ShahRukh Khan
The king khan as he is lovingly called is my favorite Bollywood actor and has been for quite some time. I like him not only because of his intensity, his voice, his dance, his comic timing but he also comes across as a through gentleman In the cut-throat competition of Bollywood has his own set of friends he is a devoted family man with his real love story more interesting than any reel life story.
I remember late 1980?s when a serial ?Fauji? was aired on DD. All my friends and me fell in love with the army man named Abhimanyu or Abhi. Later we came to know that the man who made our hearts rukh was a young actor, Shahrukh khan. He later came in many serials like ?Circus? etc.
His movie career began with ?Raju ban Gaya Gentleman? for which the director Aziz Mirza paired him with Juhi (post success of ?Qayamat Se Qayamat tak?). He made KKKiran popular with ?Daar? and started the concept of anti-hero. He played negative role in ?Baazigar? but made audience sympathize with him.
But the movie that made him superstar was ?Dilwale Dulhaiya Le Jayenge? opposite Kajol. He was superb throughout the movie, be it his ?Rukh Ja dil deewane? or his trying to win his girl-friend father. Even today ?Tujhe Dekha to jaana sanam? makes my heart skip a beat.
He worked in all sorts of movies the successful ones were:
?Dil to Pagal hai? where he made everyone pagal, including beautiful Madhuri and Karisma.
Pardes: with Mahima.
Karan and Arjun with Salman, Kajol.
Kuch Kuch Hota hai with Rani and Kajol
Kahi Khushi Kahi Gham with Amitabh, Hritik, Kajol, Kareea.
Mohabattein with Aishwarya and Amitabh
Chalte Chalte with Rani.
Kal Ho na Ho with Preity
Main Hoon na with Sushmita.
He has distinguished himself as a lover boy. Just as Amitabh is associated with name ?Vijay?, he was associated with ?Rahul or Raj?. He has successfully brought the rainbow of emotions in love alive -remember the song ?na jaane mere dil ko kya ho gaya? & scene in DDLJ where he thinks about Kajol and tries to find her face in moon, his ?paas aur paas aur paas?(after the marriage ceremony of his friends) in Dil to Pagal, his majbori when Karisma asks why God makes one person fall in love with second and second with third, his expression of love ?makes me fall in love with him.
He has tried different roles, ?Ashoka?, ?Devdaas? and has not been shaken by the comments of people. In these movies he has bee very restrained. People often compare him to Aamir Khan and feel that Aamir is a better actor. Pasand apni apni , but I feel that Shahrukh has tried different shades of character within a certain framework and has been pretty successful at it. He has worked with most of big banners of bollywood ? Yash Chopra, Karan Johar, Suhash Ghai, Rakesh Roshan, Mahesh bhatt. Most of his directors have repeated him, which shows the confidence that bollywood has in him. No wonder he is called ?King Khan?.
When Hrithik swept India with his ?Kaho na pyaar hai?, people thought that ShahRukh to gaya but Shahrukh let his work speak and delivered hits. When movies of his production house ?Phir hi Dil Hai Hindustani?, ?Ashoka? did not do well, he didn?t loose hope and finally delivered hits like ?Chalte Chalte?, ?Main Hoon na?.
He comes across as a honest guy, he says that for money he can dance in the wedding ceremonies and he has done it. He openly declared that he wants awards. He is well educated and that reflects in the way he carries himself and the way he speaks.
His love affair with his wife Gauri is known to entire world. His love story is so cute, his dedication to his family for all to see. He shares great friendship with Karan, Farah Khan. He encouraged Farah to direct by producing movie for her (Main Hoon na).
He is one who has made his mark in the bollywood in spite of not being from a bollywood family or having a godfather. He is a living example of ?where there is will there is a way? and I salute him.