before we crown you 'shehenshah' ;-)
I was watching the NDTV awards ceremony and the best entertainer of the year 2007 was given to 'superstar' Rajinikanth. Rajini was a man of few words on that day. karan johar and shahrukh 'mayur' khan were asked to put a few questions to rajini. Johar's first question was a compliment 'hidden in the garb of a question', as he claimed. The question was - 'What can rajini not do'?! His second question was the one that made me sit up and observe the happening even more keenly. Johar asked rajini whom he thought was the shehenshah of bollywood. Rajini did not hesitate to give his opinion. It was the 'angry young man' amitabh bachchan whose films rajini faithfully remade to pouch the superstar status. And then came khan's turn to question rajini. Out came the question - sir, what should i do to become 'shehenshah' (king of kings). The audience burst into laughter. But it was not to end. Rajini was asked to question anyone in the audience similarly and was prompted to question king khan. I would say that it happened accidentaly. Rajini praised khan's spirit in promoting hockey.
khan's face had a good control of its expressions, the great actor that he is. But it was very evident that he was cross with the 'careless' comments of the superstar on him.
It was king khan's turn who thanked him politely for his presence and retorted back - 'sir, you praised my sporting skills but not my acting skills. The crowd burst into laughter again. Rajini blessed khan in his own style and declared publicly that khan would be a shehenshah in the future.
"In future" - did you hear it, King Khan ?!
4 comments:
I could say Shahruk khan could become shehenshah. Atleast he has chosen his own style of acting but not imitating Amithab. In tamil cinema who wants to become superstar imitating Rajini.
shahrukh is going to be the shehenshah. definitely. no doubt abt that. given the enormous number of supporters(include me as well) that he has and the incredible performance that he gives in every movie; he is set to do that. Just that he is trying to hurry things a bit.
amitabh and shahrukh may not be in the best of terms. they may well have a personal grudge (we keep discussing personal grudges, dont we ;-)
He thinks that he is better than amitabh. (that's the feeling i get. i agree that he has his own style. He is different from amitabh)
whether he is really better or not, is another debate.
But look at rajini. He may not be a great actor like many; but his down to earth personality is what makes everyone like him.
simply put - To accept greatness in others is one quality which is reqd. to be the shehenshah.
& if you talk about tamil cinema there is a big list of "wannabe" superstars who openly imitate rajini. & some of them are going to be successful, whether we like it or not, whether it is good or not. Tamil fans have this never-ending urge to break coconuts & for this they need a reason ;-) I would'nt be surprised if they have started breaking one for Mr. Pazhani already, the latest addition to the list of thalapathi's !!
Badri, I saw this show too!! Was great to watch!!
By the way, where do you watch these? Do you get NDTV there in Belfast? Or is it online?
hi sriram, we get to watch this online.
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