At the receiving end of quite a bit of criticism for acting in two back-to-back ‘mindless entertainers’ in the form of Happy New Year and Dilwale, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has said Dilwale is not about reinventing cinema.
The film, he said, was meant to entertain the audience and it was never pretended to be something else.
“Dilwale is an unabashedly popular commercial film. It’s not pretending to be something else. It’s meant to be watched by everyone; it has romance, comedy, drama. I don’t even think that having Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan is a novelty factor as it’s just that we are doing a film together after a long time”
“Within that scape, if you’re looking for something, then Rohit Shetty has not had much of a love based storyline or relationship aspect in his films as he is more known for action and comedy. That will be novelty for Rohit. But if you ask me generically, no Dilwale is not reinventing cinema. It’s a fun commercial movie”
Khan was quick to point out to his upcoming movies, one of which is ‘FAN’ (a concept film, which is also a tribute to his fans) and Raees (based on a Gujarati don). Shah Rukh also noted that FAN is not meant to be a big holiday release, because it’s a niche film.
“If you’re looking for novelty, then you should watch out for ‘Fan’. It’s a different kind of film, supposed to be a niche.. It’s not meant to be a blockbuster releasing ahead of Christmas” he said.
@Rew1 8:50 pm : Correct. So the way, you love Amir, in the same way I love SRK or even more. You justify your bashing saying SRK fans provoke you to do so. In the same way, I too, bash Amir because you people come on SRK article and bash him.
So what’s wrong in that?
This is called double standard. When You are doing this, its well and good. But if someone else is doing, then you will start name calling.
@xzone,well said.
I think srk needs to do content oriented films. His next movies fan and raees are looking promising. He should stop doing masala movies like happy New year and dilwale, it doesn’t suit his image.