Happy New Year a quintessential Bollywood film, says Shah
Rukh
In his over two-decade career,
Shah Rukh Khan has maintained his on-screen charisma, his craze and an average
of two and a half films per year and he wants to keep it that way. The
Bollywood Badshah says he has no intention of doing multiple projects at a time
because he doesn't want to miss out on enjoying the filmmaking process and
indulging in other activities.
The last time fans saw him on the
screen was when he came riding on 'Chennai Express'. Running at notch eight,
the action-romantic comedy made the quickest Rs.200 crore, thus multiplying
manifold the megastar's stake in filmdom.
After over 14 months, he is
returning with a completely different genre - heist drama 'Happy New Year'.
Scheduled for Diwali release, the big budget multi-starrer is high on
technology.
Asked why such a long gap and pat
came the reply: "I like making one film at a time."
"I can't do more than one
film at a time... I am through with that. 'Happy New Year' is a big film. It
had 170 days of shooting," Shah Rukh told IANS in an interview.
Without a pause, he pointed out that he never
took up multiple projects in his career and, on an average, did two to three
films in a year
"I have never done that
actually. In 25 years, I have done 55 full-length feature films. So, I have
never been able to do more than two to two and a half films in a year even in
the times when people used to 12 films," he said, adding the rest were
guest appearances.
"I would like to keep it
that way. I enjoy doing one film. I like finishing it, taking some time off,
spending time with kids and then get on to the next one," said Shah Rukh
who became active in showbiz in the late 1980s.
Hopping from one project to
another is not his cup of tea.
"It's very irritating for me
that one film ends and immediately I go to the second one... I can't do that. I
have not been able to do that for five-six years now. I enjoy the
process," said the 48-year-old.
Coming back to 'Happy New Year'
produced by his company Red Chillies Entertainments and directed by his good
friend Farah Khan, he said that the film was time-consuming.
" 'Happy New Year' is a big
film. It's a 170-day film - that's nearly half a year and half a year means the
film is spread over a year.
"I would rather sit down and
enjoy the process... have other things to do as well," said SRK, who was
expected to jump on 'Fan' bandwagon soon after the trailer launch of 'Happy New
Year'.
"But I requested the makers
to allow me a 20-day break," said SRK who also has 'Raees' and Rohit
Shetty's next film in his kitty.
Said to be made on a budget of
Rs.150 crore, the film, which is Shah Rukh's third film with Farah post gold
spinners 'Main Hoon Na' and 'Om Shanti Om', is not only technologically sound
but also boasts a versatile cast, which sees Bollywood's dainty darling Deepika
teaming up with SRK for the third time.
Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani,
Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah join them in the rigmarole of stealing a diamond.
"This is a quintessential
Bollywood film and on Diwali, everyone wants to feel happy and celebrated. I
hope this one brings some cheers to them," said Shah Rukh who takes pride
in accepting that he is known as someone who "makes families happy -- for
the mothers, daughters, sisters...and everyone."
"As an actor, I'm happy, and
I hope people like it. It ('Happy...') is a fine film... it is a fun, happy
family film," he added.
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