Shah Rukh Khan Reveals Aditya Chopra Persuaded Him to do DDLJ

Home LeisureShah Rukh Khan Reveals Aditya Chopra Persuaded Him to do DDLJ: ‘Your Eyes Cannot be Wasted on Action’

Shah Rukh Khan not too long ago revealed that he all the time wished to do actions movies and Aditya Chopra tried laborious to persuade him to do DDLJ.

Shah Rukh Khan Reveals Aditya Chopra Persuaded Him to do DDLJ: ‘Your Eyes Cannot be Wasted on Action’

SRK Reveals Aditya Chopra Persuaded Him to do DDLJ: The Romantics has unraveled many nostalgic moments and enjoyable anecdotes about Yash Chopra’s model of filmmaking. The 4-part docu-series streaming on Netflix additionally showcased Aditya Chopra’s journey as an Assistant Director to a visionary filmmaker. Aditya’s function as the pinnacle of YRF and the way he pioneered India’s greatest manufacturing home and carried ahead his father’s legacy has been proven in The Romantics. Academy Awards nominated filmmaker Smriti Mundhra interviewed Bollywood’s iconic celebrities together with Shah Rukh Khan, who’s at present basking on the success of Pathaan. Shah Rukh who carried out heavy-duty motion stunts within the YRF spy-thriller all the time wished to be an motion hero. However, DDLJ and Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai established him because the romantic lover boy.

SHAH RUKH KHAN SPEAKS ABOUT HIS LOVE FOR ACTION FILMS

While talking in regards to the DDLJ days, SRK stated, “When we talked, we only talked action films…that there will be blood coming out and fighting and everything. And they (Aditya Chopra and his then assistant, Karan Johar) narrated this really sweet, namby-pamby film to me, about this guy who doesn’t even run away with the girl!” He additional added, “Adi used to tell me, ‘Your eyes have something that cannot be just wasted on action’.”

ADITYA CHOPRA SHARES A SWEET ANECDOTE FROM DDLJ CASTING DAYS

Aditya shared how he lastly satisfied Shah Rukh to behave in DDLJ. The filmmaker revealed how an outdated woman’s assertion at Trimurti units performed a task in SRK lastly approaching board for Dilwale…He acknowledged that, “An old lady in her 80s approached Shah Rukh. She told him, ‘Beta, tu bahut accha hai (Son, you are really good). Itna accha kaam karta hai (Your work is remarkable). Par tu har film mein marta hai aur har film mein khoon hota hai (But you die in every film and there is bloodshed). Mujhe accha nahin lagta (I don’t like it)’”. Aditya additionally advised, “15 minutes later, I walked up to Shah Rukh and told him, ‘I feel you are hesitant to say no. You might choose not to do this which is completely fine. But I would just advise you not to shut your doors on never doing a love story. Because in this country, a superstar will only be that person who will be every mother’s son, every sister’s brother, and every college girl’s fantasy’.”

Shah Rukh Khan will subsequent be seen in Atlee’s Jawan and Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki.

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Published Date: February 15, 2023 9:50 PM IST