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Monday, October 04, 2010

Shah Rukh Khan: 'Berlin loves me'

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Shah Rukh Khan has described himself as an "adopted son" of Germany because of his fame in the country.

The Bollywood veteran is to shoot a 14-day car chase that ends up at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin for new film Don 2, The Times of India has reported.

Speaking to the paper, Khan said: "I'm excited to be shooting in Berlin, I like the darkness of the buildings, the starkness of the winter, people dressed in overcoats and wearing mufflers and dark glasses, and black cars going around."

Describing the German response to the opening of his previous film My Name Is Khan, the actor added: "Hundreds of people stood on the road in the snow, they treat me like a German star, and they respect and love me... like the energy I bring on the screen has filled up some void in their mechanised lives.

"I'm their adopted son, like Raj Kapoor was to Russia. It is a very humbling experience."

Don 2 has been described as the first sequel to a remake in Bollywood, as 2006's Don: The Chase Begins Again was a reworking of the 1978 film Don.

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