Shah Rukh Khan: If given a chance, I want to make ‘Asoka’ again

Actor Shah Rukh Khan has proved that he’s a multitasker. Not only has he been acting in movies, he has also been producing several of them. Recently, in an interaction with a leading daily, when SRK was asked about his future plans, he stated, “We have decided to produce almost nine-10 films in the next two years. I won’t be acting in all the films, we are always willing to do new things regardless of its outcome. Today, our films are doing the business, tomorrow I might lose everything but that thought will never stop me from attempting.”

He further spoke about the evolution of special effects in the Bollywood film industry, “I understand we don’t have the budgets that a Hollywood film does. Today, I have a dedicated team, who are working endlessly to create VFX for films like ‘Fan’ and Aanand L Rai’s film, which people couldn’t even think of doing, a few years ago. We tried introducing a technology in India with ‘Fan’ and although the film didn’t work, it cannot take away the accomplishment of my team. When people come and talk to me about it, I consider all this fluff — that my career is ending and I’m going to be finished. That’s what you think but without being pompous, I can say that I’m at a position where I can decide to take on things which come with a huge chance of failure. But if we don’t do it, things won’t progress,” the actor said.

Shah Rukh added, “I had loved doing ‘Asoka’. Given a chance, I want to make ‘Asoka’ again. But this time, it will be much bigger and grander. Maybe with some great VFX work which has so far not been seen in Hindi cinema.” He continued, “We made ‘Asoka’ on a budget of Rs 8 crores. We didn’t know much about VFX because special effects were still not a rage then. Today, imagine how much more we can do with a bigger budget and better VFX. I’m fascinated by such powerful war stories and someday, I would definitely like to revisit ‘Asoka’ again.”

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