Shah Rukh Khan is one actor who is known to state his mind! In a career span of 25 years, the actor has worked with many directors who come with distinct cinematic sensibilities. However, the actor during a recent interview stated that he is very fond of working with women directors.
Director and close friend Farah Khan directed King Khan on films that include 'Main Hoon Na', 'Om Shanti Om' and 'Happy New Year'. And worked with Gauri Shinde on 'Dear Zindagi'.
Talking about working with women directors, Shah Rukh said, "Though I have worked with very few lady directors but I completely enjoy working with them because their sensitivity even for the same scene stems from a very different place. Being a man myself, it is difficult to sense a scene like a woman does. So it gives me a new dimension as an actor."
He further spoke about Farah and Gauri, and added, "Both of them (Gauri and Farah) being women, have a very different sensitivity to each scene, each line, each comment whether it is comic or emotional. So as an actor, it gives me a dimension which is unknown to me. I don’t think like a woman, I don’t feel like a woman."
Adding further, he said, "I am happy because I got to do two opposite ends of the spectrum by working with both of them. And I always believe that women are more conscientious and hardworking and so my work becomes easier working with them."
However, he thinks that the two are different. "Farah is an extremely in your face, commercial director, wants a massy film. And she is very clear about it. If you are falling into a zone which is realistic or serious, she would say, ‘No, I don’t want. This is boring me. Let’s just make it over the top, happy and fun film. Gauri is a far more realistic, intense and internalised kind of a director. She is the opposite spectrum of Farah as far as the kind of films both of them want to make are concerned," said Shah Rukh before he signed off.
Credits: The Indian Express
