Shah Rukh Khan’s favorite film was a box office disaster when it was released, and a director told him that “he hates love stories.”
Today, November 2, is Shah Rukh Khan’s birthday. As he turns 59, let’s learn more about SRK’s favorite film and the fact that he hates love stories, as a director recently told a portal. Shah Rukh Khan’s favorite film and role from his career thus far are two rather interesting choices as they aren’t from his most popular or loved work.
Shah Rukh Khan’s favorite work from his career thus far.
Shah Rukh Khan celebrates his 59th birthday today, November 2. He is known as the King of Romance but comes from a different school of thought. Coached by Barry John in Delhi, he is a theatre actor who later ventured into television and then films. On his birthday, let’s look at SRK’s favorite work of his from his career thus far.
Which is Shah Rukh Khan’s favorite film?
On a recent appearance on What Cyrus Says, Cyrus Broacha’s podcast, filmmaker Nikhil Advani, who directed SRK in Kal Ho Naa Ho, said, “He hates love stories.” He recalled his time as an assistant on Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and how SRK would want to make things less romantic and more dramatic for his character. Nikhil Advani spoke about SRK’s favorite film, saying, “Dil Se is his favorite film.” Dil Se, directed by Mani Ratnam, starred Shah Rukh Khan and Manisha Koirala in lead roles. It was a box office disaster when it was released. However, the film established SRK as a known face among European and American audiences beyond the diaspora. He played a different kind of lover.
SRK’s favorite role of his.
Shah Rukh Khan once said that his favorite character, among all the others he has played throughout his career, is Sunil, from the 1993 film Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa.