Sharukh Celebrating Successfull 20 years in Film industry
Bollywood News: As the superstar completes two decades in Bollywood, we list his quirky contributions, onscreen and off screen.
Bollywood before and after Shahrukh Khan are two different worlds altogether.
One may have star quality, but the other, with Bollywood Superstar Shahrukh Khan
reigning supreme, is exciting, energetic, dynamic, loaded with the
champagne-fizz of his presence. He has just completed 20 years in the
Bollywood that he has helped shape, working in more than 60 films!
Yet in every one of them he has collaborated with the director to
bring out something that was uniquely his own. These quirks became his
trademarks, and made it easier for mimicry artists to poke fun at him.
Off screen too, Shah Rukh has stayed true to the man he is and has come up with quotable quotes that have even jaded mediapersons grinning, reports bollywoodlife.com.
And even as we chuckle, we look back at his time in the arc-lights to discover 20 of his contributions to Hindi cinema:
Impish charm: He is a loveable rogue. The
one who will deliberately delay his love interest so that she misses her
train and they can spend more time together, but doesn’t take advantage
of her. Other Khans tried it in other films, but failed to succeed.
Stammer: When Shakti Kapoor stammers, he becomes the butt of all jokes. When Shahrukh stammers, he scares you. His Kkkkk… Kiran in Darr is iconic.
Anti-hero you root for: He is the guy who
scares the lady he claims to love, tries to murder her true love, and
even throws women off rooftops, all without blinking an eyelid. Yet,
when he is fighting for his last breath, you are on his side. SRK made
plotting murder the new sexy.
Floppy hair: Ramesh Sippy once told him
during the shoot of Zamaana Deewana that his hair would be the bane of
his career. But it went onto just add an endearing quality to his smile
that could make you forgive him for all his faults.
Twist your legs and spread your arms wide: The classic SRK pose. It is identified with him so much that even Riteish Deshmukh tried
to copy it in F.A.L.T.U. He didn’t quite manage the same effect, but
you know that when Shahrukh does it he will definitely get the girl.
Wit: Ask any journo and they’ll tell you
that Shahrukh is always a good two hours late for any press conference,
even if the venue is the hotel next to his home. But when he does arrive
and begins to speak, he will have you hanging on to every word he
utters. You will laugh so hard that you’ll easily forgive him for
keeping you waiting. His witty remarks and innuendos make for exciting
stories.
Unconventional looks: He doesn’t have the classic good looks of Aamir Khan or Hrithik Roshan.
What he does have is a crooked nose, uneven lips, a short and thin
build and a pair of beautiful eyes. Yet he remains the undisputed king
of romance.
Family man: Bollywood stars were always
tagged as ‘philanderers’. But Shahrukh’s real life love story, his rock
solid marriage and the absence of link ups with his female co-stars
while admitting to being friends with them has shown the cynics for 20
years that it is not impossible for a Bollywoodwallah to be a family
man. One of the reasons that the recent rumour of his alleged affair
with Priyanka Chopra was shocking but unbelievable.
She is worth it: His heroines are not
simpering females. They are strong, independent women with a mind of
their own. He makes you believe that whoever you are – be it a single
mother as in My Name Is Khan or a citizen of an enemy country as in Veer
Zaara – you are worth loving and dying for.
TV stars can make it big: SRK began his
career with the TV shows Circus and Fauji. Twenty years later, his
stardom continues to inspire telly stars who want to enter Bollywood.
It’s never too late for an image makeover:
He began his career as the anti-hero, but went on to become the most
loved romantic hero in contemporary Bollywood. When that got too boring,
he tried being a patriotic hockey coach, a don and later a superhero.
Now he’s back to being a romantic hero with a much younger heroine. Age
is no barrier.
Energy: All his co-stars groan at how much energy SRK has. He can shoot for several hours on end. He has admitted that he barely sleeps for four hours every night.
Madness: There’s a certain feeling of
passionate insanity that he conveys, both on and off screen. When he
loves in DDLJ, fights in Darr or inspires his team in Chak De! India, he
does it with a mad passion.
Unique chemistry: Kajol once said that Shahrukh
would romance a cow on screen and still make it look convincing. That’s
the kind of chemistry he shares with his heroines onscreen – be it
Madhuri Dixit, Kajol, Juhi Chawla or the younger lot: Deepika Padukone,
Priyanka Chopra or Anushka Sharma. For as long as the film lasts, he
makes you believe that the love story portrayed on screen is true.
Raj: He is the lover boy every girl dreams
about – he loves without conditions, serenades his ladies and accords
them respect. The sincerity and innocence with which he portrayed Raj in
DDLJ helped make the film iconic and his character, representative of
the ideal hero.
Marketing ace: SRK was one of the first
actors of his generation to realise how important it is to market a film
properly. His campaigns for Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani and Asoka
didn’t work very well, but they became the springboard for other Khans
to jump off from. And when it came to RA.One, Shahrukh had them all beat with his intense eight-month-long publicity campaign.
Super dad:
Shahrukh has maintained that he doesn’t do a Baazigar or a Darr any
more because of his children. He even made what is perhaps Bollywood’s
most expensive film, RA.One, just for his son. He attends his kids’
dance shows and martial arts competitions, and goes on bicycle rides
with them, ensuring they have some level of normalcy in their lives.
Gadget junkie: He jumped on to the tech
bandwagon long before other stars began to boast about their gadgets. He
loves his toys – be it a new mobile phone, a new video game or a
portable editing suite.
International collaborations: SRK loves
Bollywood and has helped sell it to an international audience. He has
gushed about his crush on Shakira, brought Akon to India just to record
one song and arranged for Hollywood technicians to work on RA.One.
Dancing at weddings is cool: No actor worth their Armani would ever dance at a wedding, but Shahrukh
had no such qualms. He unabashedly claimed that he needed the money to
fund his productions, at a time when no star would talk about such
matters in public. Other actors vilified him for it, but soon followed
suit.
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