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Flashback Friday: Shah Rukh Khan - I loved Gauri Khan passionately before, now it is more tenderly
In a throwback interview, Shah Rukh Khan gets candid about his wife Gauri Khan and son Aryan Khan.
If there is one actor who has managed to floor the audience and the media with his replies, then it is undoubtedly Shah Rukh Khan. The actor has impressed us all with his wit and charm for years now. In our Flashback Friday section today, we got our hands on an old interview of King Khan where he is talking about his doting wife Gauri Khan and their first son Aryan Khan.
In the throwback interview, when SRK was asked if he would be worried that in a few years later, his son would judge his movies, he admitted, "It terrifies me. I don't think I've done any films I'll be ashamed of, which will embarrass him. And in the next 4-5 years I want to build up a collection of films which I'll be proud of, and which he'll be proud of. I have films with Shashilal Nair (untitled), Abbas-Mustan (Badshah), Mani Ratnam (Dil Se), Mansoor Khan (Josh, that's another bad guy film) and Karan Johar. Projects with Priyadarshan, Rajkumar Santoshi, David Dhawan and Aziz Mirza are in the pipeline. I want Aryan's friends to say, 'Hey man, we saw your dad's film. He's not with it, but he's okay. A real cool guy'. I guess, that's the way they'll be talking in the next century, right? That's the way we thought of Clint Eastwood. He was a little out of synch, not really our type, but still a real cool guy."
Shah Rukh continues in the same vein, "Fortunately, though I may not have bowled the college girls over, I've endeared myself to their mothers and to little kids. They love me... my films. You know, I love toys and I love kids, I can play with them for hours. But after 4-5 hours I would normally leave them behind and return home to my wife, sister and dog. Now, this little boy is going to be there in my house, day in and day out. He's going to be a part of my family, he's a part of me. That feels a little strange."
When Khan was quizzed if the thought of becoming a father had changed him, he said, "Well, it hasn't made me less of a sex symbol. And I'm not feeling old, though now I'd like to play a father in my films. It hasn't made me less of a workaholic though I've cut down on my work and shoot only one shift these days. And I'll be working even less next year. But yes, it's made me a nicer person, I hope. Pregnancy certainly has made Gauri sweeter, warmer, nicer and more beautiful. She looks like Mother Mary now. Very motherly. And I think she'll be a real good mother. I loved her passionately before, and I still love her but more tenderly. It's thrilling to know she's carrying a part of me. And I'm just waiting to see, touch and play with this little part of me. He's going to be my life's best toy."
