Contestant is the hero of KBC not me : SRK
admin February 22nd, 2007
For Shah Rukh Khan KBC is a great opportunity to entertain people. He does not deny big money in the big game show. But at the same time, he says, it is a big challenge to my acting. The actor in me tries to come out of the anchor Shah Rukh Khan. Explaining this, he says, as an actor I have to go by the script, show my acting skills while here as an anchor I have to be what I am, Shah Rukh Khan, responding to ever changing situation and mood of the contestant.
Recently, he had media interaction, at the set of KBC in Chitranagari Mumbai where he spoke about various issues ranging from the talk in media about him and Amitabh to his plans in the near future with the confidence of a mature mega star and candidness of a heart for people.
He finds the rims of media coverage comparing him with Amitabh Bachchan as a normal incident, part of the media game. It was bound to happen. We expected it. Explaining this, he says, earlier he acted in the new Don and now he was the host of KBC. It is natural for people to compare.
But I am what I am and I want to be me. I do not want to copy, but it will take some time before I establish my identity in the programme. See, Amitabhji is tall and so is his shadow and it will take some time to come out of the shadow, this is how he replies to a question about coming out of shadow of Amitabh.
I respect Amitabhji. He is a great artist. When I joined the film industry people use to compare me with Dilip Kumar. It goes on. Everyone likes to read about himself. I also like. It’s all media game and I am also part of the media. This is how he describes all what is appearing in the media about him with reference to KBC.
The experience of anchor is new for him. He says that he is 90 per cent actor and this actor in him comes out of him the moment the camera is on. But as an anchor, I have to be me, Sha Rukh Khan. I will certainly like to be anchor of such a mega show, but it all depends on offer from people like Siddhartha Basu, he says with his imitable smile.
Though there is no script like in the case of acting, he does practice, particularly reading question. I get about 100 questions list, he says. He feels that people interested in joining KBC should come prepared. They should do home work. He recalls that he had prepared for almost one month when he was asked to be a contestant in the KBC of Bachchan.
With an obvious reference to the criticism of his hindi, he says I know my Hindi is not good. There are many whose Hindi is not good. But I am constantly trying to improve it, he says.
I really feel very sad when I know the answer and I find that the contestant has made a wrong choice. But, I can’t help it. He says people talk about the KBC in terms of Amithabji or Shah Rukh. But the hero of the game show is the contestant. He goes from the show as a happy man.
As an anchor of the country’s biggest game show he receives applauses and criticism both. At times, in a very rude way. However, here he shows his greatness. Scenes of the KBC might be censored, but live show on the set showed this greatness in the most natural way without any cut. A lady journalist fired a remark that he was very rude to old people. Without getting agitated, he explained how wrong the statement was. He says he receives SMSes that he copies Amitabh.
He says he likes humor and he wants to bring humor to the show. He tells about what his father told him about humor. Sense of humor should not hurt anyone and I am following this advice of my father, he says.
He feels that there was nothing wrong or to feel bad about one of the contestant Rachna Sharma saying that she was not interested in quitting the show in his style of having a hug. No one is forced and everyone is free to have his or her way. I offer three options for quitting- hug me, have a handshake or strangulate me.
He works for two episodes on a single day and has planned long holidays with his family this summer. He says at present he has Chuk De and Om Shanti Om and will think about new films only after family vacations.
He is a chain smoker. He himself admits that he smokes 35-40 cigarettes a day. When someone asked him about quitting smoking prompt was his reply, I have lot of tension of KBC. I will stop smoking after my KBC assignment!!
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