HAPPY BIRTHDAY KING KHAN!

             HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE MAN WHO TAUGHT US TO BELIEVE IN THE ABSTRACTS OF LOVE, HAPPINESS & DREAMS!!!
                                                                                                           


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“Woh Kehta Hain Main Us Jaisa Nahin
Phir Kyun Mujh Jaisa Woh Lagta Hain”

Writing an introduction for a man, whose name, whose look, whose voice, whose work is introductory enough to create a global stir, is quite an uphill task! But to not write about someone who I love, respect, admire and look up to, on a day as special as his birthday would be a big enough sin!

While the Bollywood Baadshah- SHAHRUKH KHAN turns 47 years young today and is all engaged in accepting the love that his family, friends and fans are showering over him from world across, I sit before my laptop writing a few words about him. Today as I sit as an unknown admirant of the Khan, unable to meet or wish him personally, I write this blog in the hope that SRK shall read it on some random day!

47! Or 3 short of 50 and still young! 
20 years and still spreading the bollywood fever!

I wouldn’t anymore talk of his self made career and stardom, but what has earned him all of it is his Warmth and that Enviable Incredible Energy!

Yes!!! Shahrukh is not just young, but redefines energy! Shoots, Ads, Promotions, Matches, Business, Wedding Appearances, he does everything all round the year through to keep one and all entertained!

Undoubtedly, he is media’s favourite child! Through news, rumours, promotions and well controversies, two things sell the best- SEX & SRK! And as the Khan himself claims, “Aren’t they the same thing?”

Yes, at 47 too… when our fathers and uncles are inching closer to retirement, getting their hair greyed and losing out easy on energy, King Khan continues to be “SEXY & DESIRABLE, undoubtedly.”

See him romancing like a 20 year old in Jab Tak Hai Jaan, see him do the cartwheels to entertain the crowd at his team’s IPL matches, see him speak up his witty best in his interviews, see those filmfare award shows that he so effortlessly pulls off, see him come out to thank his fans on his birthday! And well, who can forget the dream of being his Chhammak Chhallo?

With a broken back, shoulder injuries and all the excursion that adds to the efforts, he stands there smiling, uncomplaining, spreading his arms with love to contain the world with goodness!

While some brag of “Him Bragging” about kids, about values, about himself…doesn’t all that he speaks make sense and adds enlightenment!

Whether or not an SRK fan, sit some day, watch any of his interview from the beginning till the end; it’s a promise that you shall end up with a mix of smiles, tears, inspiration, motivation and a lot of learning to carry forward! Its typically an SRK thing!

While most women love him for the cliché`s of Raj and Rahul that they fell in love with, he displayed versatile shades through his films like Darr, Baazigar, Chak De, Swades, Paheli, Ra.One, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani and many more. His experiments have often been tagged as flops, but the thought and guts behind the experiments, the difference that they carry were none like any other. Shahrukh, a highly intelligent and well read person remembers an important advice from one of his early directors, Lekh Tandon-“When you are out there to act, forget what makes sense and what doesn’t. Script is the God”. Perhaps that’s exactly what Khan has been doing over the years, but his desire to experiment and make better films reflect in the projects that he takes up as a producer with drastically distinct films like Asoka, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, Ra.One which were far ahead of their times.

For the famous Bollywood flavor that Shahrukh carries and his famous for worldwide, I’d like to share a recent interaction with a German Film Critic. When asked of the liking for Bollywood in Germany he reverted, “It was Raj Kapoor and now it is Shahrukh Khan. We love the Bollywood culture, the dance, the music, the drama, the dialogues, the color, the culture. When Shahrukh Khan comes to Germany fans are all eager to meet the charmer. They wait outside his hotel even at midnight just to get a glimpse of the superstar. In popularity, Shahrukh beats George Clooney too!

In fact, on his recent visit to India last month, he revisited Maratha Mandir, to watch Shahrukh’s longest running film DDLJ, which he defines to be perfect!

And well! We wouldn’t disagree :) 

“Woh Kehta Hain Main Us Jaisa Nahin
Phir Kyun Mujh Jaisa Woh Lagta Hain”

He denies being a role model, because he believes he hasn’t done anything worthy of being a role model. But Shahrukh- for all the smiles, happiness, love and entertainment, values, goodness, the inspiration, motivation and positivity and all the little things that you add to our lives by your films, your words, your life; you are worth all the respect, love and admiration!

About Shahrukh and his qualities I could probably just go on and on ranting! But probably here is where I end, eagerly waiting to watch more and more of SRK, Yes! Jab Tak Hai Jaan better release soon!

And come sooner the day when I shall work with the King of Hearts himself!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAHRUKH!!! May that smile get wider, may those eyes always twinkle, may the happiness keep coming, may the hearts keep loving! Wishing you a life of Kingship and a Kingdom of love, happiness, health and successs to you JAB TAK HAI JAAN!

Much, Much, Much love and regards!

Parampara