Shah Rukh Khan is back again in International Film Festival of India (IFFI) but this time on silver screen with Makrand Deshpande.
King Khan had inaugurated IFFI 2007 and he was the cynosure of all eyes. And now his friend, theatre actor Makrand Deshpande intends to recreate the magic again through his flick ‘Shah Rukh Bola Tu Khoobsurat Hai.’
“I would have like invite Shah Rukh here for the premier of the film but he said that he will attend the opening night,” Deshpande said.
The debutante director hopes to release the film commercially somewhere in the first quarter of the year 2010.The fiction film revolves around a flower girl whose life changes with few magical words uttered by Shah Rukh.
“One day the girl is in very bad mood when Shah Rukh who passes by the street in the car says ‘tu khoobsurat hai’ (you are beautiful), which changes her life,” the director stated.
Deshpande, who is predominantly a theatre actor, says that he has witnessed the iconic growth of a super star from the days of TV serial ‘Circus’.
“In 1989-90, when Shah Rukh came from Delhi, he was very charming man and very fine actor. In the Circus people watched his performance and even the crew members felt that he is a star,” said Makrand, who has also acted with Khan in ‘Swades’.
“It’s very interesting to see how he (SRK) came up from being a hero to superstar,” Deshpande quipped. “I have witnessed a superstar…SRK is iconic,” he added.
The actor feels that donning a hat of film director was not much difficult for him after having experienced the theatre. “It has not been so difficult. I did not really know when I said action. I think I was always a director,” he said.
Talking of difference between theatre and cinema, Deshpande said that in theatre you perform for the person in last row while in cinema you perform for the person in first row. Makrant said being an film actor helped him in directing the movie.”I am an actor, writer and director and it helped me during this film,” he said.
