Karan Johar recalls Shah Rukh Khan was ‘irritated’ working in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, says SRK has ‘khuda ki aankhein’

Aditya Chopra, in Netflix’s The Romantics, said something similar that when he offered Shah Rukh Khan his film DDLJ, the actor wasn’t very keen on taking it up as he wanted to do an action film. Chopra, however, convinced him saying that he shouldn’t miss out on being the romantic hero as there is something very special about his eyes.

Speaking about SRK’s eyes, and how they do most of the talking in his romantic roles, Karan Johar said that he had “khuda ki aankhein (god’s eyes).” When asked why no other hero could ever achieve the same level of acceptance as Shah Rukh did with his romantic roles, Karan spoke about the actor’s eyes and said, “He could launch a million love battles with those eyes. Unn aankhon ki masti ke mastaane hazaaron hain aur hamesha rahenge. Nobody else has those eyes. He has got ‘khuda ki aankhein’. When you see those eyes, you feel like he could make any human being weak-kneed, man, woman anyone, it doesn’t matter.”

The director spoke about that little tear that Shah Rukh’s fans often point to when he is professing his love in a movie and said, “When that little bit of tear comes in those eyes, you feel like fida ho gaye hain, prem kahani shuru ho gayi (now the love story has started).”

Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar have worked in films like Kuh Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and My Name Is Khan. Apart from his directorials, SRK has appeared in Dharma Productions’ films like Kal Ho Naa Ho, and most recently, he was seen in a cameo in Brahmastra.