Shah Rukh Khan claims he's taking a break at introspect before his next movie

It was quite refreshing to see Shah Rukh Khan deliver the concluding speech at the first ever Critics' Choice Film Awards (CCFA) on April 21. As he advised the film criticism in the audience to not fall prey to the 'star system', like the movie industry did years ago, a show reel flashed in my head of all the times he was a quintessential star himself, especially as the host

Remember his gig with Saif Ali Khan at the 2008 Filmfare Awards in a towel and blue face pack? They danced to 'Neela Neela', a parody of the popular song ' Piya Piya ' to take a dig at Sanjay Leela Bhansali 's box office disaster Saawariya. Saif presented a 'Na-Real' award (shaped like a coconut) to Vidya Balan for Best Wardrobe Malfunction in Sajid Khan's 2007 comedy Heyy Babyy . He has been the poster boy of all the awards that have been awarded by TRPs above the sanctity of their awards.

But here was SRK, in 2019, telling the CCFA to go beyond the red carpet and staged acts. It would have been hypocritical had it not been for his self-deprecating humor. However, he did take a look at his involvement in feeding the TRPs of these awards shows. "I also hope that these awards become another opportunity, for those who really do not care too much as far as art and cinema are concerned, to look at the red carpet and look as good as I look today." [19659002] This acknowledgment was quite unlike SRK that we know of. He was not there at the CCFA to actually say what was required. He stood there and read out what he felt. He usually does not 'read out' even the longest of his speeches, but here, he was at his most vulnerable. He projects himself as a participant and not just a star entertainer in the exchange of a few crores.

Shah Rukh acted himself as a filmmaker. "Stars like me, and filmmakers like me, and I'm a filmmaker, and I'm a filmmaker." It's what my love for the art demands of me. What is your film? "

SRK is currently in this phase of 'deconstruction'. The deconstruction here is not in terms of physical form, like playing a midget in Aanand L Rai's Zero or a man with a prosthetic face in Manish Sharma's Fan or a superhero in Anubhav Sinha's Ra.One. He maintains that he does not regret the commercial failures of these films, but that he will be able to reach the truest levels of (my) creativity. "

However, in the current phase of his career, SRK is trying to tap into the formless energy of an idea. "We filmmakers have for far too much given to credibility to constructed and jaded ideas." We search for form and search for the essence of our stories.

A major part of SRK's struggle, both as a film producer and actor, has been successful in all its recent unsuccessful films. This 'look' includes both his character's physical appearance and that of the film. Imtiaz Ali's Jab Harry Met Sejal he could not sink his teeth into his character, Harry, completely because he gave optics over the heart of the story.

Now, after the failure of Zero when he had a slew of movies, he was a minor. For a star of his stature for a movie, it seems like a movie But instead of revisiting the space exploration theme of Zero in Saare Jahan Achha (Rakesh Sharma's biopic) or repeating the familiar, successful titular character in Farhan Akhtar's Don 3 SRK has decided to give his creative energies a rest

In an interview to a publication during the premiere of Zero in China, SRK said it does not have anything "stunning, scintillating and exciting" to work on next. He added that he can finish his next project in June. The gap between his two films may be wider than even the gap between Aamir Khan's films. Aamir, who does a movie every two years on an average, will be seen in Lal Singh Chadha, Adwait Chandan's Hindi remake of Forest Gump Thugs of Hindostan .

Aamir also took a sabbatical in 2001, immediately after delivering a blockbuster in Farhan's Dil Chahta Hai. Hurricane Roshan, Aamir took a break from a realign his priorities, only to return with successes like Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Basanti Rank and Kunal Kohli's Fanaa in 2006. The streak continued till Nitesh Tiwari's 2016 sports drama Dangal in which he played a 60-plus wrestler.

His 'Fat to Fit' transformation for Dangal was born but it became the sole center of attraction. The idea behind the metamorphosis took precedence, because Aamir's transformation of his physical form was only to serve the belief in the story of his film. This is a crucial approach SRK implied he hopes to take in his future films, both a actor and a filmmaker.

But the challenge for SRK is starkly different, and perhaps more difficult than, Aamir's.

may he back to his roots, where he was much hungrier in the 1990s, SRK must invoke the same energy

As the industry caters to shorter attention spans that made his romance warm our souls. He must then invest in newfound areas of audience interest in making a break from their fast-paced lives. As it spelt out at the CCFA, "With the advent of homegrown critics sprouting all over, critical film (sic) is becoming an endangered species. Three stars, three-and-a-half-stars, five stars … it is a film, it is not a hotel for god's sake. "

] Through multiple statements like these, it seems that SRK was telling him the same things he wanted to do. Just as a film criticism must be decoded every day by the author of obser- vices of obsession.

Ideas are bulletproof and limitless. It will be fascinating to know which one SRK embraces next, even with his arms not so wide open.

                                
                
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Published Date: Apr 23, 2019 14:33 PM
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Updated Date: Apr 23, 2019 16:50:47 IST

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