He sounds very angry and upset here in this interview about Devdas. He lashes out at Aish, SRK, and Madhuri, saying all of them were cast because they have troubles in their lives and he has no troubles so he was not cast.
The interviewer asked “What is your take on love?” and the actor said, “I don’t think that there is a word called love. There is a word called ‘need’. A girl would not reciprocate the love till she feels the need for the guy. Even if he says that he wants to jump off the cliff, she will ask him to go ahead and do it.” After this, the interviewer asked, “What about the love in Devdas?
To this, Salman Khan had quite an interesting reply. He said, “That is not love. It’s a film about a loser. The writer of the book himself realised that he had destroyed an entire generation.”
When asked why he did not do Devdas, he said, “I was the last person to know that I was not doing Devdas. I did two films with Sanjay Leela Bhansali. By the end of that, he had outgrown me. He needed a much better actor to play the role.”
“I have not seen Devdas but Sanjay felt that she was going through a lot of trouble and was suited for her character. Ditto with Shah Rukh and Madhuri. I am the only one who does not have any problems. So I did not get the role."
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