New Delhi: Supertar Shah Rukh Khan says
taking up a project is an organic process for him and he does
not go looking for a film.
The 52-year-old actor said every artiste has their own
method of selecting a film but believes it is the movies that
choose him, not the other way around.
When asked whether he would also like to work in a film
promoting campaigns like Akshay Kumar in the case of "Toilet:
Ek Prem Katha", Shah Rukh said, "Everybody has their own
system of doing a film, why they do, how they do. I feel a
film.
"I don't go searching for a film. I have been a producer
for 15 years, I have never produced a film that I think I
should do. I think films choose me."
The actor was speaking at a select media roundtable at
the ongoing Auto Expo 2018 here yesterday.
Shah Rukh believes even if the content was message
driven, the film has to be entertaining to strike a chord with
the audience.
"Sometimes they (films) go wonderfully right, sometimes
they go fantastically bad and I am ok with it. If I don't keep
that part of my life fluid, whatever level of artistic, I
can't wake up every morning and keep on acting.
"I can't do it (acting) as a job, I am not saying others
are doing it. Different strokes for different folks," he
added.
The actor recalled the time when people were apprehensive
about "Chak De! India".
Shah Rukh said he trusted his gut and the rest, as they
say, is history.
"My father used to play hockey. No one knew I played
hockey. Someone offered me a film on hockey, everyone said it
was the worst film being made. There is no heroine, the girls
are unknown, the songs are bad and I look awful with a beard.
It became 'Chak De! India'," he said.
"It doesn't mean I will do another film on hockey...
There are things that appeal to me organically and
sentimentally, so I do my films... We all sell fantasies in
business, in cars and in my line of work," he added.
PTI
