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On Being Sharukh Khan

In a candid talk with Anuradha SenGupta of IBN, SRK talks of KBC, TRPs, his struggle and his philosophy of 'hunger to strive for more'.

SRK says that in life one should think of losing as not being an option.

Anuradha SenGupta: I can't believe this — no hot line dialing, no celebrity guest and here I am on the set of KBC with SRK.

Shah Rukh Khan: We are good to everyone, even news channels.

Anuradha SenGupta: I want to know exactly how good will you get, are you ready for a role reversal?

Shah Rukh Khan: I'm all right, I'm an actor. Whatever role you tell me to do, I'll try and do it to the best of my ability.

Anuradha SenGupta: So, let me live a dream role and play the hostess. There are no lifelines, some multiple choice questions and some essay type questions. The first question — Larry Page and Sergey Brin are the founders of Amazon, Rediff, Google or Yahoo?

Shah Rukh Khan: Is it Amazon?

Anuradha SenGupta: I'll give you a lifeline. You have 50:50. I'm getting rid of Amazon and Yahoo.

Shah Rukh Khan: Then Google.

Anuradha SenGupta: Okay then, this game has started. Shah Rukh is doing KBC because — it's a chance to connect one-on-one with fans; he's glad to be on TV, where he started and so and he's come a full circle; for the money or because 'where AB goes, SRK follows'.

Shah Rukh Khan: Three of the above. I think the money is nice and it gives me a chance to be in touch with the people. I also like the quizzing bit and yes, it gives me a chance to be back on the television too.

Anuradha SenGupta: I saw you hug one of the contestants, I think it was during episode one. For me, that fleeting and yet emotional contact seemed to symbolise what a star or an entertainer manages to do for a fan or a faceless person.

Shah Rukh Khan: The simplest aspect of it is that I'm a pathan and that's how I meet everyone—men and women. I don't like the word fans because it's sort of presumptuous that everybody likes you. But I meet audience and whether they like me or not, I do tend to hug people. In movies, I can't be hugging the villain — it wouldn't look right — so, one plays the character. In real life, I'm like that and when I meet real people, I don't do it with the intention that 'if I do this, it'll be nice'. I hug because I feel good.

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