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Karan Johar speaks out on best friend Shah Rukh Khan; from their first meeting to their association today, 15 years later
By: Upala KBR
You are 42 today and to me, you are a living legend. Shah Rukh, I know that 30 years from now, I will be more famous to the world as being your friend. I have travelled the world and everywhere I go, people only want to know about you. It's fantastic that your charisma and power have penetrated the world.
Your achievements are monumental and the blessings more… what I find amazing is that when I see you with your wife and kids, you seem to be a normal family and yet you are a global icon. Up close and personal, you remain a simple father and husband. You are a big icon and superstar but the nicest and most compassionate human being I know. In an age where everyone is cynical about everything, you have a great marriage and you are a responsible father. Your children will always be your priority.
I met you on the sets of Karan Arjun in 1992 for the first time, when I came to your sets with dad (Yash Johar) who wanted your dates for Duplicate. I was a South Bombay boy and very detached from the movies. I had preconceived notions about big stars — that they were distant, larger than life and unapproachable. I remember calling Kajol and asking her to be there as I was very nervous. But you won me over in the first five minutes.
What I found charming was that you were so respectful towards my father. Then you started speaking non-stop and I remember thinking — do all big stars talk so much? You kept asking me questions and I thought you were nothing like the big arrogant star I had envisaged. You were warm, affectionate, endearing and respectful. I came back and told my mom (Hiroo) how wonderful you were and what great vibes there were about you. I felt I had known you for a long time… and today 15 years later, I find myself talking about you. Today, you are like a member of my family and we can't function without you.
I got to know more about you during the making of Adi's (Aditya Chopra) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. We grew really close on a Switzerland outdoor. You don't sleep and I was happy to hear all your stories. You spoke a lot about your wife Gauri. My first meeting with her was a bad one. She walked in with a friend (Shivani Wazir) and I told Shivani 'I know you. You taught me driving!' There was pin-drop silence and then Shivani said she didn't know driving. I had mistaken her for someone else. Gauri came out and asked you 'who's this cartoon' and you replied 'he's Yashji's son.' Gauri had said, 'He looks like he knows nothing.'
In Switzerland, there are many places where people don't speak anything but French. I spoke French, so you told Gauri that I would go with them for a train ride to help them. It was only after the ride that Gauri was convinced that I knew the language. She asked me to join them for lunch the next day and we finally broke the ice. When we came back, Gauri asked me over for dinner and since then, it has been like one roller-coaster ride.
With Adi's vision and your execution, I am a filmmaker today. It was on the top of a hill in Switzerland when you told me that you'd do my film and Kajol added she'd do it too. It was the most defining moment of my life. You followed it up by telling my father. I was a nobody, till you made my film happen. My father, too, for the first time, realized this would be my profession.
You have been with me every step of the way. What I find amazing is how you always sense when I am feeling low. I could be at a party laughing with people. You will take a look at me and call me the next morning to ask what's wrong and I always tell you. In my first awards show I thanked the four pillars of my support system — my parents, you and Gauri and Adi. I said that without all of you I could never walk straight. My father's not here now but his blessings are always with me. I can't do without mom as she's my lifeline. Yours and Adi's inputs in my life and career have been invaluable.
I always tell you never to scream, shout or get angry with me as that will break me and you have never done that in the 15 years I have known you. If you get angry with me ever, I will crumble and fall… Slap me but don't scream at me.
When people tell me you are my best friend, I say 'he's not my friend but my elder brother. Gauri is my friend. I am scared of you. When you walk into the room I stand up. All who come in contact with you has to be swept off their feet with your charisma and power — from assistant directors, co-actors to technicians — everyone says that you are the best energy on the sets. Today, I thank you for the biggest gifts you have given me — my four releases. I am what I am because of that.
I know you keep telling me to always think before I react. You tell me to calm down and above it, 'don't get hyper and hysterical. There are much larger issues than life.' I have learnt to change because of your wisdom. I know what you say is right. You tell me to be large-hearted with my detractors. Strangely, my father used to tell me the same thing — kill with kindness, he'd say. On your birthday today, I give you and your family all the love I have. I know that you are there for me as I will always be there for them.
http://epapers2.mid-day.com/midday/s...date=11/2/2007
Karan Johar speaks out on best friend Shah Rukh Khan; from their first meeting to their association today, 15 years later
By: Upala KBR
You are 42 today and to me, you are a living legend. Shah Rukh, I know that 30 years from now, I will be more famous to the world as being your friend. I have travelled the world and everywhere I go, people only want to know about you. It's fantastic that your charisma and power have penetrated the world.
Your achievements are monumental and the blessings more… what I find amazing is that when I see you with your wife and kids, you seem to be a normal family and yet you are a global icon. Up close and personal, you remain a simple father and husband. You are a big icon and superstar but the nicest and most compassionate human being I know. In an age where everyone is cynical about everything, you have a great marriage and you are a responsible father. Your children will always be your priority.
I met you on the sets of Karan Arjun in 1992 for the first time, when I came to your sets with dad (Yash Johar) who wanted your dates for Duplicate. I was a South Bombay boy and very detached from the movies. I had preconceived notions about big stars — that they were distant, larger than life and unapproachable. I remember calling Kajol and asking her to be there as I was very nervous. But you won me over in the first five minutes.
What I found charming was that you were so respectful towards my father. Then you started speaking non-stop and I remember thinking — do all big stars talk so much? You kept asking me questions and I thought you were nothing like the big arrogant star I had envisaged. You were warm, affectionate, endearing and respectful. I came back and told my mom (Hiroo) how wonderful you were and what great vibes there were about you. I felt I had known you for a long time… and today 15 years later, I find myself talking about you. Today, you are like a member of my family and we can't function without you.
I got to know more about you during the making of Adi's (Aditya Chopra) Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. We grew really close on a Switzerland outdoor. You don't sleep and I was happy to hear all your stories. You spoke a lot about your wife Gauri. My first meeting with her was a bad one. She walked in with a friend (Shivani Wazir) and I told Shivani 'I know you. You taught me driving!' There was pin-drop silence and then Shivani said she didn't know driving. I had mistaken her for someone else. Gauri came out and asked you 'who's this cartoon' and you replied 'he's Yashji's son.' Gauri had said, 'He looks like he knows nothing.'
In Switzerland, there are many places where people don't speak anything but French. I spoke French, so you told Gauri that I would go with them for a train ride to help them. It was only after the ride that Gauri was convinced that I knew the language. She asked me to join them for lunch the next day and we finally broke the ice. When we came back, Gauri asked me over for dinner and since then, it has been like one roller-coaster ride.
With Adi's vision and your execution, I am a filmmaker today. It was on the top of a hill in Switzerland when you told me that you'd do my film and Kajol added she'd do it too. It was the most defining moment of my life. You followed it up by telling my father. I was a nobody, till you made my film happen. My father, too, for the first time, realized this would be my profession.
You have been with me every step of the way. What I find amazing is how you always sense when I am feeling low. I could be at a party laughing with people. You will take a look at me and call me the next morning to ask what's wrong and I always tell you. In my first awards show I thanked the four pillars of my support system — my parents, you and Gauri and Adi. I said that without all of you I could never walk straight. My father's not here now but his blessings are always with me. I can't do without mom as she's my lifeline. Yours and Adi's inputs in my life and career have been invaluable.
I always tell you never to scream, shout or get angry with me as that will break me and you have never done that in the 15 years I have known you. If you get angry with me ever, I will crumble and fall… Slap me but don't scream at me.
When people tell me you are my best friend, I say 'he's not my friend but my elder brother. Gauri is my friend. I am scared of you. When you walk into the room I stand up. All who come in contact with you has to be swept off their feet with your charisma and power — from assistant directors, co-actors to technicians — everyone says that you are the best energy on the sets. Today, I thank you for the biggest gifts you have given me — my four releases. I am what I am because of that.
I know you keep telling me to always think before I react. You tell me to calm down and above it, 'don't get hyper and hysterical. There are much larger issues than life.' I have learnt to change because of your wisdom. I know what you say is right. You tell me to be large-hearted with my detractors. Strangely, my father used to tell me the same thing — kill with kindness, he'd say. On your birthday today, I give you and your family all the love I have. I know that you are there for me as I will always be there for them.
http://epapers2.mid-day.com/midday/s...date=11/2/2007
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