Shah Rukh Khan: I am extremely one-sided, perhaps even selfish

For a few decades now, this man has been personifying romance for us. Time changes, so do the expressions of love. But Shah Rukh Khan, yet, is the indisputable king of everything romantic. Call it outdated or call it old school, but our idea of romance is pretty much stuck in ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ days!

But! The man himself says he is horrible in relationships. “I am pathetic with relationships. I am so pathetic that I am comic,” he said. (Also Read: Shah Rukh Khan gets candid on Gauri Khan’s presence by his side)

SRK was in conversation with a leading daily when he opened up on himself and how he struggles to handle relationships.

“I am extremely one-sided, perhaps even selfish. Actually, I am very detached. I am demotional – emotional and detached, I don’t know how it works. I won’t be able to say anything that I’ve done in my films to a girl, or even in relationships,” he said.

How, then, has he managed to don the most iconic romantic characters over years?

“I don’t have to believe in it, I have to make you believe in it and that’s a challenge always… An actor always goes for something that he is not. It’s a vent. I want to be a Batman, a Spider-Man, a fire fighter, an evil conniving Don and I want to be the greatest lover in the world. And I am not any of these. That’s why it turns me on,” the actor answered.

Ranjini Maitra

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