MUMBAI: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan spoke with Giona A. Nazzaro, the festival's artistic director, about a range of subjects, including his family and kids, after receiving the Pardo Alla Carriera prize at the Locarno Film Festival. Throughout the conversation, the Hindi film superstar, known as the Badshah, talked about living a modest life in spite of his enormous fame and teaching his children, AbRam, Suhana, and Aryan Khan, the same morals.
SRK revealed, “We have a very normal family life. I want people to know this because outside stardom, it’s larger than life, thousands of people look at you, you wave at the crowds. There is a lot of madness, it’s like a rockstar and my dashing, gorgeous looks… It can seem very alien and different but it is not. The family is simple, the kids are simple, like a father I spend a lot of time with them.”
Speaking about his kids, SRK revealed, “I want them to learn and I want them to be humble about the privileges they have because of me becoming a star. I want them to understand that they have to come out of the shadow both positive and negative of being a star’s son.” Heaping praises for his wife Gauri, he said, “The wife is sweet, she keeps a balance, there’s some wisdom there. So, we lead a very simple life.”
He further said, “Stardom is the byproduct of what I do. Being rich and famous isn’t the important part, though it is essential to earn well and take care of my family. What matters more to me is touching people’s lives through my work.”
On his favorite global star, King Khan said, “If I have to count my favourite actors of all times – Michael J Fox, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro – Jackie Chan will be right up there. I love him. He is physically amazing. He enacts things very well and he continues to inspire me.”
Khan said he felt his first born Aryan even looked like Jackie Chan, saying, “When my first son, Aryan, was born, I felt he looked like Jackie Chan. He looked very Jackie Chan-ish to me. I trained him in Taekwondo assuming he’ll grow up to be Jackie Chan. I really wanted him to be that. A few years later, Jackie Chan signed a cap for Aryan.”
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