‘Shah Rukh Khan comes from a space of discipline, Salman Khan is a hustler’: Vaibhavi Merchant explains how the actors are different as dancers

In an interview with India Today, Vaibhavi said, “They are two different personalities. They are two different men. I think Shah Rukh comes from a space of love, respect, a lot of hard work, and discipline. He will rehearse, he comes prepared, and he is at it. He feels that dance doesn’t come naturally to him.”

Vaibhavi added, “But there is a dancer in him. He’s of course done ‘Kali Kali Aankhen’ and all of that; it’s not like he’s not danced his way through. But he still feels, like an underdog as far as dancing is concerned. So this is, again, that same space where he’s trying to psych himself, where he says ‘ki nahi hai par mujhe karna hain‘. So that is Shah Rukh, he comes with all this energy and passion. He will be like, ‘Maine kiya haan, aap dekho lo‘.”

Explaining the way Salman dances and learns the moves, she said, “Salman comes with a lot of ease to dance, he is a hustler. Again (he comes) from a space of love, but he will not express that love like SRK. He is a book of poetry and Salman is a novel. So I think that’s how they are. You have to discover as you’re going. With poetry, you know you’ll feel an emotion. So Shah Rukh is definitely an emotion and Salman is a vibe.”

Salman will next be seen in Tiger 3, which releases on the Diwali weekend, whereas Shah Rukh’s next film will be Dunki, slated to release in December.