EXCLUSIVE! Revealed: The reason why Shah Rukh and Salman are promoting each other’s films
| Jan 21, 2017, 13:28 IST
Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan's friendship, over the years, have experienced its ups and downs. The two of the biggest stars have locked horns professionally, but also have managed to build a personal bond. From avoiding each other to promoting each other's work, Salman and Shah Rukh's friendship has come a long way in the past 15 years. What started off as a friendship, soon meandered into a cold war that was followed by awkward stumbling. However, the current status of their friendship is assumed to be one of the strongest existing bonds in show-business.
Cold silences have now been replaced with great camaraderie. Bring this up, and Shah Rukh beams, “I don’t think the fact that we promote each other’s movies is a sign that we have come a long way. I think that is incidental. Sending out tweets for each other is not a big deal. It’s as simple as me telling Salman that meri picture aa rahi hai… tu kar de. Whenever I have a personal thought, including a birthday wish for someone, I don’t tweet. People assume I don’t like to wish them but that’s not the case. I don’t wish them on twitter, I just call them up. I don’t need that platform to tell them anything."
The 'Raees' actor further added, "If someone I know asks me if I could send a message out for their film, of course, I would do it. If the platform that I have on social media can help the film, I will do it. On my own, just to show the world that I am wishing someone, I wouldn’t. Salman and I have known each other for 25 years and I have always had a lot of respect for his family. Salman and I could have a difference of opinion about a lot of things, and we do, as we are different people. But I will always respect what he expects me to do. There are some families in Mumbai that I feel this way for, like Chunky Pandey’s family, Salman, Aziz Mirza, Juhi Chawla – these are the people who were kind to my family when I started out in Mumbai. They supported me, so I can’t have anything but respect for them.”
Cold silences have now been replaced with great camaraderie. Bring this up, and Shah Rukh beams, “I don’t think the fact that we promote each other’s movies is a sign that we have come a long way. I think that is incidental. Sending out tweets for each other is not a big deal. It’s as simple as me telling Salman that meri picture aa rahi hai… tu kar de. Whenever I have a personal thought, including a birthday wish for someone, I don’t tweet. People assume I don’t like to wish them but that’s not the case. I don’t wish them on twitter, I just call them up. I don’t need that platform to tell them anything."
The 'Raees' actor further added, "If someone I know asks me if I could send a message out for their film, of course, I would do it. If the platform that I have on social media can help the film, I will do it. On my own, just to show the world that I am wishing someone, I wouldn’t. Salman and I have known each other for 25 years and I have always had a lot of respect for his family. Salman and I could have a difference of opinion about a lot of things, and we do, as we are different people. But I will always respect what he expects me to do. There are some families in Mumbai that I feel this way for, like Chunky Pandey’s family, Salman, Aziz Mirza, Juhi Chawla – these are the people who were kind to my family when I started out in Mumbai. They supported me, so I can’t have anything but respect for them.”