“Amitabh Bachchan has retired and Dilip Kumar is not working as a hero any more so there’s only me,†were the super sure words of Shahrukh Khan as he tried to convince his would be in-laws as to why they should let their daughter marry him. Moreover, in a typical filmi style while standing on a Marine Drive flyover, he had said, “one day I shall rule this city.†And he did. In fact, he does. In this second part of an exclusive interview with noted journalist Anupama Chopra on her book, King of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema, find out the traumatic experience of SRK during the era when underworld played havoc in the film industry (Here it must be added that a few of the news channels who glorified his underworld connection in a few recent news reports have got it all really wrong. They should have read the book before hiking up their TRPs). Also find out why SRK fans are crazy about him and how he is not afraid to admit his failures. There is lots more juice…so, just keep on scrolling. You don’t get all this anywhere except IndiaFM.<BR><BR> <br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>You start the book with the dream of a fan Bhavesh whose wish came true when he dances with SRK at a concert in US during the Temptations tour. Why did you start with him? <BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>That story of Bhavesh really fascinated me. Of course all I knew was what I saw in Nasreen Munni Kabeer’s documentary ‘Outer World of Shahrukh Khan’. He is on stage and it’s a couple of minutes of the documentary but it just amazed me. Bhavesh had such innocence and such reverence and it just encapsulated the unique relationship Indian fans have with their idols. I don’t think any other fans across the world have the same reverence. The way he bent down and touched his feet, and it was not a giggly fourteen year old teenager, this is a grown up man. And I was amazed as to how that whole interaction played me. I and my research associate Leo Mirani went mad trying to find Bhavesh. It took us months and months to find that man and connect with him. Then I interviewed him and he was in Ahmedabad flying back to US. He lives in a small town Dalton in Georgia and I interviewed him on the way from domestic airport to the international airport. But he was fabulous. I’m very grateful for his story. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p><a href=https://www.indiafm.com/broadband/video/Interviews/z1tH5c69/3/SRK-In-Conversation-With-Anupama-Chopra-Part-1.html target=_blank>Check Video - SRK in conversation with Anupama Chopra: Part 1</a><BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>SRK on the sets with Gauri and Suhana<br><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Photographer Ayesha Monani, Courtesy: Dharma Productions<br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>