![]() ![]() "When the security guards confronted him, he said he just wanted to bath in the same water as Shah Rukh Khan. “One fan got into my house, stripped off his clothes and went for a swim in my pool," said Khan. However, their efforts pale in comparison to what some fans have done to get close to their idol. Several of the fans who have been waiting patiently for hours barely suppress a giggle as another group of fans desperately try to convince security that they are a TV crew, even though they have no equipment (apparently they were not the first to try the fake media method that morning). They are a motley crew of die hard fans of different ages and nationalities, and funnily enough, the largest contingency of fans are not Indian, but German. While waiting outside Madame Tussauds, (where a key scene from the film is shot), to be let in for my interview, I came across some of them. ![]() They may not like the story or songs or whatever, but it shouldn't be technically inferior.”įunnily enough, obsessive fans are all part of the day job for Khan. ![]() That is why it is important to me that my films should be technologically as good as Hollywood films, so if someone takes their western friends to see a Bollywood film, I don't want them to say it's not of the same standard as a Hollywood film. “In the UK in particular, the diaspora has been established for a long time. Khan underwent a gruelling four hours of makeup and prosthetics to facilitate his transformation into a 25-year-old who strongly resembles his idol, rather than a younger version of himself, and the actor prides himself on pushing the boundaries in terms of technology and special effects. It got so strangely internalised that I felt Gaurav got disassociated with me and when I saw the film, it was like who is this guy?” ![]() When I played Gaurav, I didn’t actually know exactly how he would look on screen while shooting, as a lot of work still had to be done to perfect his look so if I made a facial expression, I had to look at whether it still holds true with the prosthetics and the special effects. He is a little more reserved, quiet and less flamboyant, so when I see it, it’s a very schizophrenic sensation. “Though Aryan is a famous actor, his character in the film was not like me. ![]()
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