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Shah Rukh Khan on Fareed Zakaria GPS show talks Bollywood, Hollywood, global competition

New York: You don't want to miss this !

Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN's flagship foreign affairs program Fareed Zakaria GPS' interviews two Indian icons this Sunday, 21 February - India's richest man and Chairman of Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan.

Fareed Zakaria GPS' airs on CNN at 10 am and 1 pm EST Sunday in the United States and five times globally on CNN International.

Zakaria, often described as "the most influential foreign policy adviser of his generation" and certainly one of a kind from Indian roots, speaks to Ambani on his "massive investment" in Reliance Jio and the single biggest "economic opportunity of the moment."

Ambani explains why he is betting big on Jio and why that is crucial for India which is on the threshold of a revolution never seen in a "100 years".

Barely a few weeks ago, it was Shah Rukh Khan's selfie with Mukesh Ambani during the #CelebratingJio launch in Mumbai which smashed records for retweets on Twitter.

"As we saw the year 2012-13, India is 150th in the world in mobile broadband penetration as well as quality. And Jio is really conceived to change this position," says Ambani in the exclusive interview that airs worldwide on CNN. Zakaria speaks at length with Mukesh Ambani on global oil prices too.

Zakaria travelled from New York to Mumbai to meet Ambani at his residence - Antilla, in India's financial capital.

Both these marquee interviews on the GPS show have made it into the "must watch" buzz across American broadsheets.

Los Angeles Times lists the Mukesh Ambani interview in its television highlights for the weekend.

The LA Times also speaks of Shah Rukh Khan as "perhaps the world's biggest movie star."

Zakaria introduces Shah Rukh Khan to his audience this way: "If you don't know him and his work, you should."

Shah Rukh Khan, sporting a beard, talks about how Hollywood is competing to make a mark in India while Bollywood movies stand shoulder to shoulder in the global marketplace.

"If they don't have six songs, they're not competing with us," Shah Rukh Khan begins before getting serious about strategy and stardom in the movies.

"It will be quite a while before international cinema becomes real competition," Shah Rukh tells Zakaria.

Excerpts from the SRK interview:

Zakaria: Tell me what Bollywood today looks like. How do you deal with competition? Hollywood is making movies for a global audience so that many of their movies make a majority of their revenues outside the US...?

SRK: Thankfully if they don't have six songs, then they are not competition (laughs). But you are completely right. I have always had this worry that if we are not able to change our cinema fast enough then we would be kind of overtaken like Hollywood has. India is the only country where local movies do better than international cinema. Quentin Tarantino said at Cannes or somewhere...that the reason for local movies to survive is stardom. So there is still a huge balance of stardom in this country where there is a director or an actor or an actress...something like NBA in the US. That stardom keeps it going...as long as the star system is retained in this country, it will be a while before international cinema becomes actual competition. But once in a year, there is international cinema that takes over...

Zakaria: So the last time we talked, you were still having this extraordinary problem of getting into the United States because there was a namesake on a terror watch list. What happened?

SRK: Now I've been told that that gentleman has been found out. He's off that list so I'm off the list ( smiles). I'm coming in and going very freely in America. I'm looking out for some Universities for my kids. I came on a tour and it was all fine.

Zakaria: What did that whole experience make you feel?

SRK: It just was very uncomfortable. To land up somewhere and getting stuck in an airport for 2-3 hours for no reason at all...I started travelling light. I started keeping less innerwear...( laughs). God forbid if there was a problem in India, I would be the first to say that we have to strengthen our security. One has to see it in a larger context, it's a sign of the times. The world is that kind of place...you cannot hold grudges against people..We have to live with it and and just be prepared for some of this stuff.

http://m.firstpost.com/world/shah-rukh-khan-on-fareed-zakaria-gps-show-talks-bollywood-hollywood-global-competition-road-ahead-2635594.html

India Is the Only Country Where Local Movies Do Better Than International Cinema: SRK

Gauri Khan on toppling the 'star wife' tag, avoiding gossip columns and more

Gauri Khan agrees to this interview. When she realises it's a one-on-one, she requests for an e-chat. We prefer it in person, we say.

We lose a week.

Gauri Khan

Her spokesperson gets in touch to say Gauri has agreed to meet. But she has a request: Can she see your questions?

We say, that won't be possible. And come to a compromise.

For someone fastidious, Gauri appears with her guard down when we meet her at Mannat, the mansion she has built and lives in with actor husband Shah Rukh Khan, and children, Aryan (19), Suhana (15) and AbRam (2).

An August 2015 photo of Gauri Khan (in glares) spotted at the airport with AbRam

She is dressed in all black, her hair is pulled back and she is wearing no make-up. She smiles and apologises for being late.

"I have been travelling. The kids are here, and they leave for London tomorrow. But AbRam is with Shah Rukh in Goa. That child is a globetrotter. He is never here. People just pick him up and run " my mum, Shah Rukh " nobody wants to leave him."

Also read: Films have never been a passion of mine, says Gauri Khan

She is keen to steer the conversation to design. "When headlines are only about Shah Rukh, I get upset," she admits. "There is no value then to what I do. His achievements are his, and I have no part in them. I do what I do."

What Gauri does is design " furniture, interiors and sarees. In 2014, she launched Gauri Khan Designs, a label that curates furniture and collectibles from across the world. Her recent big strike was showcasing her collection, Turned Wood on Brass, at the Maison & Objet, one of the world's most celebrated avenues for designer showcase, in Paris. "Just being there was inspiring. At our stall, we wanted to showcase the best of India. So we had the wheel of Konark represented on stools, and a gorgeous peacock wallpaper.

Our stall was named the most beautiful. Watching others at work inspires you," she says.

Like it did with Jean Franois Lesage, the scion of one of France's legendary embroidery families. The man known for luxurious hand-embroidery on cushions, pillows and throws collaborated with Gauri on the stall. In 2013, Lesage began working with Indian craftsmen, which is why Gauri says, it made sense to team up. "I'd like to think that my aim is to take Indian art wherever I can. My travels and experiences just add a modern touch to it."

She knew design piqued her interest as far back as the '80s when she was a student of history at Lady Sriram College in Delhi. "When we studied the architecture of Indian temples, I was fascinated," she remembers. Gauri followed it up with a stint at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, and an interior design course. "I'd go for evening classes, but it was always design [that I pursued], in whatever form."

But her formal initiation into interiors kicked off when she was working on her sea-facing Bandra Bandstand heritage home. "I had already started collecting. So when the house was being made, I ended up designing rooms around pieces of furniture," she laughs.

The luxurious living room we sit in is littered with art, but she won't pick a favourite. "I like it all, and I don't want to upset anyone by mentioning another. But I like Subodh Gupta and have a few pieces by him," she says. What she's particular about is to showcase Indian talent. "We have so much talent here. Why would I buy an international artist?"

Often discussed for her chic sense of style, turning to fashion design was an organic move. She has designed three collections for contemporary saree label, Satya Paul; the latest is called Cocktails and Dreams. "It was fun for me to do this. I make sure though, that all the colours of the rainbow don't end up on the same saree. I like to stick to a colour palate."

Inspiration, she finds on travels, in "seeing things and meeting people". And in her kids. "We just redid Aryan's room; a new grown-up room. But I can't tell you anything about it. He will kill me! It was inspiring because I had to get in touch with younger designers."

That she has had a child after a long hail means that she must ensure she has time for AbRam. "Everything I do can be done right here from a computer. So I am always next to AbRam, provided he is at home!"

She agrees that Shah Rukh and she are more indulgent parents this time around. "I think he is pampered much more [than Aryan and Suhana]. He is more on sets with Shah Rukh too. My other kids didn't do that. I am now wondering, why?"

But the busy professional and full-time mother roles don't take away from her most in-your-face tour of duty. She knows she is the focus of the media, and she cannot run away from it. "I don't have time to care. My life is too busy. I don't read everything written about me," she says, before figuring we are one of them. "You guys write anything. And those headlines! But then who isn't being written about? Who is spared? When people inquire about what the papers have said about me, I want to ask them, what about what's written about you?' Everyone is being shredded. Everyone has issues, and I am no different."

Originally posted by: srkjuhi

Arnab is just an effing bully. He doesn't allow anyone who has a different opinion from him to even speak! He switches off their mic! And Shahrukh is not someone who would bear with that kind of anchoring nor should anyone else to be honest. Badtameezi has apparently become "cool" these days when it comes to some of these journalists and Shahrukh knows how to give back so they definitely can't bully him.

Originally posted by: ExcuseMePlz

'jati hoon main was between each others legs '@karanjohar 'i was okay with it' @iamsrk 'shut up ' @KajolAtUN

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Shahrukh...😆

It was Masand's interview I guess.