Published on: 11/8/2015IST
Salman Khan Bats For SRK. Says Shah Rukh Is Targetted Because He Is A Phenomenon
Salman stepped into Delhi for the promos of PRDP and - predictably - ran into a flurry of questions and soundbyte quests on SRK, religion and intolerance. The bemused star says he doesn't understand why so much space is given to such issues, and that the young, driven Indian has no interest in divisiveness.
1. Salman backed Shah Rukh Khan on the religious intolerance row. He said many others also had opinions, but since SRK is a big name, hence he is being targetted.
Agar Shah Rukh Khan ne yeh nahi kaha hota, kisi aur ne yeh kaha hota, toh yeh daalte hi nahi apne channels par. Aise bahut saare log hain with an opinion. Toh phir unka kyun nahi lete naam, unko TV par kyun nahi daalte? Kyunki woh bikte nahi hain. Ab yeh bikte hain, toh unko daal diya. Kyunki inhone kaha hai toh isske upar kinhi chaar logon ke reaction lekar aao taaki inka dhanda chale.Yeh sab dhanda chalane waale hain. Yeh koi aisa nahi hai ke, issko suljhaao. Iss desh ko iss andhakaar se nikalo, issko kahin ek alag level par lekar chale jao. Nahi hai yeh.
What do I say on religious intolerance? Ek toh meri maa Maharashtrian, mere father Mussalman, Helen aunty Catholic, my sister-in-law, one Catholic Malayali, one Punjabi. My brother-in-laws, one a Punjabi, the other one from Himachal. Toh hamare yahaan toh yeh concept hai hi nahi, toh hum kya bolein? We are respected and we are loved for what we do on screen. Ek sau ikkees karod ki population ke andar Mussalman honge 14-15%. Baaki kaun hain? Banaya kisne humko? Banaya toh alag-alag beliefs ke logon ne na humko. This is the safest place for anyone to be of any belief. I don't believe that one Hindu does not have a best Mussalman friend or vice versa, or, a relative, in today's day and age. So, then, why? And even these people, who come and raise those topics, I am sure they go back and say , 'kya hai yaar yeh? Kya baatein kar rahe hain? What is this?' I am sure they also must be not believing in that. But karna padta hai. I've heard this myself.
For my living in this country and from living like eight generations... people who had to leave and go, they left. They didn't want to stay here... Those who live here, this is their country, this is everyone's, and they love it.
2. Salman said such things never came up in his family. He added that the youth of today is much more empowered and they won't tolerate all this mess.
filmibeat
Humne toh kabhi yeh socha hi nahi, life mein nahi socha. And I don't think the younger generation thinks like this at all. So then why, for TV, all these things yaar? You stop saying these things, you stop writing about these things, no one will bother. Or you get the feedback. You get the right youth ka feedback ki this is wrong. I have a lot of belief in this country, a lot of belief in the future of this country. I've got so much belief in the youth. They are so clear, so driven, they are not petty at all. They are so compassionate, they're so loving. They will not tolerate all this. And that will be the right kind of intolerance.
3. He said he has to be careful in responding to the politically-loaded queries because people make mountain out of a molehill. His films suffer without any reason.
Yahaan par public mein ek sawaal pooch raha hai koi, aapne start kiya, ab aapke dimaag mein aaya, arre yaar koi galat word nahi nikal jaaye mooh se, ek line dekh ke ussko yeh uchhalenge. You're careful, and once you're careful, you're not interested in saying anything. The same thing happened during 'Jai Ho'. 'Aam Admi Party supporting, this supporting, that supporting.' What supporting? Patang udaane chale gaye Modi saab ke liye, one other person is saying that AAP ka gana hai 'Jai Ho'. Hum picture promote kar rahe hain yaar, itni khoobsurat picture hai, uss waqt kyunki election ka mahaul hai, aap ussko woh turn de rahe ho. Woh film suffer kar jaati hai usski wajah se. And it did suffer.
4. He jokingly accepted that his life was sometimes like a surreal Bigg Boss set, as everything about him is broadcast and analysed. Hence, he has to watch all his actions.
Khushi, sukh, tension, dukh, ek parallel track par chalta hai. But that is what life is. Ab itna diya hai uparwale ne, udd na jaye, dimaag kharab na ho jaye, toh ek pair pe rassi baandh di hai, ki zyada udo mat bhai, kheech lete hain neeche thoda sa. I believe it's that.
5. Calling himself an average man, he said he believes in destiny and that there are better, more extra ordinary people in the world.
Mere khud ki life ki journey ka, all the credit goes to destiny, to luck. Itne hard working hain, woh toh hoon nahi. Itne good looking hain, aise laakhon karodon log hain, woh kyun nahi bane? Body le lo. Har gali ke andar aaj ek ladka hai, ek kya, hazaar ladke hain, jinki body mujhse dus guna behtar hai. Toh yeh sab ka shrey toh le hi nahi sakta na main. So I know ki ek average aadmi hai, jisko upar wale ne iss mukaam par, pata nahi kyun, kis liye, iss mukaam par dala hai... Ab jab daal hi diya hai - mujhe nahi lagta ki ek actor ban kar Salman ka kaam poora ho jeyega aur yeh nikal lenge upar. Iska koi aur route hai, acting se kahin aur jaa raha hai yeh. I don't know where par disha sahi hai, aur kuch achha hi kar ke jayega Salman Khan.
6. Salman said any film in India needs to have the backdrop of a love story and an emotional plot. Those who say the audience couldn't understand their films, haven't understood it themselves.
Any film where you walk out of the theatre and say , 'what a movie! Mazaa aa gaya bhai,' that is a commercial film, that is a good film. Aap sab se badi picture ke andar chale gaye aur your reaction is 'bakwaas!' - khatam.
If you've got to give a message, then your theatres have got to be full. If you want to make money, your theatres have to be full. Many directors come in and make a film and then say, 'nahi yaar audience ko samajh mein nahi aayi'. Kya samajh mein nahi aayi? Abey tum ko samajh mein nahi aayi audience. Good picture, hit film. Not hit picture, bad film. Simple equation hai. Those who say, yeh samajh nahi aaya, woh samajh nahi aaya... I say to them, tum samajh jao, yaar . Aur doosron ka paisa barbad mat karo. Aur time bhi. Jab tak action emotion ke saath na juda ho, woh sab action nahi hota, woh sirf fighting hoti hai. Aap kuch bhi kar lo, koi si bhi film bana lo, love story ke bina picture chalti nahi.
11/8/2015 | | Permalink