Shah Rukh Khan: In these four days, I’ve forgotten my last four years

As fans in the room cheered Shah Rukh Khan is back Bollywood is back John Abraham interrupted to say Shah Rukh Khan is not back He just went to a loo break Johns remark was received with a thunderous cheerKhan took a 4year break from the big screen only to return with the spy thriller Pathaan The film which was released on January 25 has been breaking several records at the box office every day since From the biggest opening day collection in the history of Indian cinema to the fastest Rs 500 crore collection the SRK magic has spread across the world The past five days has been nothing short of a festival for fans as they cheered cut cakes burst crackers and danced to celebrate the return of the KingIn a first the team of Pathaan including Shah Rukh Khan Deepika Padukone John Abraham and Siddharth Anand met the media and fans after the release of the film The team had decided to not do any promotional events for the movie including trailer and song launch events and media interactions therefore making the event in Mumbai the first gathering of team Pathaan offscreenWhile they spoke sang and danced their heart out at the event here are some highlights from the meetOn Pathaans reception The night before the release of the film director Siddharth Anand revealed that the whole team was together till 34 am and the first show of the film was scheduled for 6 am ldquoThis is the first time in my career that I was nervous Gauri had asked me lsquoCan you sleep before a releasersquo I had told her I sleep easily But this time I just couldnt sleep Our film was coming out at 6 so the heart started beating fast I now know why because the film was about to be a blockbuster From now I wont sleep before any releaserdquo Siddharth saidShah Rukh Khan said that the past four days since the release of lsquoPathaanrsquo helped him forget the past four years This is an experience thats yet to sink in Maybe we will be more grateful to God There were times when we had to make calls to people to make them release the film with ease and they did that I want my films to release with love I am sure some friends of mine got too excited while watching the film and mustve broken a chair or two But the goal is that they should just feel happy watching the film That it should be an experience more than an empty packet of popcornrdquoThe real romance Soon after the film was released there were memes of the almostkiss between Shah Rukh Khan and John Abraham While Khan played lsquoPathaanrsquo a RAW agent John played the antagonist Jim a former RAW agent who went rogue While they are at loggerheads on screen and not leaving any opportunity to bash each other or outsmart each other on stage SRK and John just could not stop showering love on each other It seems like the two also saw the memes on the almost kiss between them as addressing it SRK said I love him too I tied kissing him also He did too Not like it was onesided loveI got an opportunity to work with Shah Rukh I donrsquot think hes an actor anymore hes an emotion May be thats why I nearly went to kiss him in a lot of scenes laughsrdquo says John Abraham about the almost kiss The actor also called SRK the number one action hero of the countryKhan also went on to praise John and his character I really believe the backbone of Pathaan is Jim played by John To play a bad guy who is so To be rightly bad to take a cynical viewpoint of the world and to play it to such strengths He was very gentle and kind to me in action scenesrdquo he sharedOn one occasion Khan also got up from his seat and went to give John a kiss on the cheek saying lsquoRaha nahi gaya mujhse John was all smiles and blushing after this gestureAlso ReadPathaan Shah Rukh Khans thank you note for mehmaans will win your heartDeepika Padukone on performing action on screen Deepika got to perform some wellchoreographed stunts as she plays an ISI agent in the film Talking about performing action she said ldquoEvery scene requires a different emotion whether its romance action comedy I have been underutilized in action though Ive done a few films where I had action scenes Chandni Chowk To China had some scenes You have to be careful while doing action but I treat it like any other scene Action emotion crying it all has to flowrdquoSiddharth Anand on directing SRKThe title Pathaan has been with Siddharth Anand for a decade ldquoIt was on my wish list to make a film with him You have to earn a Shah Rukh Khan film I finally got the gift to make a Shah Rukh Khan filmrdquo he saidldquoWhen we made the film I realised that directing Shah Rukh Khan is a responsibility He is like clay Whatever you say hell do it without any loss of faith Through that I realised that if by any chance a Shah Rukh Khan film doesnt do well it is because of the director not himrdquo he addedldquoHis fans love him just so much Its a responsibility There are big fan clubs Only then I realised that this was a mammoth task Our last two months were stressful jo maahol ban raha tha film ke around Now Im relievedrdquo he saidAmar Akbar Anthony of cinemaThe path to Pathaanrsquos release was not an easy one There were accusations of hurting sentiments boycott calls for the film and vandalism in theatres in some parts of the country At the end of the press conference meet Khan sent a message of peace and love ldquoSabka maksad ek hi hota hai Everyone has one motive We should spread happiness brotherhood love kindness even when Im playing a bad guy like in lsquoDarrrsquo Even if Im playing a lsquoBaazigarrsquo even if John is being bad in a film None of us are bad We are all playing characters to make you happy If we say things in the film none of them are meant to hurt any sentiment or anybody It is just entertainmentldquoWe love each other we joke with each other We have fun with each other Fun entertainment should be left at that Dont take it more seriously We all are one All of us are loving each other and trying to make that love spread just to tell you in a very simple manner this is Deepika Padukone yeh Amar hain Main Shah Rukh Khan hoon main Akbar hoon Yeh John hain yeh Anthony hain And this is what makes cinema he concluded to claps from the audienceAlso Read The roaring success of Pathaan inches towards Rs 600 cr gross worldwide