{"id":16722,"date":"2017-05-27T12:09:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T19:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=16722"},"modified":"2017-05-27T12:09:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T19:09:21","slug":"self-obsessed-movie-star-is-a-cliche-shah-rukh-khan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/self-obsessed-movie-star-is-a-cliche-shah-rukh-khan\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-obsessed Movie Star is a Clich\u00e9: Shah Rukh Khan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shah Rukh Khan with Brad Pitt (r) at the Oberoi Trident Towers in Mumbai to promote Brad Pitt’s Netflix satire ‘War Machine’ which released May 26. (Press Trust of India)<\/em><\/p>\n

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@siliconeer #siliconeer #Bollywood @Bollywood #ShahRukhKhan @IamSRK #BradPitt #BradPitt @ShahRukhKhan #Hollywood @Hollywood #Netflix #WarMachine \u2013 Shah Rukh Khan was at his candid best as he broke down myths associated with a movie star\u2019s persona during a session with Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt.<\/p>\n

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The hour-long chat, May 24, covered various aspects of cinema and while Pitt was a bit reticent in his replies, Shah Rukh was his usual witty self.<\/p>\n

The Hollywood star, 53, who was in India to promote his Netflix satire \u201cWar Machine,\u201d seemed more comfortable discussing his future as a producer that, he said, has become seems more appealing to him.<\/p>\n

Pitt has produced the David Michod-directed war drama via his company Plan B. The film releases on the video-streaming service May 26.<\/p>\n

While the conversation, moderated by Rajeev Masand, mostly focused on the various aspects of films, Shah Rukh, 51, had interesting anecdotes to share.<\/p>\n

When asked how he avoided becoming a self-obsessed movie star, the actor said it was not all that bad to be a bit self-absorbed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think certain amount of self-absorption is necessary for any creative person to be. You are not a machine that you will be following what people think should be doing. You have to have free thinking. A little bit of self-absorption… it is required to be individualistic but beyond that no,\u201d Shah Rukh said.<\/p>\n

Filmmaking is a collaborative process and there is a sharing of ideas, which would not be possible if one was self-obsessed, he said.<\/p>\n

Shah Rukh admitted that he has encountered some self-obsessed people in his long career but they were few in numbers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a clich\u00e9 that movie stars are self-obsessed… I think an actor is the person who loves himself the least, but yes as a star you need to love yourself. Brad and I, we love ourselves because we are stars and good actors.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor used the platform to express his concern about the future of Bollywood, saying the industry needed to reinvent itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we don\u2019t adapt ourselves in terms of marketing, visual effects, scriptwriting and professionalism, we will be overtaken. If we do not learn from Hollywood, there is a real fear of being overtaken.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe language barrier is no longer there. Spider Man does as well as a Hindi film, so we need to adapt. If we don\u2019t do that, we\u2019ll have an issue over the next 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shah Rukh, who has been a part of some of the biggest potboilers in Hindi cinema, said there was a need to focus on home-grown stories.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have such wonderful stories to tell but we aren\u2019t telling them well enough. We treat our stories like fads.<\/p>\n

Singing and dancing has to be a part of Bollywood movies, if only to keep Brad away from our movies. But we should learn from Hollywood.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor said while one has to be a part of system when it comes to movie-making, digital platforms like Netflix were opening up doors for talented young artistes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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