There has always been a debate over the impact that banners like Yash Raj Films and Dharma Productions have had on Shah Rukh Khan’s career.
While a lot of people believe it’s Shah Rukh who has single-handedly made YRF and Dharma the banners that they are today, others argue SRK wouldn’t have become a top actor and more importantly an iconic romantic hero without directors like Yash Chopra, Aditya Chopra and Karan Johar.
In an interview with Filmfare, Shah Rukh was asked if he owes his success to the Chopras and Karan.
Crediting the directors of films like Darr, Baazigar, DDLJ, Karan Arjun, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and many more, SRK said ”Adi and Karan know me better as an actor. I believe in them and they believe in me and that is 90 percent of the battle won. There’s a comfort zone. I work equally hard as an actor with every one else. I give every role my best shot”
“But yes, as far as commercial success is concerned, I’m a star because of them since they made me a huge star. It’s thanks to Karan, Adi, Yash Chopra, Abbas-Mustan and Rakesh Roshan that I’m called a superstar”
Note: This is an interview, which was published on Filmfare in 2002, just after the release of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. It was republished in the latest issue of the magazine.
@wankhede,so what?
@prashant,please dont make us laugh.What is ur Aamir without Christmas and raju?
Indicine its the best post ever ,thanks for posting it , and this post trolled all srk fans logic ,haha
cant stop laughing .
SRK hurted me big time before his Fan release to a Fan.how can human being makes other.it’s all because his luck already written and he got it.
Now SRK has to survive with his two upcoming movies of 2015.otherwise he will be in big trouble.
He has to only works hard and entertain us and stops this useless comments.
@adoo or ginger, why does reality make people laugh? Only if they lack common sense. If Amir’s movies are huge because of Christmas then what happened to flop wale and flop 2 in Christmas? Also who can remember TMK which also released on Christmas? You retard, aamir has made Raju big like it or not.
@Fasal Teri fatti paid hai pichwade se. Worry about upcoming debacle fan less star ka sabse Chota fan. Reality is always harsh. Aamir was giving flops before 2008? You retard, it seems you don’t even know anything bout Bollywood so shut up. What about QSQT, rangeela, Dil, RH, Lagan, Ishq, DCH, RDB, TZP, fanaa? If aamir was giving flops back then then I think srk has not given a single hit in his career if I apply your brainless logic. Grow up you psycho patient.
wow arrogance makes people ignorant but knowledge makes Modest.
@Prashant :
Lol , so Aamir has a fan ?
You idiot – what has Aamir done without Christmas in the last 10 years ?
– Talaash and Dhobi Ghat, lol .
Always remember that Aamir has only 6 Hits in his 28 year career without X-Mas …!
Srk fans : Srk is a self made star or superstar
Other fans : Srk is star due to Yrf & Dharma
Srk fans : @#$&%@*
Srk : I am a star due to Dharma & YRF.
Srk fans : He is so humble.
ROFL !!!!!!!!
Srk knows the reality of his career more than anyone. I am not saying Srk is solely due to 2 biggest productions of industry. Credit to his hard work & dedication but you need a big push from becoming an actor to star and from star to superstar. That’s what Dharma & Yrf did to him, Rajshri to Salman. So stop claiming he is self made, everyone need some push & help without that you can end up as Nawazuddin or Manoj Bajpai despite having talent, hard work & dedication !!!!!!!!
@Challa : Going by your logic, Salman & Aamir were already superstars much before Srk worked with them. Aamir worked with Yash ji in parampara n Dare was offered to him (so biggest production preferred biggest actors). Even a movie like Chak De was offered to Salman before Srk doing it. In this decade, YRF gave a first 150 + crs & 250 crs with Salman & Aamir respectively whereas the so called actor who made these production houses yet to cross 125 crs with same banners. Now don’t talk about classic movies, you just abused Ajay Devgan based on his commercial success on another article !!!!!!!!
thank u srk for accepting the truth..hope ur brainless fans
can understand that ..we know u have only 2 blockbusters without YRF and Dharma… 1 of them was multistarrer (karan arjun)..
Look at this man’s Honesty, Groundedness, politeness, sweetness! I am really proud of you my Jan! You accept the reality and never show any arrogance. That’s the perfect definition for you Shahrukh Khan my idol…! Yes, it’s true that you always lacked Megastardom which only salmon bhai and aamir bhai have, but you are so down to earth that you accepted that you are star only because of Yrf and dharma. No doubt, you were always destined to be a GREATEST CLASSIC ACTOR AND LEGEND, but megastar is something which unfortunately always eluded you from its dictionary. But you being a sweet, humble, down to earth soul, accepted without any hesitance. We all TRUE Srkians always believe in this reality and those who call you Megastar are not your true fans. Love @iamsrk…
@No Phenom only Venom 9:32 am, so you 2 paise ki aukaat will judge a person who is worth millions of bucks? What’s your level to talk rubbish against biggest global megastar aamir khan who has achieved everything which others only dream to achieve? You moron, aamir has done only 39 films so far and he had no release in 2002,2003,2004,2010,2011 and 2015. He has done way more riskier films unlike your insecure Yrf and dharma made star who doesn’t have balls or guts to do experimental films like aamir because if he will go Amir’s way then he would come on road. Srk has a fan? Maybe he himself is his fan as proclaimed number of times that I am this and I am that like a small child. Such a childish person srk was. A real gentleman and real Megastar aamir khan never said that i am biggest. Other legends like sachin, Sunil gawasker, Dilip Kumar Sahab, Amitabh Bachachan also never called the,selves number 1. So don’t talk stupid. Aamir is light years ahead of srk and srk van never come close to him. Let srk do dhobi ghat, oops, if he will do then it would become footpath and he will also come on footpath. If he will do Talaash then it would become the laash and it will not even cross 30 cr life time. So don’t talk rubbish against aamir as you are a 2 penny person and aamir is worth millions of bucks.
@hrithik,oh wow,then see we can also give the hard slap
before few days salman’s some statements.
salman:if my film will be clashed against KING KHAN,toh loss mera hi hoga.
salman fans: oh no bhai has golden heart,big heart,so humble,down to earth,bhai ki style,bhai ka rikshaw,bhai ka dabba blah blah,ROFL.
then after few days again one article of @indicine
salman:I’m a FAN of KING SRK.
salman fans: !bhai has biggest heart and humble blah blah.
beta this is not new.just look above KING SRK credited to ALL DIRECTORS even ABBAS-MUSTAN,RAKESH ROSHAN,but what @indicine published?and still you’re saying @indicine supports KING SRK?they are helping you in disguise by using KING SRK articles to manage the traffic,ROFL.
@hrithik(10:15,10:23),what an illogical as well illiterate commnet!,rofl.oh do you think if manoj/nawajuddin can act equally and can spread the charm if they would have acted in DARR,VZ,DDLJ,DTPH,MB?????oh really?even though not mocking at their faces,do you even can bear those guys even in you dream to romancing like beautiful heroines and delivering those epic dialogues.then those movies also wouldn’t be different from gangs of wasseypur,ROFL.and yeah I agreed they are very intense actors like KING KHAN but not versatile and complete failure to get a hero image and to do romance.while amir/salman are not intense actors though have the persona of a hero image,that’s the difference.everything you’ll find in KING SRK,that’s why HE IS KING OF BOLLYWOOD.
while on the other hand amir and salman failed to show the intensity what KING KHAN did by entering early in the industries.those two were romancing through out early age but ultimately KING KHAN Called THE KING OF ROMANCE,ha ha ha ha(beta kitna pehle industry mein aa jaaye,par BAAP woh sab chutki mein usme chaa jaata hain).
no doubt amir/salman entered industry early due to papa,if they wouldn’t get the help or if they would have in place of KING KHAN they must have dreamed to become hero in their life or would have become one of FAN of KING KHAN till now.but destiny’s wish something else that’s why Destiny gave them biggest writer Salim Khan and a big director like amir’s father.
if any other person would have in place of KING KHAN then HE would have said I created YRF/DP(which is TRUTH).because before working with KING SRK they wrere giving huge flops while exactly the opposite KING SRK already becomes star with the debut with getting only one half of film by overshadowing a big actor with out taking help of any YRF/DP/Rajshri or any papa.
SO YOU SAID RIGHT,KING SRK knows well about HIS career very well than others
out of 30 HITS—14 belongs to YRF+DP,REST 16 belongs to HIMSELF.
and out of TOTAL 20-25 HITS OF BOTH YRF+DP—-14 belongs to KING KHAN,rest belongs to others.
so before working with YRF+DP,KIN SRK was already became HUGE STAR.YRF+DP needed HIM nd went near HIM ,not KING SRK baby,face THE TRUTH.
while see salman whose debut biwi ho to aisa was a disaster.then he came up with a successful family bhojpuri remake to start his safe career with rajshri,here salman needed rakshri,ROFL.same with amir whose chacha launched him in his film,now troll yourself,ROFL.
last but not least ,what you said ,KING KHAN till now didn’tt crossed 125CR with YRF?
well you said about only collections.but do you even know both ett/dhoom3’s FOOTFALL is not even half of THE EVERY GREEN EVER REMEMBERED DDLJ and many other BLOCKBUSTERS?THAT’S ALL ABOUT PERIOD,got now?what about that?take this hard slap on your face.or are you an illiterate who don’t have any idea about time vale of money(though JTHJ would have blown chaddi of ett if devgan would not have helped salman,don’t forget that).I would be happy if salman can give half the FOOTFALL to YRF/DP through ett/dhoom3 or at least 1% glory what DDLJ achieved,HA HA HA HA.
don’t even forgot all films that KING SRK did with YRF/DP are MEGA CLASSICS.but unlike THAT,ett+dhooom3 are the worst films that YRF ever have produced ,ROFL.going after your logic,if salman+amir would have worked with YRF+DP in place of KING KHAN,then YRF+DP must have known as biggest crapiest industries of all time till now,but thanks to KING OF BOLLYWOOD HE Saved THEM big time even from the period when even BIGB was delivering big flops to YRF+DP,ROFL.
amd @hrithik,didn’y you know more than 60-70% films of ajay devgan are craps than classics while more than 80% of KING KHAN’S FILMS are CLASSICS.so what guilty @challa did?have you drunken that you’re comparing a disaster career star with least classic like devgan with KING OF BOLLYWOOD?oh sorry what LOGIC can WE expect from brainless bhojpuritards?,ROFL.
KING SRK rejected 3i,munna bhai because HE wanted to do some experimnted projects with HIS own banner at that time like RA ONE,ASOKA,PAHELI(irrespective of it’s outcome),the only fault HE did by choosing wrong directors.
but amir/salman rejected DARR/BAAZIGAR due to fear of getting negative image which they till now couldn’t did(still it’s a joke some loons tries to say amir as versatile) and at that time they never have wanted to ruin their romantic image as those era was the era of heroes though couldn’t attain THE BIGGEST ROMANTIC IMAGE what KING KHAN attained,ROFL.later salman again offered DEVDAS because slb launched by him in bollywood but that also needed a much intense drunkard role which salman never can do as we all knew,so he rejected.then unfortunately he rejected also CDI because the value of that movie couldn’t entered his brain and which required numerous expression which he managed to do only with one expression in his whole career,so he rejected.so what’s big deal?everyone rejected for different reason,while KING KHAN’S ONE was a valid reason.
and while YASHJI offered DARR to amir that time KING SRK didn’t attained that much big image what amir had got by 4 years before entering the industry.and failure of parampara was also a reason why amir feared to accept DARR OFFER.while Raju Hirani is the man who knew KING SRK is the PERFECT EXPRESSIONED MAN who could have give justice to Munna bhai,3i.but unfortunately he made history but not as much as big what he expected to do with THIS REAL MEGALEGEND INTENSE ACTOR,hopefully some days he gets a chance so as KING KHAN.
so this is the real logic which you never like to accept and couldn’t be digested by you,because you tries hard to hide from THE TRUTH.
THIS MAN not only made YRF+DP but also made bollywood even huge by MODERNIZING nad GLOBALIZING through HIS VERSATILITY AND MASTER CLASS ACTING IN EVRY GOOD/BAD CHARACTER PLAYING which is dream for big actors of all time not only salmir,ROFL.
salmir destroyed their papa/chacha’s industries while KING KHAN made TWO beautiful industries,if YRF+DP would have worked with HIM,some other 2 BIG INDUSTRIES would have taken their place,as simple as that.HE equally made RCE that much big even with out great directors,SALUTE TO THIS MEGALEGEND,HE CAN turn any production house/directors to GOLD/DIAMOND.
@gangadhar,why you’re you trying to prove you illiterate?karan arjun is a YRF movie?salute to you bhojpuri legend,ROFL.see @hrithik,these type of your joker friends can troll you even better,ROFL.
@Hrithik– At first learn to understand English properly. SRK never said “I am a star due to Dharma & YRF”. He paid tribute to all his directors and that includes Abbas Mastan and Rakesh Roshan as well. Not only the Chopras and Karan as Indicine has wrongly quoted. Even he gave all the credit for his acting in ‘Fan’ to a small director like Maneesh Sharma. Can you ever imagine Salman working with a legendary director like Yash Chopra? No. Because he doesn’t have the talent and acting chops required to star in a Yash Chopra film. Yeah Aamir at first worked with Yash Chopra in Parampara but that was not a Yash Raj production. And Yash Chopra didn’t make the same mistake of casting Aamir in a lead role again for the second time. The role of Rahul in Darr wasn’t the lead role but it is solely SRK’s credit that he owned the film. Have never seen that happening with Aamir ever and he was a coward backing away from doing such a difficult role. And Aditya Chopra and Karan Johar were newcomer directors when SRK started working with them. So it was he who made them not the other way round. Yeah Aamir with his recent success has crossed even Salman by a 250 crore Yash Raj film, so now you consider fanless Aamir Khan is a bigger star than Salman???
And talking about Nawazuddin. Manoj Bajpai—yeah they have all got the talent, hardwork and dedication but they don’t have the “charm” SRK has to win over everything. SRK is as much of a “self-made star” as anyone can ever be.
@Gangadhar–Why would he need to deliver blockbusters with crappy filmmakers when he can work with the talented ones who can utilise his quality? What has Aditya Chopra and Karan Johar (as directors) has done so far without SRK in the lead? Would have never heard their names unless SRK worked with them.
@Joe the SRKian–Are you a pervert? Hiding behind SRK’s name to lick the shoes of other two Khans,–oh yeah you need to do that since any “one’ of them wouldn’t be enough to handle SRK’s stardom. You would need both of them together to fight with the one who is the ‘King Khan”. Your 2008/2010 born decade failed Khans have earned some new success and you are head over heals for that. Get a shrink psycho!
@Prashant—Now you have again started your emotional talks like Aamir is this, Aamir is that bla bla bla. Aamir has only 39 movies and 11 hits out of that seems a good ratio to you???
Aamir has done riskier films?? Then why did he reject Darr? Because he couldn’t act good enough?
Aamir’s Talaash failed to beat King’s 2006 release KANK. What is a more riskier film than KANK? King has around 20 Blockbusters overseas, Aamir has only 3. Now you’d come with the logic of no HGOTY in last 8 years for King Khan whereas Aamir struggled 12 years to give HGOTY (1996-2008)!!
@Prashant—For your information SRK is worth 600 million USD. Not a beggar like your chotu Khan. So don’t come talking about million bucks with SRK fans.
@ Meera : You rock !!!
@ANK–Thanks honey :-) You rock too!
@Meera mind your language u illiterate woman. Who are u barking against the biggest global megastat and greatest actor aamir khan. He is baapbof rny chotu khan aka srk. Srk is a beggar chotu khan and he is nothing in front of aamir and salman. Shame on fanless chotu khan srk and his puny “few” fans.
Thanks to megastar aamir khan who made career of a bhikhari called srk by feeding him darr. YRF chose megastar aamir khan forst, but it was way below his caliber so megastar aamir khan suggested a beggar’s name and showed his humanity by feedng him durr. Hatts off to the megastar aamir khan. Let that illiterate woman Meera bark as much as she wants as she s frustrated. Chotu khan aka srk is a beggar and not even worth comparing to Emperor aamir khan who is worth billions of dollars.
@Meera u have proved that all srk fans arebilliterate, dumb and psycho patients. Calling a Megastar aamir khan whatever will not work. He has billions of fans and his fan following is more than combined of srk and salman. So aamir is clearly much bigger star than both srk and salman. So shut up and do some meditation to control yourself. Few tiny haters like u cant even affect Megastar aamir khan’s untouchable stardom even 1%. He was, he is and he will remain the emperor of bollywood. Better wourry about chotu khan’s career.
@ Meera :)
@Meera, oh ! my Meera : I dont mind learning English if you are ready to give tuition personally, what say ? Coming to debate, If SRK movies are running due to his charm alone then why did movies like Swades, Paheli, Trimuriti (despite big banner and multi cast), One 2 ka four failed baby ? Salman does not need Kjo, Adi, Hirani, Ashu, Yash ji he himself is bigger than these biggest directors, he can churn out a Blockbuster even with new directors like Sajid Nadiadwala, Abhinav Kashyap and even with unknown directors like Siddique. It is SRK who always need big banner and big names to survive, nowadays he is even roping Gen Next stars like Varun and Aalia to work in his movies. This is a bitter pill of fact you need to swallow, keep chanting as ‘Self made’ that wont change the reality, if you insist i will let you believe SRK is even doing job of spot boy, chai wala, technician, script writer, producer and director, he is alone doing all work including heroine’s roles. Hope that makes you happy ? Lol
@MC and @Prashant–You guys can be good fiction writers since you guys neither have any logic nor any fact. Aamir is worth ‘Billions of dollars”??? Hope you guys know what “billion” means. ROFL!!Aamir is so rich that he is neither on the list of world’s richest actors nor in the list of highest paid actors. Poor Amir Khan fans now have to argue on the basis of ‘fan fiction’ and name calling. Pity you.
@Hrithik–Salman doesn’t need big names??? Then what happened when he appeared in films like JannEMan, Babul, Salam-E-Ishq, Heroes, God Tusi Great Ho, Yuvraaj, Kyon ki??
SRK also made debutante directors hit. Farah Khan, Karan Johar, Aditya Chopra were all newcomer directors and Adi and KJo were literally kids when they started directing. Yeah they are better respected since they are more talented(except Farah) and only talented people can compliment talented actors. So those talented directors never bothered to work with Salman. SRK doesn’t need big banners and big names to survive, he MADE big banners and big names by working with them. Lastly working in flop movies like Swades and Paheli are far more respectable than working in disaster movies like Marigold, Mr and Mrs Khanna and Yuvraaj !!! And Lol and lots of exclamation marks at you too!!
Sorry “Main Aur Mrs Khanna”, God I haven’t even learned the name of that movie !
@Meera, Learn to respect someone who has given most number of classics like JJWS,sarfarosh, lagaan,dch,RDb,3 idiots, PK and achieved every thing in bollywood and contribute to the industry. U seem like a desperate aamir hater rather than srk fan.
@MS Joshi–Sorry I disagree with you. The actor who has given most number of classics is SRK. His films have earned more awards than any bollywood actor in any award show. It’s true his last two films were very disappointing, but he has earned more than any bollywood actor in terms of achievement. I don’t go to Aamir’s article to bash him unless someone bashes SRK there. So there’s no question of being a desperate Aamir hater. But yes I don’t like him due to his offscreen persona which seems very hypocritical to me. And Aamir fans on this site are pretty awful. One of them went to the extent of calling a girl a ‘bitch’. So I don’t feel any empathy with Aamir fans.