Shah Rukh Khan recently hosted the IIFA Awards in Abu Dhabi, and watching the star back in action on stage was a great experience for the audience. Shah Rukh was his witty, charming self on stage, and his camaraderie with Vicky Kaushal had the audience cheering for them. During one of the show’s segments, Shah Rukh and Vicky took a few digs on their not-so-great film choices, and Vicky took it a step further when he asked Shah Rukh about his possible Hollywood film offers.
As Shah Rukh joked about rejecting Avengers, Spiderman and Jurassic Park, Vicky asked if Francis Ford Coppola offered The Godfather to Shah Rukh Khan. “Coppola saab bhi Godfather leke pehle Mannat hi aaye honge? (Coppola must have brought Godfather to Mannat first?),” asked Vicky, and Shah Rukh responded, “Coppola ne boht chakkar lagaye (Coppola visited a few times) but I told him ‘I don’t need a godfather, I am an outsider and not a nepo like someone we know’ (points at Vicky). Industry ke bachche, idhar udhar kya dekh raha hai? (Nepo kid, why are you looking around)?”
A little later at the event, Vicky started questioning Shah Rukh about some of his poor career choices, and asked the star why he chose to do Imtiaz Ali’s film Jab Harry Met Sejal. Shah Rukh laughed and responded, “Voh meri doosri galti thi. Har kisi ko teen galtiyan allowed hain. (That was my second mistake. Everyone is allowed to make three mistakes.)” The Pathaan star then gave Vicky some career advice. He said, “Aisi picture kabhi mat karna jiske title mein uski kahani ho. (Don’t ever do a film where the story is in the title.) ‘Harry met Sejal’ picture khatam (film ends). ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ picture khatam (film ends). The Great Indian Family,” and Vicky finished his joke saying, “Picture khatam (film ends).”
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Vicky then pushed the star a bit further as he started singing a song from his 1995 film Guddu. As Shah Rukh got visibly embarrassed, Vicky asked, “Sir, why did you do Guddu?” Fighting his embarrassment, Shah Rukh said, “Itihaas ke kaunse panne palat raha hai tu yaar? Please inn sab baaton ki yaad mat dila. Main aage jana chahta hu, tu peeche peeche kheench raha hai. I beg you. (What pages of history are you flipping through? Don’t remind me of all this. I want to move on, don’t drag me behind. I beg you.)”
Until a few years ago, Shah Rukh was a regular host at many film award functions, but the star has not been hosting any such events for a while now. He will next be seen in Sujoy Ghosh’s King with Suhana Khan and Abhishek Bachchan.
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