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| "The day I do a historical is the day I will follow the dialogues on paper" - Salman Khan | ||||
| Priyan pens great lines for his actors and you are his actor this time around. We are awaiting for some magic with Kyon Ki… I just hope I have done justice to those lines, nothing more. Leak us something about your role? I play a lovable, endearing character. He is a constant idiot in every situation and gets into trouble time and again for no reason of his. That's as much about the character that I can give away. Since your character in Kyon Ki… is not one of those 'seen-him-before' characters, was there any method to your acting? What method? No method, I play it from my heart. If I can understand and relate to the character, then I take it on and that is how I play a character. Let's get to the cast. Your pairing with Kareena is refreshing. Why didn't you guys team together before? I was working with her sister, Karisma, until recent. So it feels awkward to romance her younger sister whom you have seen grow up in front of you. But now she is a grown-up lady and so…you see us together. Do you agree with people who think Kareena hams big time? (Laughs) Yes. But then again, it has to do with the roles that she did which required her to be noisy and garrulous. But check her out in Kyon Ki and you'll agree that she has done a fantastic job. She is very soft and subtle in this film.
She might be a 'mad-mad' girl but she behaved herself while shooting with me. Tell us about Rimi… Oh, she is an extremely sweet person. No hassles with her at all. I shot with her for 15 days and it was very pleasant. Jackie and you team together for the third time? That's right; I am extremely fond of Jackie. We gel very well. He is like my elder brother. You and Himesh have a 100% hit record as far as music goes, how do you like the music of Kyon Ki? I think it is a great combination of melody and sadness. I think we will outdo the standards of Tere Naam. I love the music so much that right now I have Kyon Ki playing in my car. How was it working with Priyan? It was fabulous! He is such an accomplished director, so thorough with the script that I had to work harder this time. Normally, I take the shoot scene-by-scene. But with Priyan, before I finished 'x' scene, he was ready with scene 'y'. So I had to memorize my lines and be ready to take up the next shot. His crew too is so pat with what to set up and where the lights need to be lined. He is a real taskmaster and cans 80-100 shots in a single day. Quick, sharp and focused, that's how Priyadarshan works. Is he a control-freak or does he believes in giving creative license? Oh, yes, he gives you lots of creative space. What he doesn't give you is time!
I get along with most people. But if there ever comes a point where I don't rub well with a person, I make an extra effort to get along. But if I see that it is still failing then I make an early exit from the film without trying to oust the person from the cast. That has always been my approach. Your co-stars always point out that you change the lines of the script while shooting. True? I do that just so that the dialogues are real and audiences can relate to them. What happens most times is that, since one is writing, it tends to get very flowery and then the dialogues make no sense and sound ridiculous. I give it a real and contemporary touch, that's all. The day I do a historical is the day I will follow the dialogues on paper. You have been playing the fun, flirty, 'happy-go-lucky' guy for quite some time. Yet people flock to theatres to watch as critics put it, 'the-same-Salman'. Do you feel vindictive at some point? Well, there are only so many characters one can play, that's why repetition creeps in. So yes, you end up playing the same character with some changes here and there. But it's basically the same character. I just ensure that they don't look identical. Tell us 3 movies that you liked yourself in… None, liking myself is being narcissistic and that is one thing that I am not. Ask me about Mr. Bachchan's, Dilip Saab or Dharmendra's films and I'll tell you.
My approximation about these things are always wrong! The person I pick as potential often bites dust. So excuse me out of it. Not so easy, okay, tell us about actresses who you are fond of… Oh, I am very fond of Madhuri, both as an actor as well as a person. Are you still in touch with her? No, we lost contact. I think she is somewhere in Denver or was it Florida? Don't really know… Continue… I am also very fond of Sriji, I think she is fantastic! Shilpa, Katrina and the kid I worked with, in Lucky, Sneha Ullal. I like these people. Movie buffs are thrilled that you and Shahrukh are finally getting back together! Shahrukh and I were always close. You are telling that there was no love lost between the two of you… None at all, it's just that he was busy with his stuff and I with mine. And everybody knows that my 'stuff' is such a lot of my 'stuff'. So I thought it was best not to bother them with it and simply suck them too into the mess. Tell us that we'll see the Khans together… Well, we have just met up twice or thrice. But let's see… Give us 3 people who you consider your pillar of strength… Three is too less… Wonderful, more the merrier… Well for starters, my gang of 15-20 friends who always back me, my family and my extended family which consists of my staff who have been with me for the past 15 years!
You put yourself in my place and tell me how would you react? What is success to you? If you work hard, give it your best shot and have God's grace, then I am sure you are going to be a success. And it just helps if you have a million fans backing you, the way I have! What is the best thing any fan has done for you? Lots, you know it feels wonderful when you know there are so many people caring for you. That's the reason I try to keep out of trouble as much as I can. One day, a Malabar Hill kid came upto me and told me that his grandmother had kept a 3-day fast and offered prayers when I got myself into a mess recently. I don't know if I deserve this kind of affection and love. But yes, the day someone tries to take this away from me is the day when I'll fight back, till then I'll lie and take it all. What does Salman's future look like? (Mocks) If you ask me what I am going to do 5 minutes from now, I would be blank. You know I love this saying, it goes like this, 'If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. If you make him laugh a little more, tell him that you are going to make someone's life. If you want him absolutely bursting, tell him that you are going to destroy someone's life'. I am pretty much like that… |
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