Originally posted by: sharmajikaladka
Just a thought came to my mind.
I think discipline and upbringing are two vital factors to shape anyone's life.
If we compare SRK & Akki, both started nearly same time in the industry. SRK hit bulls eye with series of hits like Deewana, Baazigaar, Darr, etc while Akki failed miserably movie after movie, but he still got movies. Only reason he got movies was not because of his acting or action skills, but his discipline to complete the movies in shortest time span, which always benefited the financiers of the movie.
We could clearly see the acting skills of SRK was way above Akki from the day one itself even in below average movies like Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman or Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa. SRK was and still is a workaholic, he isn't method actor like Aamir but he can get under the skin of character perfectly when needed.
No one from 90s generation star can romance like SRK did on the screen, that's the truth.
But in the course of time, he got so engulfed into acting and fighting to stay on the top of the game, he forgot his children and family.
Just sending children to elite school and college doesn't mean that you love your child or your duty as parents is done. Just spending vacation in London, Paris, LA with your family once in 2-3 years doesn't mean you are a family person that there is great family bonding.
Family bonds are not created with vacation, or spending a day in a year with your child. Nor does sending million dollar gifts strengthens that bond.
Family bonds are built with regular day after day interaction with your child. You talk with them, teach discipline to them, fight with them, scold them and console them.
That's where Akki scored. He wraps up shooting by 5:00 PM then heads straight to home, no meetings, no parties, unless he is paid in crores, he won't even come to award shows to perform. He doesn't work for 2 months every year to spend time with his family. He never works on Sundays. He never thinks about the movie or work on his acting skills after day wrap up, that's why most of his co-actors teases him that he never remembers his lines. For him acting is like any other work like 9-5 job. Once job is done, he goes home.
He spends his morning and evening with his loved ones, instead of drinking in late night parties.
SRK faltered there. He works very hard, 14-16 hours a day, he hardly sleeps 2-4 hours a day. So he needs to party to get relaxed from the hard day of work. He smokes like chimney which helps him to stay alert. Whenever he has time he thinks about movie, work on his character, get his lines ready, improvise his dialogues and acting with practice. For him acting is not work, its his passion. Many great artist has same illness, they get lost into work, forgetting the world around them.
And for a superstar who has almost reigned the throne of Bollywood as BAADSHAH for nearly 2 decades from early 90s till early 2010s, it was very tough.
Maybe, if there is any truth regarding Aryaan doing drugs (whatever kind it may be marijuana or hard ones) is the result of kind of upbringing which SRK and Gauri as parents gave to their child. I am not saying they were bad parents, but had they been bit more focused upon their children instead of getting lost into glitzy limelight of Bollywood, their child might have not resorted into such bad habits.
Just my thought.