Yeah,SRK is my hero no matter what! Inspite of all the hype he generates and the egoistical I-me-myself media statements, he has been my favourite star in Bollywood for the longest period. In fact,prior to Bollywood,when he was an IAF officer in the teleserial 'Fauji',he was my hero. It probably started then! I was a young-stupid-teen and you know how a young-stupid-teen feels when a dashing new hero with "Dhoni-like" hair appears! First you take a hero like this,add an Air force uniform to him ,"a-b-r-a-c-a-d-a-b-r-a",you get an Adonis that resembles some Greek God( dont really care who) and all young-stupid-teens drooling,and I was a young-stupid-teen too!!
Did he act ? Ah well!, guess it was assumed that anyone who had such 'Adonis' looks could act well. Life was simple,isnt it ?
For a decade afterwards,SRK existed in the form of Baazigar,Karan Arjun(the ultra-hot Jaathi hoon main song) ,Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa,not to forget Darr(KKKKKKKiran) ,Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman(yeah the sardi khaasi na malaria huan one), Anjaam(uff...this was horrible),Deewaana,Maya Memsaab and some crap here and there until,THE MOVIE happened! Right, DDLJ! And for the second time, he was my hero! Why did I like him so much then ? Okay,he did not beat up people all the time to save the heroine,he did not use fancy gadgets representing some futuristic sci-fi movie nor did he act coy and meek. He romanced and in style too! He cried when heroes were not supposed to,he danced DANCE (as in dance,proper dance) when heroes just did pelvic thrusts a la Amitabh,he played pranks on heroines when heroes just chased them,he mouthed dialogues that melted hearts and much more! He was so much more human than most heroes then! And he won hearts,of YSTs (Young-stupid-teens)
Cut to the new millenieum and you saw him still carrying off the style,truly he represented a style, a cult! Be it Kabhie Khushi Kabhi Gham( which was a hit due to him and Kajol actually) or 'Dil to Paagal Hai', the aura of SRK was the movie itself!
Best of all, he shared an excellent chemistry with most of his heroines,a rare feat for anyone in movies. I really cannot choose over SRK-Kajol,SRK-Madhuri,SRK-Juhi,SRK-Preity or SRK-Rani(though I wud still prefer SRK-Kajol for different reasons)
If he failed somewhere, it was in 'Devdas',and simply because 'Devdas' is an institution! And so is 'Dilip Kumar',so lets us forget that! Also Ash is no match to Madhuri,so I hate that movie in any case!
But two films of his that stand out were 'Swades' and 'Chak De India'. Portraying patriotism on screen is what he does best, much better than romance! And he acts with his eyes! They are intense,passionate,resolute and deep! The eyes make up for lack of a good face perhaps! As YSTs,we could not resist all this and as a mature-sensible adult(if you would still call me that after this post!),I still cannot resist that!
The Eurail is taking off from a crowded London station,a girl is running to catch it,unable to match the speed,a face appears from one of the coaches with outstretched hands and grabs her into the moving train...Just this one scene and Bollywood found its superstar, and I found my hero! And the rest,as they say is history!
P.S :- SRK Filmography
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Rex, excellent post ! May be, I could relate to what you said. But I don't agree with you that he doesn't have a good face. Can anyone look sooooooooo handsome at 40+ ? Add to it the six pack that he is sporting these days :)
I wish SRK reads this blog.
One more I wanted to mention is Avantika (now 5.5 yrs) has been his mad fan since she is just 1.5 yrs old. She used to innocently call him Kal ho na ho. She liked him so much on the TV that she wanted him all the time on the TV- if we had to feed her, we should 'talk' like shahrukh(my sister's friends used to do that) and assure her that all good children have their milk and healthy food, we had to tell her some shahrukh stories and sing his songs. It went on for a long time. So long that I started wondering if we are overdoing it. I mean, none of us in the family was so mad for a film actor and Shahrukh would never come to know about this little girl and even if he does, would he care a bit ? Over time, we managed to bring it down to a large extent , thanks to cartoons and other stuff.
But sometimes, she looks in the news paper for his face and waits for his songs...
the next time i call u up and speak to Avantika like SRK, she would be thrilled... now i know what bday present to give her... :)-
hey never thought this blog was gonna be liked by u.. i wrote it just like that types... well am surprised bcos some of my best blogs ( in my opinion) have not gotten any comments but this one has.. :)- anyway thanks yaar!
yep.. SRK rocks! and so does ur post!! :) I added ur blogsite to my blog's home page.. Is that fine?
Nicely written!!! Gosh are u an imdb urself???
I like SRK movies. They seem complete and well made- the recent ones atleast!!!
I can watch Swades a million times!!!! Its one of those movies that strike the right chords!!!! Chak De was one of the most mature Bollywood movies i have seen to date!!
And hey i am looking fwd to Om Shanti Om, for SRk yes, but more for Deepiks!!! :D:D:D:D:D Young or old, stupid or wise, teen or not - Deepiks is cute:P:P:P
A good compilation. Lovely
Avaneesh Tiwari
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