Shah Rukh Khan on working with Anushka Sharma in Jab Harry Met Sejal a

Shah Rukh Khan returns to his forte
romance after a long time with Jab
Harry Met Sejal. And while his last release
Raees clashed with Kaabil, this time the
superstar has averted one with Toilet
Ek Prem Katha by shifting his movie from
August 11 to August 4. Here the actor
talks about the shift, doing a love story,
working with Anushka and more.
On avoiding clash with Toilet Ek Prem
Katha
I have always maintained that if one can,
one should try not to clash. I know it's an
impossibility with roughly 200 films
releasing over 50 weeks. I myself have
had it (clash) many times. I have always
spoken to parties concerned and asked
can you shift, and looked at the possiblity
of shifting it myself. But sometimes it's not
possible and then you come along with
another movie. This time I could shift
because few weeks ago, I got to hear that
August 4 (Secret Superstar was earlier to
release on this date) is free. In fact,
initially, we had thought of August 4, but
then August 11 got free and we took that
date. Now, we have come back to the 4th.
Business-wise'
Ours being a big ticket film, we can take
on a capacity of 4000-5000 theatres, but
everytime we come with another film, the
business suffers. Just by logistics, you
can't have that capacity available to you
for the first few days. At the end the film
will economically do well, but for a big
ticket film one should try to garner the
available capacity. For a film like Jab Harry
Met Sejal, which is a sweet and funny love
story, that also has a chance of running
long, we can take the advantage of
second week's holidays. Since it's coming
on August 4, we believe we can enjoy the
Independence Day weekend along with
the Raksha Bandhan one. So, everything
fitted well.
Raees clash was unavoidable
I think anyone who has the opportunity to
avoid a clash, would do it. Everybody likes
to have a free run, sometimes it is
unavoidable like it was for Raees. If I were
to postpone Raees as I would have liked
to, it would have come in August. Then I
would have had to postpone this film to
October. A free Friday was not available, so
one says let's take a big holiday weekend
and come along with someone.
Title tattle
Actually we had the title Jab Harry Met Sejal
for a long time. It was with us before the
first day we shot the film. The working
title was always The Ring. And before we
went to Europe, we had When Harry met
Sejal. Maybe we thought we need a more
Hindi title. Rehnuma is a great title but not
for this film. It's really old-fashioned for
this movie, which is a more modern, in-
your- face, happy-go-lucky love story. Even
the poster is a happy one. Imagine i
written on it! People make so many title
stories and I am not one for clarification. I
believe the title should come out with the
poster and people should believe when
the production house releases the title.
Throwback to When Harry Met Sally
When Harry Met Sally is a classic metaphor
for a love story. Since ours is love story, it
(title) is a throwback to the film. Like
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya. I think if I
am not mistaken it is taken from Dilwale
Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. Humpty... is not a
copy of DDLJ, but you refer to it because it
is the same genre of the film. Similarly we
thought of When Harry Met Sejal, and to
have more Hindi, we made it Jab it's a
coincidence that Jab We Met is Imtiaz's
film. It's about Harinder Singh, who is
called Harry in Europe and Canada and
Sejal Parekh. It was Ranbir (Kapoor) who
gave the title.
Returning to a love story
I am doing a classic love story after so
many years. I don't think anybody offered
me one though people keep saying I do
love stories. They call me the king of
romance, but I haven't romanced for a
long time. Besides being happy and funny,
it is tender and emotional as a love story
should be. It's about two people, there is
music and the main differentiation lies in
how Imtiaz writes a love story in Yash
Chopraish' way.
Working with Anushka
I have a strange relationship with
Anushka. We are fond of each other.
Anushka, Deepika (Padukone), these girls
have done their first films with me, so
there is a different kind of relationship
with them. Sometimes you take a little
while to do a film after you have done
your first one, but then you get into a
space like this. Imtiaz was clear that this
(SRK-Anushka) was the cast. Aanand had
been meeting Anushka for six-seven
months and I said we have just done
another film. She really suited the role. It is
great fun working with her.

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Jab we met was based on young love story between a young rich guy and cute bubble who had fallen in love with a fool..she got rejected and she got depressed...guy then finds her. in between there was their journey together where guy started liking the bubble. There there were legendary songs like tum se hi

Good Interview! :D

Happy Film - Excited! ⭐️ 🥳

In new Gen, loved SRK's Pairing with Anu and DP.

SRK-Anu's 3 films already - RNBDJ, JTHJ, JHMS!! ❤️

Can't wait for Jab Harry Met Sejal!

Originally posted by: hippopotamus

Hippo always believes that one should act ur age and it will succeed...Amittabh failed in the end as he was doing jumma chumma at 60 year old age..Khans except aamir going same route

Originally posted by: communion

TOH could be a blockbuster too, it's more about the audience accepting the status quo rather than the pair itself. Anu-SRK didn't look good together in RNBJ imo, but in the context of the story where her father marries her off, it sorta worked. Else mooch-less SRK looked like a bumbling chacha next to Anushka's unfiltered youthfulness.

That said, Aamir also has continuously worked with actresses in their twenties. Sakshi Tanwar was an exception. He's on the same path as the other Khans. Fatima and Anu are only 4 years apart, both the couples are awkward. But since Fatima also played Aamir's daughter, it's extra squicky for the audiences to watch.

Such a sensible interview...but as usual...le sigh🤔😆

Its called acting. shammi kapoor worked with actresses in their early 20's same with lots of other actors, I dont care how old they are as long as they are 18+. If you've maintained yourself well enough then go for it It's called acting not real life.

Originally posted by: pallavi25

FYI, 53 yr old Aamir will be romancing 25 yr old Fatima in his next movie TOH, she played his daughter in Dangal...hes also playing a swashbuckling pirate in that movie 😆

Is that acting his age?

Anu did her very first movie with SRK, where she played his wife and Tani partner...they didnt look awkward at all, and the movie was a Blockbuster, so obviously audience accepted their pairing.