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Posted: 19 years ago

He's pakka pakka good!
By: Tushar Joshi
January 31, 2007

Shah Rukh admitted he doesn't have legs as long as Amitabh Bachchan, which is why he needs to slouch in the chair.

Watching him live on KBC proved to me why he is the numero uno entertainer of the country.

Suffering from a bad cold, Shah Rukh was constantly sipping hot ginger lemon tea in between takes. In fact, he has a nice little nook in the corner of the set where he drinks his tea, puffs on his ciggie and tries to relax before facing the camera again.

Since his favourite co-stars Rani and Kajol haven't still watched the show, Shah Rukh is happy with best friend Karan complimenting him on doing a good job. When asked if he would like to grill any Bollywood celebrity on the show, he cheekily said, "I would love more common people to get the opportunity to play the game.

We will have celebrity episodes in the future, but I want to meet more people from the rest of the country."

While his son Aryan has had the opportunity to step into his dad's shoes and play in the hot seat with friends, Khan's daughter Suhana says her schoolteacher has given dad a grade of '1A' for his performance on the show.

Looking totally surprised on hearing about Shilpa Shetty's win on the UK reality show Big Brother, Khan said he was happy that she had finally made it big and remembered how she had started her career with him in Baazigar.

Sitting opposite him in this particular episode was a stern teacher from MP who was colder than the A/C blast on the set! She not only stunned Shah Rukh and the audience by touching her husband's feet, but also pointed out how they had misspelt 'gentlemen' as 'gentleman' and made it seem like an unforgivable error! Khan retained his cool through the ordeal, constantly checking on his hot seat contestant and making her comfortable.

Comparisons are inevitable, but if you keep that aside and rate Shah Rukh based on what you see him do on stage, it is very difficult not to fall in love with his natural charm. Without trying too hard,

he makes the audience and the contestant forget for those few hours that he's King Khan. Instead, he behaves like he's your long lost friend who desperately wants you to take home the Rs 2 crore prize money!

https://www.mid-day.com/hitlist/2007/january/151040.htm