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Karan Johar opened up connected Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan doing divers roles. (Photo: IMDb)
Karan Johar, successful a caller interaction, opened up connected however Hindi cinema’s biggest actors thin to shy distant from experimenting with roles. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter India, Karan placed immoderate of the blasted connected the audience, explaining that they haven’t been receptive to Shah Rukh Khan’s much experimental roles successful films similar Paheli and Asoka. He shared that the unit of maintaining a superstar representation often prevents actors similar Shah Rukh from taking connected offbeat characters. Karan besides lauded Aamir Khan, calling him a “game changer” for consistently choosing divers roles successful films specified arsenic Lagaan, Taare Zameen Par, Rang De Basanti, and Dil Chahta Hai.
He elaborated, saying, “I deliberation Aamir would do. Lagaan is 1 of those films that volition spell down successful Hindi cinema’s history. In that aforesaid twelvemonth determination was Gadar, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Dil Chahta Hai, truthful that twelvemonth was precise iconic for Hindi cinema. There was Chandni Bar arsenic well. But the concern was Gadar. It was mainstream movie and it did maximum concern that year. Lagaan won a information astatine the Academy Award, truthful Aamir inactive did films similar Taare Zameen Par, Rang De Basanti and Dil Chahta Hai. He changed the texture. He besides did Ghajini, which really brought backmost the civilization of remake successful Hindi cinema. I deliberation helium is existent crippled changer.”
Defending Shah Rukh Khan, Karan pointed retired that the megastar did effort to experimentation with his roles, saying, “It’s not that Shah Rukh didn’t try. He did Paheli, Asoka. Shah Rukh comes from the mindset to bash antithetic things and to marque a difference. When helium started helium worked with Kundan Shah, Ketan Mehta, Mani Kaul.”
Karan besides discussed however Shah Rukh’s vocation trajectory shifted implicit time, “He ne'er wanted to beryllium the mainstream feline but past Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge happened and we each made emotion stories with him determination after. He wanted to beryllium that quirky, mainstream prima who would alteration the cinema. Now nary 1 volition let it. When accidental Shah Rukh Khan now, the names comes with an expectation. He mightiness play a mellow quality successful the future, I anticipation helium does, but determination is an anticipation that comes with him and it won’t let a definite benignant of movie to beryllium made and it is bittersweet due to the fact that helium is an histrion archetypal and a prima aft that. He began successful theatre.”
In 2023, Shah Rukh Khan delivered 2 mega-blockbusters, Jawan and Pathaan. The histrion is present preparing to prima successful Sujoy Ghosh’s The King, which volition besides diagnostic his girl Suhana Khan. On the different hand, Aamir Khan’s past film, Laal Singh Chaddha, was a container bureau disappointment. However, Aamir is acceptable to instrumentality to the surface successful Sitaare Zameen Par. Additionally, Aamir’s accumulation Laapata Ladies has been selected arsenic India’s authoritative introduction for the Oscars 2025.
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