I don't look at SRK as my friend, saysKJO

"I am Gauri's friend… I have always maintained that Shah Rukh Khan is not my friend but like an elder brother. Whenever he comes into the room I stand up, I never talk to him casually like I would with a friend. You know we don't share that back slapping two friends relationship… I don't look at him as a friend at all," says Johar, "He has taken my dad's place in my life. Although he may be just 7 years older than me I really look up to him immensely. There is too much respect and reverence."

Present at the success party of Anupama Chopra's book, King of Bollywood, Johar says that he was sure of the success currently being enjoyed by the book right at the very beginning. "This book only tells you things you don't know about Shah Rukh. I had the privilege of reading the first twenty pages when Anupama had just started writing the book. And what she does is not only talk about the fraternity vis--vis Shah Rukh Khan but she also talks about Shah Rukh the man, the father, the husband, the son, the son-in-law. I think all those facts that you wouldn't find in any book, interview and website," says Karan, "I mean even if you google these facts you won't find anything!"
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SRK has been working on his autobiography for sometime now and Karan is amongst the handful of people who have got access to Shah Rukh's writing. "I have had the pleasure and opportunity to read a few of the chapters of that book and I remember reading one particular chapter and almost breaking down because he wrote it so fantastically. His book is special because it is coming from a very personal space and I think the day the book does come out it will be a very special thing for everyone because what that book will have is something obviously no one else will be able to capture. Everything in that book will be from his gut. It will be the true and real and the most in-depth and close you can get to Shah Rukh," says Johar.

He adds that he hopes one day he can capture his friend's life on camera. "His love story with Gauri is almost like DDLJ itself. I always feel that one day I would like to make a romantic love story which will be based on Shah Rukh and Gauri's story," says the filmmaker, "They have the most beautiful love story… his life has everything! There is drama, emotions, humour, pain, sorrow, happiness."

Speaking about Khan, Karan adds that for him SRK has all the makings to be a great man behind the camera. "He is a great writer and I'm telling you that one day he will be an even greater director and writer than an actor than he is today. He is a superb writer – there is drama, emotions, humour. He is just a complete writer. And that's why I say that he will make a great filmmaker one day because if you can write this well then you can execute it!"