If I had done Baazigar then there would be no Mannat standing in the bandstand today: Salman Khan
Oops! After Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan has now got one more foe in tinsel town. The latest is none other than one-time good friend Salman Khan.
In fact, a Clash seemed to be imminent immediately after it came to be known that both Saawariya and Om Shanti Om were to be released at the same time. King Khan had even gone ahead and announced that if there was any competition, he would be sure to come out on top. That he was successful is evident from the fact that Om Shanti Om won the ‘Diwali’ battle, grossing double of what Saawariya managed to.
Last year too, during Diwali, these two Bollywood powerhouses had clashed at the Box office, with the release of Shah Rukh Khan’s Don and and Salman Khan’s Jaan e man, and Mr. Khan had won out at that time as well.
It seems that Bollywood’s Badhshah has now got Salman fuming, with the latter digging up some old graves, saying that Baazigar had first been offered to him, but he had rejected it as he had not been willing to take on the role of a negative character at that stage of his career. So, eventually, the role had fallen in Shah Rukh’s lap and had allowed him to prove his mettle. And the rest is history.
Our Sallu bhai adds, “If I had done Baazigar then there would be no Mannat standing in the bandstand today.” (‘Mannat’ is the name of SRK’s bungalow).
And he just doesn’t stop there. He also says that Shah Rukh’s role in the blockbuster Chak De India had first been offered to him. But he had rejected it since he had a problem with the movie’s title as it contained the name ‘India’ and he had not wanted to offend any of his fans in neighbouring countries.
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Oh please, I have read the original interview (http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=17878)
and this comment has been so completely taken out of context so many times already and I dont know for what reason.
He said it as a sideline comment with his usual sense of good humor.
Excerpt:
Do you regret not doing Chak De! India since you were the original choice for the role of Kabir Khan?
I don’t regret not doing the film but I agree that my judgement about the film was wrong. Adi (Aditya Chopra) had told me during the narration that he’s going to make a damn good film. But I had a problem with the climax. My reasoning was that if you lose to Pakistan then you also have to win with Pakistan. I also had a problem with the title. I wish they hadn’t added India to the title. I felt our fans in Pakistan and Bangladesh might feel bad.
You don’t grudge Chak De.. to Shah Rukh Khan?
Not at all. I refused the film and he signed it so it’s fair. I had refused Baazigar as well. When Abbas-Mustan came to me with the script, I asked my dad for his inputs. He felt that since it’s a story of a negative character they should add an angle of the mother in it.
They didn’t agree. When I turned down the film, they went to Shah Rukh and then they added the mother angle! (Laughs) But I don’t regret it at all. Just imagine, if I had done Baazigar then there would be no Mannat standing in Bandstand today. I’m very happy for Shah Rukh and his success.
How do you view Saawariya’s clash with SRK’s Om Shanti Om?
I’ve a small part in Om Shanti Om so in a way it’s my film too. There is no competition between Shah Rukh and me. I hope both the films do verywell.
The way I see it, if an actor doesn’t do well, 10,000 families are affected. It’s a massive food chain of producer, director, writer, distributor, exhibitor, people who supply popcorn at cinema halls and also the audience. The entire network originates from a star who sells.
Twisting the truth to make the story more interesting is not only disgusting and immoral its against the law (it is called slander and its liable).
wow, the entire scene has been changed, Salman being made a scapegoat again