Shah Rukh Khan’s foreword for his upcoming biography ’25 Years Of A Life’ is magical

For anyone who has dared to dream beyond the ordinary, this man is an inspiration. He came to the big bad city of Bombay 29 years ago, and today, the city, the country, the world bows down to him. He is Shah Rukh Khan, an actor who redefined the image of a lover boy, with who we cried, laughed, and fell in love, and today, when his biography ’25 Years Of A Life’ is to be launched, we came across the heartfelt foreword that the actor has written for the book. Trust us, it is nothing short of magic, the magic that only SRK can create, whether on celluloid, or our hearts, or even in words.

Read, and get inspired.

After all these years, sometimes I’m not sure whether I gave form and shape to the characters I played or whether they unwittingly give me more facets than there ever had existed. Whether it was a Rahul, Raj, Mohan or Aryan, each of them took a piece of me and departed, leaving behind a little of themselves. Call it destiny or sheer fluke, they were characters that others didn’t take up and that eventually found their way to me. They chose me, and as I walked in their shoes and traversed their paths, these characters gave my life a direction that I wasn’t in complete control of. Now, too these characters continue to propel me forward with a force so surreal that I can hardly believe this is anything but a fantastic dream. To have completed 25 years in this industry is a big dream for a boy who came from Delhi 29 years ago, a dream that worked only because directors dreamt it with me with an undying passion. It takes uncompromising masters to make a dream come alive. And each time a character I have played has worked his charm into the pages of cinematic history. It has never been just me breathing life into them, but also great storytellers fuelling them with an intensity that has stood the test of time. The directors who thought me worthy enough to breathe life into the character they wrote and imagined. What piqued my interest about this effort especially was that. It wasn’t me giving an interview about my own life. It was the revisiting of my story through the lens of my directors. On a warm summer’s afternoon, this book is a spirited reminder of the blessings I have received in the form of these fascinating characters. If you read closely, they tell a great deal of my own life as Shah Rukh Khan.

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Aren’t the words surreal? Did they give you goosebumps too?

Written by journalist-turned-writer Samar Khan, ’25 Years Of A Life’ will be released today and trust us when we say we can’t wait to lay our hands on it and delve into the magical life of SRK.

On work front, Shah Rukh Khan will be next seen in Gauri Shinde’s ‘Dear Zindagi’, where he will be seen mentoring the character of Alia Bhatt.

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Kadambari Srivastava

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