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[Precious]

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Originally posted by Precious@9 May 2004, 19:37

[Precious]

Main Hoon Na` is a larger-than-life film: SRK

By Subhash K Jha

Visit: Sify`s `Main Hoon Na` Special

Shah Rukh Khan tells Subhash K Jha what his mega-stardom means to `Main Hoon Na`.

Main Hoon Na looks very different from Kal Ho Naa Ho.
That doesn’t make Kal Ho Naa Ho any less of a film. I guess I’m the only actor about whom such questions arise each time I’ve a new release. How different is Main Hoon Na? It’s actually a trueblue masala film like Manmohan Desai’s cinema. It pays a tribute to the films of the 1970s. Related Features



To me masala films are a complete genre. To call all commercial films masala is a misconception. I’d define masala films as what Mr Bachchan used to do with Prakash Mehra and Manmohan Desai — caring mother, estranged brothers, the works. Like these films Main Hoon Na takes us on a wild trip. It’s larger-than-life film. But to contemporize the film my role has been made politically correct.

So are you true-to-life in Main Hoon Na?
You can’t be true to life in a commercial film. Because commercial films are untrue-to-life by their very definition. They sell a dream. We’re hoping to re-introduce the genre of masala cinema through Main Hoon Na. Nearly four years ago Farha Khan conceived a situation for Indo-Pak friendship in the script at a time when such a friendship seemed far-fetched. I guess life does imitate art in that sense.

For some years now Pakistan has been portrayed in some of our films as the enemy. I don’t see why the whole country should be condemned for the sins of a handful of people. Bad guys are bad guys regardless of their nationality or religion. Let’s make films with a positive outlook. However Main Hoon Na isn’t heavily into messages.

In a sense Main Hoon Na is your first with a political message?
I disagree. My production Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani was about the commercialization of the media. Asoka was about world peace and spiritualism. So as a producer I’ve made a socio-political comment on some level or the other. Main Hoon Na also makes a statement.

Earlier you were playing the college student now you’ve graduated to pretending to be a college student in Main Hoon Na.
I’m older, if that’s what you mean. I should and am playing my age. I look older and more mature than I did earlier. I hope I’m growing wise as well. I ‘m still very energetic as an actor. When we were starting Main Hoon Na we couldn’t get anyone to play the younger brother. I suggested we get Sunny Deol to play the army officer and that I’d play the younger brother. I think it would’ve worked. I’d put my whole and soul into any part young or old.

Why was it a problem to cast for the younger brother?
When Farha was choreographing Kaho Na…Pyar Hai she had got Hrithik to agree to play the younger brother. But I thought Farha needed to work on the script more. So her film got delayed. Then Hrithik started doing Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. He even shot for a day. And Hrithik and I had already played brothers in K3G. If after Kaho Na…Pyar Hai and K3G Hrithik played my sibling then the script would have to be altered. We needed someone more new.

Zayed Khan fitted the bill perfectly. To my delight he turned out to be a very respectful boy. I like that. He was artless and very likeable. Nowadays one hears horror stories about the behaviour of the younger generation. Even Sohail Khan is very respectful. I think it’s because of the way they’ve been brought up. I really like Zayed and his co-star Amrita Rao. Main Hoon Na is big break for both of them.

You sound like an indulgent elder brother.
I do what I do, and I’ve the experience. I‘m also the producer of Main Hoon Na. I think of Suniel Shetty Sushmita Sen, Satish Shah as part of my family now. Suniel came into our film a little late. We had first thought of Mr Kamal Haasan and Mr Nana Patekar and Naseerbhai. When Suniel was offered the role he was more than eager. But we had to make sure that his stardom didn’t suffer in any way in the transition from black to white.

Both Suniel and Sushmita are really nice. They haven’t taken any money. We’ll have to find some way of repaying them. When awards are given at the end of the year I hope Farha Khan and Suniel get theirs. Me? I can live on the awards that I’ve received for the next forty years.

Do you feel there’s an acute shortage of heroines in your career?
Not really. I must tell you, that from the beginning of my career there hasn’t been single film of mine except maybe Badshah, where the heroine doesn’t have a role as well-defined as mine. All my films are man-woman stories. Beyond that I never question the identity of my leading lady. I don’t think I’ve the right to. Therefore a crisis in my career, if it ever occurs, wouldn’t be for leading ladies but director. I’m doing three films a year. How many heroines would?

In Main Hoon Na I think Sushmita is wonderfully apt for the part. She deserves so much more. Unfortunately because of her strong personality there’s a fear that she might overshadow her co-star. I only saw her in her debut Dastak, and then I’ve done shows with her. But like all models turned actresses, she’s amazingly professional. They come on the sets laughing and entertaining. They’ve no complexes about what other actors are doing. I think all actors should be cast according to suitability. For instance I can’t be cast as Spiderman and Superman, much as I’d like to.

Is it true that you have decided not work with Aishwarya Rai?
Why is everyone asking me this question? It’s the director’s job to cast the actress. And even if he or she casts someone I’m not very fond of I‘d be okay with the decision. Earlier when I was asked my suggestion I’d say Kajol, Madhuri or Juhi. But now they’re working less. Now I’d work with anyone as long as the atmosphere on the sets is pleasant.

With Aishwarya there was an issue on the set of my film(Chalte Chalte). But that’s in the past. Like I said, I’m not partial to anyone when I’m working. People thought I was fond of Farha as the choreographer. But I’m also fond of Sarojji(Khan).

Main Hoon Na is your first film film with a female director since Hema Malini in Dil Aashna Hai.
That’s right. But with Farha it doesn’t feel like the first time. In all the films where she has choreographed me she has directed me for at least 25 minutes. In Main Hoon Na she has directed me for a longer duration. As a director Farha has the guts to step into a male-dominated arena. Without taking away from what they’ve achieved, I’d like to say women directors generally make issue-based films. Here’s girl who has taken up a subject on India-Pak relations and woven into a theme of sibling bonding. She has made the film like a man.

Zayed and I play the kind of roles which Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty did in the movies some years ago. Main Hoon Na is a very masculine film. She’s as mainstream as Manmohan Desai, Raj Kanwar and Aditya Chopra. In the film that wanted to make make earlier Farha wanted to cast me as a Mama’s boy and how I get out of the feminine shadow. That was a little girlie in mood. We decided to make something more masculine.

Why have women directors shied away from you?
Years ago I had asked Kalpana Lajmi to cast me. But the dates didn’t work out. Since it was a small film she couldn’t wait for my dates. Deepa Mehta also offered me a role just months before 1947 Earth was to start. Meghna Gulzar wanted me in Filhaal. But I couldn’t see myself adding to the film.

What next?
Ashutosh Gowariker’s Swades is almost over. Only ten days of shooting in America are left. We completed the film in 94 days. I’ve known Ashutosh for very long. He‘s very exacting about all the visual details and knows exactly what he wants. After Lagaan he shouldn’t be questioned about what he’s making next. Swades is a contemporary film. It is patriotic film but not the flag-waving kind. It addresses itself to the duties and responsibilities of the young from the middleclass.

I think it’s admirable that Ashutosh has chosen to make this kind of a film. Yes Swades does make a comment on our lives. But I believe the socio-political statement should never be in-your-face. It shouldn’t take over the entertainment. We actors are here to entertain. Who are we to convey messages? I can sell a product. But I can’t sell an ideal.

What about Yash Chopra’s film?
That film is also contemporary. Yashji is Yashji. People like Aziz Mirza and Yash Chopra can direct me instinctively. I sometimes find myself at a loss with Karan Johar, Ashutosh Gowariker and Farha Khan. But never with Yashji and Aziz. I can never question their decisions. I don’t need to argue with them on any point.

Any other projects?
I’m taking somee months off in June. I’ve three releases this year, as I normally do every year. I’m now going to spend time with my kids and finish my book when I take a break. It’s largely done. Now I need to take stock of the gathered material and also decide on a publisher. It’s going to dwell on both my commercial and non-commercial work. The book doesn’t concentrate on any one aspect of my life or career. It’s like me and my performances, unfocussed and all over. But it’s not just about my performances. It gives me a chance to speak about matters that concern me as an artiste and an individual. I want to stay in Mumbai in the coming months and be with my children. Beyond that I’ll sign new films July onwards.

[P@Ki$T@ni-KuRi]

Originally posted by Precious@10 May 2004, 16:05
Main Hoon Na` is a larger-than-life film: SRK

By Subhash K Jha

Visit: Sify`s `Main Hoon Na` Special

Shah Rukh Khan tells Subhash K Jha what his mega-stardom means to `Main Hoon Na`.

Main Hoon Na looks very different from Kal Ho Naa Ho.
That doesn’t make Kal Ho Naa Ho any less of a film. I guess I’m the only actor about whom such questions arise each time I’ve a new release. How different is Main Hoon Na? It’s actually a trueblue masala film like Manmohan Desai’s cinema. It pays a tribute to the films of the 1970s. Related Features



To me masala films are a complete genre. To call all commercial films masala is a misconception. I’d define masala films as what Mr Bachchan used to do with Prakash Mehra and Manmohan Desai — caring mother, estranged brothers, the works. Like these films Main Hoon Na takes us on a wild trip. It’s larger-than-life film. But to contemporize the film my role has been made politically correct.

So are you true-to-life in Main Hoon Na?
You can’t be true to life in a commercial film. Because commercial films are untrue-to-life by their very definition. They sell a dream. We’re hoping to re-introduce the genre of masala cinema through Main Hoon Na. Nearly four years ago Farha Khan conceived a situation for Indo-Pak friendship in the script at a time when such a friendship seemed far-fetched. I guess life does imitate art in that sense.

For some years now Pakistan has been portrayed in some of our films as the enemy. I don’t see why the whole country should be condemned for the sins of a handful of people. Bad guys are bad guys regardless of their nationality or religion. Let’s make films with a positive outlook. However Main Hoon Na isn’t heavily into messages.

In a sense Main Hoon Na is your first with a political message?
I disagree. My production Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani was about the commercialization of the media. Asoka was about world peace and spiritualism. So as a producer I’ve made a socio-political comment on some level or the other. Main Hoon Na also makes a statement.

Earlier you were playing the college student now you’ve graduated to pretending to be a college student in Main Hoon Na.
I’m older, if that’s what you mean. I should and am playing my age. I look older and more mature than I did earlier. I hope I’m growing wise as well. I ‘m still very energetic as an actor. When we were starting Main Hoon Na we couldn’t get anyone to play the younger brother. I suggested we get Sunny Deol to play the army officer and that I’d play the younger brother. I think it would’ve worked. I’d put my whole and soul into any part young or old.

Why was it a problem to cast for the younger brother?
When Farha was choreographing Kaho Na…Pyar Hai she had got Hrithik to agree to play the younger brother. But I thought Farha needed to work on the script more. So her film got delayed. Then Hrithik started doing Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. He even shot for a day. And Hrithik and I had already played brothers in K3G. If after Kaho Na…Pyar Hai and K3G Hrithik played my sibling then the script would have to be altered. We needed someone more new.

Zayed Khan fitted the bill perfectly. To my delight he turned out to be a very respectful boy. I like that. He was artless and very likeable. Nowadays one hears horror stories about the behaviour of the younger generation. Even Sohail Khan is very respectful. I think it’s because of the way they’ve been brought up. I really like Zayed and his co-star Amrita Rao. Main Hoon Na is big break for both of them.

You sound like an indulgent elder brother.
I do what I do, and I’ve the experience. I‘m also the producer of Main Hoon Na. I think of Suniel Shetty Sushmita Sen, Satish Shah as part of my family now. Suniel came into our film a little late. We had first thought of Mr Kamal Haasan and Mr Nana Patekar and Naseerbhai. When Suniel was offered the role he was more than eager. But we had to make sure that his stardom didn’t suffer in any way in the transition from black to white.

Both Suniel and Sushmita are really nice. They haven’t taken any money. We’ll have to find some way of repaying them. When awards are given at the end of the year I hope Farha Khan and Suniel get theirs. Me? I can live on the awards that I’ve received for the next forty years.

Do you feel there’s an acute shortage of heroines in your career?
Not really. I must tell you, that from the beginning of my career there hasn’t been single film of mine except maybe Badshah, where the heroine doesn’t have a role as well-defined as mine. All my films are man-woman stories. Beyond that I never question the identity of my leading lady. I don’t think I’ve the right to. Therefore a crisis in my career, if it ever occurs, wouldn’t be for leading ladies but director. I’m doing three films a year. How many heroines would?

In Main Hoon Na I think Sushmita is wonderfully apt for the part. She deserves so much more. Unfortunately because of her strong personality there’s a fear that she might overshadow her co-star. I only saw her in her debut Dastak, and then I’ve done shows with her. But like all models turned actresses, she’s amazingly professional. They come on the sets laughing and entertaining. They’ve no complexes about what other actors are doing. I think all actors should be cast according to suitability. For instance I can’t be cast as Spiderman and Superman, much as I’d like to.

Is it true that you have decided not work with Aishwarya Rai?
Why is everyone asking me this question? It’s the director’s job to cast the actress. And even if he or she casts someone I’m not very fond of I‘d be okay with the decision. Earlier when I was asked my suggestion I’d say Kajol, Madhuri or Juhi. But now they’re working less. Now I’d work with anyone as long as the atmosphere on the sets is pleasant.

With Aishwarya there was an issue on the set of my film(Chalte Chalte). But that’s in the past. Like I said, I’m not partial to anyone when I’m working. People thought I was fond of Farha as the choreographer. But I’m also fond of Sarojji(Khan).

Main Hoon Na is your first film film with a female director since Hema Malini in Dil Aashna Hai.
That’s right. But with Farha it doesn’t feel like the first time. In all the films where she has choreographed me she has directed me for at least 25 minutes. In Main Hoon Na she has directed me for a longer duration. As a director Farha has the guts to step into a male-dominated arena. Without taking away from what they’ve achieved, I’d like to say women directors generally make issue-based films. Here’s girl who has taken up a subject on India-Pak relations and woven into a theme of sibling bonding. She has made the film like a man.

Zayed and I play the kind of roles which Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty did in the movies some years ago. Main Hoon Na is a very masculine film. She’s as mainstream as Manmohan Desai, Raj Kanwar and Aditya Chopra. In the film that wanted to make make earlier Farha wanted to cast me as a Mama’s boy and how I get out of the feminine shadow. That was a little girlie in mood. We decided to make something more masculine.

Why have women directors shied away from you?
Years ago I had asked Kalpana Lajmi to cast me. But the dates didn’t work out. Since it was a small film she couldn’t wait for my dates. Deepa Mehta also offered me a role just months before 1947 Earth was to start. Meghna Gulzar wanted me in Filhaal. But I couldn’t see myself adding to the film.

What next?
Ashutosh Gowariker’s Swades is almost over. Only ten days of shooting in America are left. We completed the film in 94 days. I’ve known Ashutosh for very long. He‘s very exacting about all the visual details and knows exactly what he wants. After Lagaan he shouldn’t be questioned about what he’s making next. Swades is a contemporary film. It is patriotic film but not the flag-waving kind. It addresses itself to the duties and responsibilities of the young from the middleclass.

I think it’s admirable that Ashutosh has chosen to make this kind of a film. Yes Swades does make a comment on our lives. But I believe the socio-political statement should never be in-your-face. It shouldn’t take over the entertainment. We actors are here to entertain. Who are we to convey messages? I can sell a product. But I can’t sell an ideal.

What about Yash Chopra’s film?
That film is also contemporary. Yashji is Yashji. People like Aziz Mirza and Yash Chopra can direct me instinctively. I sometimes find myself at a loss with Karan Johar, Ashutosh Gowariker and Farha Khan. But never with Yashji and Aziz. I can never question their decisions. I don’t need to argue with them on any point.

Any other projects?
I’m taking somee months off in June. I’ve three releases this year, as I normally do every year. I’m now going to spend time with my kids and finish my book when I take a break. It’s largely done. Now I need to take stock of the gathered material and also decide on a publisher. It’s going to dwell on both my commercial and non-commercial work. The book doesn’t concentrate on any one aspect of my life or career. It’s like me and my performances, unfocussed and all over. But it’s not just about my performances. It gives me a chance to speak about matters that concern me as an artiste and an individual. I want to stay in Mumbai in the coming months and be with my children. Beyond that I’ll sign new films July onwards.

[~Magroor~]

hey ff een vraagje? lezen jullie serieus al die intervieuws helemaal? is egt veeeeeeeeeeeel

[Precious]

Originally posted by ~Magroor~@10 May 2004, 16:31
hey ff een vraagje? lezen jullie serieus al die intervieuws helemaal? is egt veeeeeeeeeeeel

k heb niks te doen...

[~Magroor~]

Originally posted by Precious+10 May 2004, 17:33-->

QUOTE (Precious @ 10 May 2004, 17:33)

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