Mahesh Babu, a Telugu actor, recently made headlines for his controversial statement that Bollywood can’t afford him, and netizens were quick to criticise him. Some referred to him as “arrogant,” while others referred to him as a “narcissist.” In the midst of the uproar over Mahesh Babu’s statement, an old Shah Rukh Khan video has gone viral on social media. Despite the fact that the video is 14 years old, it demonstrates Shah Rukh Khan’s admiration for the Hindi cinema business.
When a western journalist asks Shah Rukh Khan if he wants to work in Hollywood, the Jab Tak Hai Jaan actor responds with a clever retort that has everyone cheering for him. “My English isn’t very excellent,” he admits. Maybe if they cast me in the role of a deafeningly deafeningly deafeningly deafeningly deafeningly deafening I’m not trying to be modest, but I’m 42 years old, a little brown, and as an actor, I don’t have any unique qualities. I’m not familiar with kung fu. I don’t do Latin or Salsa dancing. I don’t stand tall enough.
Anyone my age in the Western world – I’ve watched recent European films, films of what you call ‘the dream factory’ – I believe there is no room for me. I don’t think I’m that talented, so there’s no place for me.”
“So I’d like to continue working in India and perhaps take Indian cinema to the globe – that’s the desire I have,” he concludes. It isn’t the first time Shah Rukh Khan has been praised for his astute response. In fact, he is frequently said to as Bollywood’s wittiest actor, with no one able to equal his level of comedy.
