When SRK thought CDI was his worst ever film

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When Shah Rukh Khan thought Chak De! India' was his worst ever film

'Chak De! India' remains one of Shah Rukh Khan's most celebrated works till date. But he himself was not initially confident of the movie doing well at the box-office.

By: Express Web Desk | Mumbai | Published:October 17, 2015 5:08 pm
Shah Rukh Khan, Shah Rukh Khan chak de india, Shah Rukh Khan news, Shah Rukh Khan edinburgh university, Shah Rukh Khan edinburgh university speech, shah rukh khan speech, chak de indiaShah Rukh Khan thought Chak De! India' is one of his worst ever movies. SRK made this revelation at the University of Edinburgh.

Chak De! India' remains one of Shah Rukh Khan's most celebrated works till date. But guess what? King Khan himself was not initially confident of the movie doing well at the box-office. Infact, the superstar thought it's one of his worst ever movies. SRK made this revelation at the University of Edinburgh while addressing a student's question relating to the highlights of his film career.

"We had some of the brightest minds making the film like Aditya Chopra, Jaideep Sahni, Shimit Amin. We had young girls who learnt how to play hockey. We had Yash Chopra backing it. But when I saw the film at it's first screening, we all looked at it and felt it was the worst film we had ever made in our lives.The girls didn't know this because for them seeing themselves on screen for the first time was a big thing. So they were irritatingly screaming and dancing while the four us were sitting there and crying. We had reached that stage of failure where you start telling people listen we did what we wanted to. This what we set out to make and success and failure is transient and we will come back. It was really really sad," he said.

    how the universal success of the film took him aback, SRK said, "After the screening, Shimit ran away to America, I came to Engand and all of us dispersed. I switched off my phone and went to sleep. I woke up at 4 in the evening after an intake of lot of alcohol as I was very depressed because we thought the film was good and it turned out not so nice. So I woke up at 4 and it was 9 in the morning in India. And by then everybody, the whole country had loved the film and it was such a huge success that we actually didn't believe it."
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Posted: 9 years ago
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I have to agree wid him for the first time...
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Posted: 9 years ago
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No wonder they hardly promoted it. Also the film opened to low occupancies. The story changed in a week though.
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Posted: 9 years ago
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OMG! Is he serious?😲😲

I would love to know his reactions after RaOne first screening😆
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: .Hajmola.

No wonder they hardly promoted it. Also the film opened to low occupancies. The story changed in a week though.

CDI was hardly promoted?the title track of CDI was a rage...they had released a special video of that song and the promos were aired frequently...agree that it opened with low occupancies...
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Ah!! That explains why SRK is making movies like Ra One, HNY, JTHJ etc! The guy has no script sense!
He thought CDI was bad? 😆 It infact is his finest!!
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Posted: 9 years ago
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it was an awesome film
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Dear Lord!

I can understand SRK but Shimit Amin too?
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Is he serious?! This is what happens when you spend your most of your career conforming to the typical Bollywood formula. When you make a sensible film, you think it's crap and nobody's going to watch it. I'm shocked! His best movie/performance to date and none of the big-wigs liked it?!
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Shah! ShaH! ... do you realise that this reflects badly on you. That you think that the finest film you did in the past decade was your worst ... explains the crappy movies you signed

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