Shah Rukh Khan Charms Locarno Crowd As He Talks Stardom, Brad Pitt & Jackie Chan Friendship: “He Promised To Open A Chinese Restaurant With Me”
deadline.comThere was a spontaneous singalong, shrieks of “I love you” and the clanking of a cowbell one audience member had brought to remind Shah Rukh Khan of the film he made long ago in the Alps: the Indian megastar’s masterclass at the Locarno Film Festival was the closest Switzerland comes to pandemonium.
Facing a capacity crowd at Locarno’s venerable Gran Rex cinema, SRK accepted the adulation and declarations of love with the gracious fan-friendliness that has made him beloved for 35 years.
Stardom, he insisted, really doesn’t matter. “Being able to entertain people when they come into contact with me is the most important thing,” he said during an hour-long interview with festival director Giona Nazzaro. “I want them to take away something entertaining.
It could be it could be sad entertainment, it could be good entertainment, it could be romantic entertainment. But for me, I’ve never understood the stardom part of it. “I try and give joy.
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