Joy Forum 2025: “Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and I DON’T call ourselves stars… I still get YELLED at by my father and my mother” – Salman Khan 2025 : Bollywood News

On Friday, October 17, history was made as Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, and Aamir Khan graced the 2025 edition of Joy Forum at the SEF Arena, Boulevard City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Salman was the first to be welcomed on stage, followed by SRK and Aamir.

Joy Forum 2025: “Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and I DON’T call ourselves stars… I still get YELLED at by my father and my mother” – Salman Khan

The host reminded them that the last time the three Khans came together was ten years ago. Salman Khan agreed, “The last time we shared a stage was at Rajat Sharma’s place.” Aamir added, “Where you both forced me to dance!”

The first question asked was about the ‘it’ factor that would turn an actor into a star. Shah Rukh answered, “This would be mine, Aamir and Salman’s experience and also of those actors who have worked for many, many years, that there’s nothing like an ‘it’ factor. If somebody ever tells you that, it is absolutely redundant and not true. You don’t know what the ‘it’ factor is. The ‘it’ factor has to do with the audience, how they perceive your persona, how you look, how you talk, and how you walk…It’s just something about a person that an audience starts liking in large numbers. If you ask Aamir right now, he’ll tell you, ‘I don’t know why I am a star’. If you ask me, I’ll say, ‘I don’t know why I am a star’.”

Salman joked, “But I know!” SRK smiled and said, “Salman is the only one! Nobody else would know.” Salman replied, “I am because if God wants you to be a star, you’ll become one!” As expected, the audience broke into applause.

Salman explained, “None of us call ourselves stars. We don’t believe in it. Some journalists mention ‘Salman Khan, star’, ‘Shah Rukh Khan, superstar’ or ‘Aamir Khan, super duper star’! We don’t believe it at all. At home, we are just like everyone else. I still get yelled at by my father and my mother. I still get told by my sisters and my brothers (sic). So, we are just normal human beings. It's just that so many people who we work with, they are the people who portray average, mediocre people like me, not them (pointing at Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan), to look like a God on screen. So, the credit is not ours. It is your DOP, your director, your writer and then, the people and fans who want to see Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt on screen and they like what they see on screen.”

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