IndiaFM News Bureau Posted online: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 1556 hours IST
Mumbai, September 21: While the east-west trade of actors continues, when asked if he too is aspired to make a move to Bushland, Shahrukh said, “I am going to be completely honest about this one. It isn’t like Spielberg is waiting at Mannat with offers. But that’s perfectly okay with me, neither am I dying to play a butler in a Bond film” he quipped.
But ask him if Indian cinema can be a global player and he says, “Yes and No”. Left with a perplexed expression? He explains better, “I think we shouldn’t change our song-and-dance, because that is unique to us and we shouldn’t let go off that. Our emotional content is pretty strong too, so that stays. But it’s high time that we tell better stories, the pattern has to change. Also the technology has great scope for improvement,” he points out.
“We have got to change the way we dress. By which I mean, our films have got to get shorter. A global audiences easily tires of a 3 hour saga. Besides, we shouldn’t shut our eye to the fact that Hollywood has screenplays which are scientifically very sound; we on our side have a few loose ends there. Having said that; I believe that our Aamir’s and Ash’s are no less that them. And this is something I strongly I strongly believe,” he states.
“But you also got to understand that we live in a yuppie world. It’s a business world, so you got to change your garb. It’s like, if you want to go to a world party, you got to wear a tuxedo, Gandhi’s dhoti won’t do!” he leaves you with a wisecrack.
