Shah Rukh Khan: I will work in Hollywood only if it makes both me and India proud

When The Indian Express.com asked him if he would ever like to consider working in the West, SRK said, “I have never ever been offered any work in the West of any girth or value. I have always said that I want to make Indian films which will be watched internationally. People who are working in the West or Hollywood do really make sure that our name and Indianess is being spread there which is very good for future generations to come and is very commendable. I am not looking down upon them. I also feel I’m not good enough to do something in the west, language being one issue.”

SRK also said that he would do a Hollywood project only if it’s a project that makes India proud.

“If I am offered something which makes me proud as an actor when I participate in it which in turn will make India proud, I will do it. The point is an Indian actor goes to the West and does a film which does not take away from the Indianess of the emotion. I would love to do such projects. But so far in 25 years I will be very honest and open to say that no one from Hollywood on the western world has offered me,” said SRK, who celebrated his birthday with media in he evening of November 2.

The 50-year old actor is content with his journey in the Hindi film industry.

“The overall journey has been very good, it’s been wonderful, and not many people have the life that I have. Last 25 years of work and before that also they have been good moments, sad moments, happy moments, frustrating moments but I guess that’s what life is… so I am happy with the life that I have. I won’t choose any other life if I got a chance,” he said.

Fans know Shah Rukh as ‘King Khan’, ‘Badshah of Bollywood’ and ‘King of Romance’ but SRK never thought he would ever be called by such names.

“I never thought someday I would be called King of Bollywood. This industry has showered me with so much love. I have got much more than what I had in. If tomorrow I am not remembered, its okay, but if my work is remembered, that’s enough for me,” he added.

SRK was flooded with birthday wishes from his friends and colleagues, including Salman Khan who hailed him as an “energetic and inspiring” actor.

(With PTI Inputs)