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His attendants Subhash, Ravi dada, Mohan and Yasin, haven't changed
in a thousand moons. Neither have his relationships. A family man
and a friend in fair weather and foul, his superstardom has
paradoxically made him more grounded.
In the much-anticipated Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, he portrays a man
carroming between love and fidelity. Which is why I want to know..
What's your take on relationships?
Relationships are mini-lives. What we don't expect is their
impermanence..we don't remember that relationships, like our lives,
are not for keeps.
Are you scared of mortality?
No, I'm not scared of dying. If I will miss my children here, I'll
meet my parents up there. But that's not likely to happen soon..it's
said only the good die young, so I'm going to be around for at least
120 years.
Doesn't your fluctuating health, because of your back problems, slow
you down?
Never, there's a certain oneness with my back, it never lets me
down. My head and my heart know that nothing can stop me from having
a great life, personal and professional. It's like accepting the
fact that I need spectacles to read.
What are you reading?
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Hello magazine.
With the role of a mean, cynical husband in KANK, aren't you killing
off your persona of the lover boy?
Yeah, as Raj and Rahul I ran after girls, grew a beard, spent all
the time in the world with them and... in Mohabbatein I even loved a
woman after her death. I've been a ghost who makes love (Paheli),
I've remained celibate for 25 years in jail for a woman (Veer-
Zaara). I've been the ultimate lover to the extent that women in the
audience have felt, "Why can't our husbands be like Shah Rukh Khan?"
In KANK, I'm not like that at all but I'm not mean enough either. In
reality, I could perhaps leave my wives... plural because I'm a
Muslim!... but I could never leave my children. That would kill me.
In my performance, I've held myself back, like I can never use bad
language or become physically abusive. I've been less stylised
though I've used a grimacing of the mouth and chewed gum... these
are an actor's props, his crutches. Otherwise, I've played it real.
(Laughs) Come to think of it, I've made a career out of snatching
other men's women whether it's in Koyla, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Yes
Boss. Immodestly, I can also say I've given birth to all the heroes
who are playing negative guys. Having seen me every which way, the
audience just expects to see me in an engrossing, entertaining film.
I have no qualms about doing any role. It would be great to do a
Brokeback Mountain produced by Anil Kapoor.
Is infidelity a big deal in this day and age?
It isn't. When so many people around me say that they are in love
outside marriage, I can understand that. But I wouldn't claim that I
would do the same for the reasons they give me. It's all about
different strokes for different folks.
What does love mean? How many people are you in love with?
With 22, simply because that sounds like a good number. There are
different kinds of love, different manifestations. When I hug any of
these 22, I feel excited, happy, turned-on or crushed..Geoid is the
word for the shape of the earth. Similarly the word love describes
love. You can fall in love with the right or the wrong person..which
goes to show that love may not be blind but it's short-sighted for
sure. When you fear losing someone that's love. So whenever any of
the 22 people I love are travelling by air, I say a prayer for them.
Okay, has the nature of relationships changed today?
We are more permissive. We have lost out on the thrill of the first
touch. Young boys and girls kiss too easily now..if love comes easy
it doesn't have enough value. In school I kept away from girls, I
was into sports and stuff and found them too prissy. I fell in love
with Gauri when I was 18. In fact, I'm still old-worldly in my
belief that you must first fall in love and then get physical.
Nowadays though, couples find themselves sexually compatible and
then believe they must be in love. I just hope it'll be the reversal
of the process for my children in this fast-moving world. To be in
love is to feel as if you're flying in air... without the use of
drugs or alchohol. That sounds like a worried father speaking.
Maybe. Everyone needs a high and I get it from knowing that I'm the
sexiest actor alive without the use of any substances.
Sexiest?
Yeah, check it out. Whether it's in Lithuania, Russia, Poland,
Germany or France, I'm called Sexomatic!
in a thousand moons. Neither have his relationships. A family man
and a friend in fair weather and foul, his superstardom has
paradoxically made him more grounded.
In the much-anticipated Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, he portrays a man
carroming between love and fidelity. Which is why I want to know..
What's your take on relationships?
Relationships are mini-lives. What we don't expect is their
impermanence..we don't remember that relationships, like our lives,
are not for keeps.
Are you scared of mortality?
No, I'm not scared of dying. If I will miss my children here, I'll
meet my parents up there. But that's not likely to happen soon..it's
said only the good die young, so I'm going to be around for at least
120 years.
Doesn't your fluctuating health, because of your back problems, slow
you down?
Never, there's a certain oneness with my back, it never lets me
down. My head and my heart know that nothing can stop me from having
a great life, personal and professional. It's like accepting the
fact that I need spectacles to read.
What are you reading?
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Hello magazine.
With the role of a mean, cynical husband in KANK, aren't you killing
off your persona of the lover boy?
Yeah, as Raj and Rahul I ran after girls, grew a beard, spent all
the time in the world with them and... in Mohabbatein I even loved a
woman after her death. I've been a ghost who makes love (Paheli),
I've remained celibate for 25 years in jail for a woman (Veer-
Zaara). I've been the ultimate lover to the extent that women in the
audience have felt, "Why can't our husbands be like Shah Rukh Khan?"
In KANK, I'm not like that at all but I'm not mean enough either. In
reality, I could perhaps leave my wives... plural because I'm a
Muslim!... but I could never leave my children. That would kill me.
In my performance, I've held myself back, like I can never use bad
language or become physically abusive. I've been less stylised
though I've used a grimacing of the mouth and chewed gum... these
are an actor's props, his crutches. Otherwise, I've played it real.
(Laughs) Come to think of it, I've made a career out of snatching
other men's women whether it's in Koyla, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Yes
Boss. Immodestly, I can also say I've given birth to all the heroes
who are playing negative guys. Having seen me every which way, the
audience just expects to see me in an engrossing, entertaining film.
I have no qualms about doing any role. It would be great to do a
Brokeback Mountain produced by Anil Kapoor.
Is infidelity a big deal in this day and age?
It isn't. When so many people around me say that they are in love
outside marriage, I can understand that. But I wouldn't claim that I
would do the same for the reasons they give me. It's all about
different strokes for different folks.
What does love mean? How many people are you in love with?
With 22, simply because that sounds like a good number. There are
different kinds of love, different manifestations. When I hug any of
these 22, I feel excited, happy, turned-on or crushed..Geoid is the
word for the shape of the earth. Similarly the word love describes
love. You can fall in love with the right or the wrong person..which
goes to show that love may not be blind but it's short-sighted for
sure. When you fear losing someone that's love. So whenever any of
the 22 people I love are travelling by air, I say a prayer for them.
Okay, has the nature of relationships changed today?
We are more permissive. We have lost out on the thrill of the first
touch. Young boys and girls kiss too easily now..if love comes easy
it doesn't have enough value. In school I kept away from girls, I
was into sports and stuff and found them too prissy. I fell in love
with Gauri when I was 18. In fact, I'm still old-worldly in my
belief that you must first fall in love and then get physical.
Nowadays though, couples find themselves sexually compatible and
then believe they must be in love. I just hope it'll be the reversal
of the process for my children in this fast-moving world. To be in
love is to feel as if you're flying in air... without the use of
drugs or alchohol. That sounds like a worried father speaking.
Maybe. Everyone needs a high and I get it from knowing that I'm the
sexiest actor alive without the use of any substances.
Sexiest?
Yeah, check it out. Whether it's in Lithuania, Russia, Poland,
Germany or France, I'm called Sexomatic!
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