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The King of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, is one of India’s most iconic actors. With a career spanning over three decades, he has delivered numerous blockbusters like My Name is Khan, Chennai Express, and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, among others.
His dynamic acting skills can be seen in several of his films, especially Jab Tak Hai Jaan, where he played a romantic lead torn between love and duty. While Shah Rukh Khan is widely known for his deep respect for women, demonstrated in his personal and professional life, there was a time when he actually fought with Aditya Chopra over some dialogues in Jab Tak Hain Jaan.
In a throwback interview with Femina, the Jawaan actor said, “I’m very comfortable around women I work with. But I come from a place where opening the door for a girl or pulling a chair out for her are basics. It does not mean she can’t take care of herself, it just means that you, as a man, care for her. I have lost out on a lot of edgy cinema because I refuse to work in films where women are not respected.”
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He continued, “Adi (director Aditya Chopra) and I always have fights over dialogue where I’m supposed to say to my mother in Punjabi, ‘Tu kya kar rahi hai (What are you doing).’ How can I address my screen mother with ‘tu (you)’—but they forced me to in Jab Tak Hai Jaan.”
