He has had a good relationship with media and except for this bizarre incident where he bayed for a Cine Blitz journalist’s blood about whom you’ve spoken about in detail. <BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>He has. He is a supremely articulate speaker. You just don’t get tired of listening to him talk. Most of the journalists including me love to interview him. He is quotable quote. You ask one question and he is on it. I think he is the master of sound byte. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p><table width=170 class=pullquote border=0 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0 align=right><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p><tr><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p> <td align=left><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p> <amp-img width=1.33 height=1 layout=responsive src=/templates/default/images/open.gif></amp-img><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>I think he is the master of sound byte. He is quotable quote.<br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p> <amp-img width=1.33 height=1 layout=responsive src=/templates/default/images/close.gif></amp-img><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p> </td><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p></tr><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p></table><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>One thing that comes across is that here is a man who made most of the opportunities he got. He was not the first choice for playing the lead in Fauji…but when he was offered he made it count. He was the second lead in Deewana but he got all the accolades, he was not the first choice for Darr and with Baazigar he was playing a negative character which could have backfired. <BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>In his career he interestingly has had many roles that were supposed to be done by others. He said that he was hesitant about doing DDLJ and Aditya Chopra was contemplating on casting Saif Ali Khan. But the earlier roles were not even offered to him. In fact he was the last choice for a few of the roles especially Darr and Baazigar which every hero had turned down. It’s kismet as well. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>You must be having a lot of research material and a book on Shahrukh Khan would have been looked forward to even if it was a 500, 600 pages book. But, it’s a book close to 300 pages. So, how did you manage to cull all the information? <BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>You have to keep it interesting and pacy as not many people read books any more. I think if it’s not interesting why would they care, who has time? Everyone has so many time pressures so unless you make it sort of entertaining and informative why would anybody care. I dread boring the reader. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Are there pictures and other interesting things in the book? <BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Yeah, in the finished books there are pictures but it’s not essentially a picture book. There’s a picture insert that goes from his grandfather to him becoming King Khan. But it’s only 6 or 8 pages of pictures and that’s it. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Which is your favourite chapter that you enjoyed writing? <BR> <br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>You know I really enjoyed the parts about his parents, his childhood, I really enjoyed writing that. I was really interested in the parts involving his parents, his childhood. I was really interested in his mother, his father as characters, as people. They seemed fascinating people. His mother was a very strong willed, fierce woman who braved such an enormous loss. She lost her husband with two small children. I found all that most interesting. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p><a href=https://www.indiafm.com/broadband/video/Interviews/o4qfOG2/3/SRK-In-Conversation-With-Anupama-Chopra-Part-2.html target=_blank>Check Video - Anupama Chopra On SRK And His Bollywood Love Affair: Part 2</a><BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Class 12th farewell in 1985