Farah
Khan,
who
is
now
getting
ready
to
direct
her
third
venture
Happy
New
Year
for
producer
Shahrukh
Khan
tells
us
that
she
had
shot
SRK
like
Ram
Gopal
Varma
shoots
his
heroines…
Was
it
always
your
dream
to
be
a
director?
I
confess
that
I
had
joined
the
industry
as
Mansoor
Khan"s
assistant
in
direction
on
the
sets
of
his
film
Jo
Jeeta
Wohi
Sikander
only
to
learn
the
ropes
of
the
trade
as
a
director,
almost
a
decade
ago.
However
every
evening,
I
used
to
ask
all
the
dancers
to
practice
the
steps
that
I
had
devised,
to
know
in
what
way
the
dances
were
different
from
the
ones
choreographed
by
Saroj
Khan.
One
evening,
director
Mansoor
noticed
the
session.
How
did
you
bag
your
first
assignment?
I
shot
to
fame
as
a
choreographer
with
the
slow
motion
number
Pehla
Nasha
thanks
to
Saroj
Khan
by
default.
It
so
happened,
that
Saroj
had
left
Mansoor"s
unit
high
and
dry
one
day
and
flown
down
South
to
do
choreography
for
a
South
Indian
film,
leaving
Mansoor
Khan
with
no
other
alternative
but
to
ask
me
to
step
in
and
rescue
him
by
taking
up
the
choreography
for
his
film.
A
choreographer
was
born
that
day.
Is
it
true
that
your
mother
had
acted
as
Salman
Khan"s
father
Salim
Khan"s
heroine?
Yes.
Not
many
are
aware
of
the
fact
that
my
mother
had
actually
acted
as
the
heroine
opposite
Salman
Khan"s
father
Salim
Khan
four
decades
ago.
In
fact
I,
Sajid
Khan
and
Salman
Khan
had
almost
grown
up
together
during
our
childhood
and
our
families
have
known
each
other
for
donkey"s
years.
Why
do
you
say
that
it
would
be
tough
for
you
to
direct
a
film
for
any
other
producer
after
working
with
King
Khan?
I
feel
that
Shahrukh
is
the
best.
After
working
with
an
actor
like
Shahrukh
Khan,
it
is
very
difficult
for
me
to
work
with
any
other
actor.
Just
imagine
I
had
to
take
a
three
second
shot
and
I
had
told
Shahrukh
Khan
that
I"d
require
98
cameras
for
it.
Shahrukh
spent
20
lakhs
and
got
those
90
cameras
flown
in
from
London.
Though
I
had
told
him
not
to
splurge
unnecessarily
as
we
could
easily
do
away
with
it,
Shahrukh
told
me
that
he
did
not
believe
in
compromising
on
quality.
Is
it
true
that
Main
Hoon
Na
was
titled
The
Outsider
initially?
Yes.
It
is
interesting
to
note
that
the
working
title
of
Main
Hoon
Na
before
it
went
on
the
floors
was
actually
The
Outsider,
for
almost
two
years.
I
had
written
the
script
in
English
and
every
time
there
was
any
untoward
incident
on
the
sets,
Shahrukh
would
say
Just
Trust
me.
When
Abbas
Tyrewala
started
translating
the
dialogues,
there
was
this
line
Main
Hoon
Na
coming
up
in
the
place
of
Just
Trust
Me.
When
I
told
Sajid
that
the
title
of
my
film
would
be
Main
Hoon
Na
he
told
me
that
it
sounded
like
a
Sudhir
Mishra
film.
Karan
said
that
Main
Hoon
Na
was
a
horrible
title
while
Shahrukh
told
me
bahut
kharab
title
hai.
However
I
insisted
on
the
title
since
I
wasn"t
into
K
titles
like
Karan
and
Ekta
Kapoor.
My
gamble
paid
off
and
every
one
agreed
that
Main
Hoon
Na
was
the
apt
title
after
I
went
ahead
and
recorded
the
title
song
with
Anu
Malik
as
the
composer.
What
do
you
think
about
the
actresses
of
today?
Frankly
I
feel
that
the
actresses
of
today
do
not
have
the
poise
and
the
dignity
which
the
girls
in
70"s
have
had.
In
Om
Shanti
Om,
Deepika
fitted
the
role
well,
like
Hemaji
in
the
70"s.
To
prepare
Deepika
for
the
role,
we
gave
her
voice
training
and
dance
classes,
besides
the
three
month
training
in
acting
course
with
Anupam
Kher.
How
tough
was
it
for
you
to
get
Shahrukh
Khan
to
shed
his
excess
weight
and
get
into
his
six
pack
abs
for
Om
Shanti
Om?
Shahrukh
asked
me
to
give
him
three
months
and
he
worked
hard
and
told
me
that
if
he
did
not
get
at
least
six
packs
he
would
not
remove
his
shirt
in
front
of
the
camera,
though
I
felt
that
at
least
once
he
should
do
an
item
song.
I
think
it
is
a
great
change-
over
at
the
age
of
42
when
others
become
too
old.
I
shot
Shahrukh
like
Ram
Gopal
Varma
shoots
his
heroines.
What
do
you
like
the
best
about
being
a
director?
I
enjoy
being
a
director
the
most
because
as
a
director,
I
get
to
decide
each
and
everything
connected
with
the
film,
including
recording
only
the
songs
which
I
want.
I
feel
that
direction
is
the
most
fulfilling
job.
The
worst
job
is
writing
for
the
simple
reason
that
it
does
not
come
easy
to
me.
Which
episode
of
Tere
Mere
Beach
Mein
touched
you
the
most?
The
best
thing
about
Tere
Mere
Beach
Mein
was
that
nothing
in
the
show
was
actually
scripted.
After
we
decided
on
the
theme
of
each
episode,
I
asked
questions
randomly
I
was
touched
by
the
episode
on
Hrithik.
There
is
this
comfort
factor
with
each
of
my
guests
which
I
think
will
not
come
if
they
do
not
have
a
personal
equation
with
you.
Trust
factor
works
a
lot
in
a
talk
show
like
this.
If
they
feel
that
they
are
uncomfortable
answering
any
particular
question,
I
readily
offer
to
edit
it
out,
because
the
idea
is
that
the
audiences
should
identify
with
what
the
stars
had
gone
through
in
their
lives
and
have
a
connect.
Tell
me
about
your
kids!
I
have
two
daughters
and
one
son.
I
have
named
my
son
Czar.
Czar
means
an
emperor.
I
have
named
my
two
daughters
Diva
and
Anya.
Diva
is
an
Italian
word
for
prima
Donna,
the
main
singer
in
the
opera.
Anya
means
inexhaustible
in
Sanskrit
and
graceful
in
Russian.
Diva
and
Czar
are
similar
looking
but
not
identical.
Its
is
said
that
one
in
two
million
triples
are
identical
My
daughters
are
maa
ki
laadlis
and
are
chipkoos
whereas
my
son
is
dad's
laadla.
He
is
elder
by
two
minutes.