Himalayauk himalaya Gaurav Uttarakhand
Recently, during an interview, a lady was quoting a couple of dialogues from my films, and I didn’t realise that I had said them [in my films]. I don’t even remember many of my songs. I don’t remember half the things I have done and I haven’t seen half of the things I have done. But I enjoy doing it and I really don’t feel like 25 years have passed. I read about it sometimes, and some people tell me, ‘you’re 50 and you’re working with 25-year-old girls’, but that doesn’t bother me. I am not saying that I am living in a shell or in a bubble and I have gone mad. I am not a self-obsessed mad person, but it doesn’t seem like 25 years. It feels like yesterday.
He has been charming audiences with a variety of emotions and blockbusters since he debuted with Deewana in 1992. But even 25 years later, Shah Rukh Khan is still as passionate as he used to be, and his audiences also yearn for him in equal measure. “It doesn’t seem like 25 years,” says the superstar, as he talks about his children, his creative process, films and cooking.
I have been doing it at home, and I’m now making a kitchen for myself. I have bought all the accessories. I was in Europe for three months, so, I learnt from a lady was part of our team and used to cook. And I will keep learning. But seriously, I like to do it for my children. I don’t know how to interact with them, and I’m not someone who imposes. But the one thing that connects all of us is ‘khaana aa gaya hai’ (the food is here). When I cook for them, I don’t feel like I’m encroaching on their space, but khaana toh khayenge hi (but they’ll have to eat food). I like the process of learning. Inshallah, if I get time, then I will be making food for people in another six to seven months at least, at my place. I enjoy it, and it’s very therapeutic. Plus, I have some nice pans and pots.
