbreaking movie, obviously, but it's hilarious, at least I liked it. A different approach to comedy compared to the crass sexual humour we see nowadays and it was a fun watch!


Art is indeed subjective. I've loved a lot of movies of SRK that haven't necessarily done well, and you mentioned some of them. Swades easily comes into the Top 5, and yet so many people I know, including some close friends who're crazy fans of his, find it boring and dull. It's understandable and actually even acceptable, because entertainment has its own lens, and what plays through each person's may be so varying. My friends like to say I'm pseudo-intellectual when I rave about certain movies and books, but to me, they might have made me laugh, smile, cry. What touches one's heart is different for different people. And then, some people might not go out looking for an emotional connect either. Tired and stressed about life, they might want to go enjoy laughs, dance, songs - no matter what the storyline is. Each to his own, as you said.


Though I'm certainly looking forward to his line-up. Especially the one with Anushka actually. I'm trusting Imtiaz to give us another JWM. 'Cause I know Raaes is going to be good performance-wise anyway and DZ isn't that much of a role supposedly. It's been ages I've been wanting to go to the theatres for 3 SRK movies in a row!


Signing off. This is the shortest I can write so. 😆 It's been a pleasure! 😳