Why SRK won’t work with Ghai!

Shah Rukh Khan is one actor who gets featured in every filmmaker’s most wanted actors list. The Khan’s star power has the capacity to make any film a hit and this itself is good enough a reason for the directors to approach the super star time and again. However there are also directors like Subhash Ghai who choose to make films without the actor inspite of having enjoyed a successful pairing with SRK in the past!

Post the very successful Pardes, we all expected the combo of Ghai and SRK to come together once again to give yet another hit but the wait seemed endless as the duo sort of parted ways and chose to work in their respective camps instead. We spoke to Ghai recently and asked the maverick filmmaker as to what led to their alleged fallout!

“Shah Rukh and I have our share of differences which are creative and not personal because of which we never connected post Pardes. I was to approach him later on for a film but unfortunately that didn’t work out. Besides, Shah Rukh prefers to work with his friends (Yash Raj, Farah Khan and Karan Johar) and I don’t blame him as stars prefer working with people who give them hits, which is justified. Having said that, the day I feel I have something special for Shah Rukh, a role that he has never attempted before I will approach him and I am sure he won’t say no to me.”

We have no doubt as far as SG’s filmmaking skill is concerned but considering the lukewarm response that his films have been getting of late, seems like its time he approaches Shah Rukh to gain that much needed hit at the box office!

But then SRK may still refuse him in spite of a very good film. Apparently during the making of Pardes, Ghai took a lot of favours from various people in America and in return assured them SRK’s time for attending their events. When the Badshah realised how he was being exploited, he was furious and that’s when he decided to part ways with Ghai.

Renuka Vyavahare, Indiatimes Movies