Shah Rukh Khan says his kids make fun of him when he is being ‘serious’ with them: ‘They just look at me and say…’

Journalist Richard Quest also asked him about the quintessential Shah Rukh Khan movie and Shah Rukh said that it was never his intention to be a romantic hero. Instead, he wanted to be an action star. “I never wanted to be someone who is, like I say, peddling love. Or seller of dreams. I wanted to be an action guy with eight packs and beat up people, be in a white vest, girl on my side with a glock in my hand and speak in baritone, and things like that but I never got the opportunity.”

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It was quite early in Shah Rukh Khan’s career when he landed the role of Raj Malhotra in Aditya Chopra’s Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and that film cemented his image as a romantic hero. After DDLJ, he appeared in many romantic roles like Mohabbatein, Dil To Pagal Hai, among others. He shared, “When I started off, suddenly everybody started to think of me as someone who is promising hope, giving hope and spreading love, like I spread my arms again and again. So I think my regular film would be a film that gives you hope, gives you goodness, gives you happiness and at the end of it all, lots of good songs.”

Shah Rukh Khan had a fabulous 2023 as he appeared in three hits – Pathaan, Jawan and Dunki. He is yet to announce his next film. The actor has previously said that his next film will feature him in a more “age real” role.