SRK talks about Rab Ne..., his injury and more

SRK on working with newbies, his injured arm, his best buddy Adi and his latest Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Since yesterday, Shah Rukh Khan has been busy promoting his flick, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, directed by best buddy Aditya Chopra.

On Eid today, the actor will be doing more media interactions about the film that releases this week. He now wants to talk about happier things having said about what shook Mumbai to the core.

All this while nursing an injury to his arm, which is in a sling...

You suffered an injury on the sets of Dulha Mil Gaya?
Yes, it was during the shoot at Mehboob Studios last week. An action scene was being shot that required me to run. While performing it, I accidentally fell on my arm. I didn't want to rush for medication nor did I tell anything to the producer (Viveck Vaswani) or director (Mudassar Aziz). Just did not want them to feel sad and stall the proceedings further. I sought medical attention only after it was over. I have now finished shooting for Dulha Mil Gaya. I even went to Malaysia for the Datuk award on Saturday. My arm was bandaged. As I was wearing a long-sleeved outfit, it was well hidden.

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is yet another SRK Yash Raj project.
I don't work with people I'm not comfortable with. There are some leading filmmakers I don't want to work with not even for big money. Adi is one of my closest friends in the industry. He has made three films; I feel he should've made six. But he has been very busy as a producer, so I understand.

Have you noticed a change in Aditya Chopra from Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge to Rab...?
He is more relaxed and happier now. I know him for over 15 years... since Darr, when he was an assistant director. People put a lot of faith in us. All this, while we have been giving the audience what they liked to see, with Rab.. we're showing them what we like.

Rab... is the extraordinary story of ordinary people?
The film is set in a real world. There are no Harley David sons, no Switzerland... just a story of two people. After having enticed you to see Raj, Rahul, Don; in Rab... the exterior has been shed, to show the real thing. Adi wants to tell people that it's okay to be ordinary.

Your female co-stars are getting younger. There was Deepika in OSO and Anoushka in Rab...
These girls have been seeing my film as kids and they are now working with me. I get along with everyone age does not matter. I am dichotomous about saying yes, I am getting older but I feel younger. I never imagined I would be 43 it was something far away. My friends tell me 'you are unique' and I am quite like how I was when I came in my 20s.

What do the young girls tell you?
They tell me that I am the youngest hero they have worked with. In fact, they say I am younger than the young guys. I work with these young girls without any ulterior motives of seducing them. I have so much love for Kareena, Deepika, Priyanka and Anoushka. Priyanka still does not call me by my name. I had crowned her at a beauty pageant. She says 'Sir' or just begins the conversation without taking my name. Nobody calls me uncle except Sush-mita, she tells me I'm very old!

What do you imbibe from the youngsters?
Plenty. The young are well-informed and that gives them a fantastic weapon to deal with an established star like me. Well-informed people are very confident and have an edge over others.

Has this helped you as an actor?
When a newbie says a line in another way, I get taken aback as I don't know how to react. I have learnt immensely from Deepika on Om Shanti Om as well as all the Chak De! India girls. OSO did well; 90 per cent was because of Deepika. At a screening of Rab..., I told Anoushka's parents that Inshallah, the film will do well and out of it, 70-80 per will be because of her.