Courtesy:
IndiaFM
Monday,
August
06,
2007
"I
don't
think
Shimit
and
Adi
are
the
kind
of
people
who'd
make
an
off
beat
film," says
Shahrukh
Khan
discarding
rumours
that
his
next
film
Chak
De
India
is
another
attempt
by
him
at
off
beat
cinema.
A
film
based
on
the
trials
and
tribulations
of
Indian
women's
hockey
team,
SRK
plays
the
amiable
coach
that
weaves
a
bunch
of
girls
from
all
parts
of
the
country
into
a
combative
unit
of
strength
and
drive.
In
this
interview
King
Khan
expresses
his
fondness
for
director
Shimit
Amin
(in
the
process
he
dismisses
all
rumours
of
the
alleged
differences
between
the
two),
the
experience
of
working
with
raw
young
talent
and
why
he
feels
Chak
De
India
should
become
the
anthem
of
Indian
Sport.
Time
to
dig
in
guys....
What
made
you
decide
to
do
this
film?
There
were
a
lot
of
reasons,
first
is
off
course
the
director.
I
have
known
him
for
years
and
he
is
a
very
simple,
hardworking
and
talented.
He
has
worked
with
me
in
the
film
Asoka.
He's
a
very
sweet,
unassuming
kind
of
a
guy
and
to
choose
a
film
which
is
on
sports
and
which
is
normally
neglected
say
perhaps
apart
from
Lagaan,
Hip
Hip
Hurray
and
Iqbal.
Now
we
haven't
really
made
sports
film
and
its
something
that
I
thought
when
I
was
younger
I
should
be
doing
but
I
didn't
get
a
chance.
So
when
I
am
old
and
grey
and
over
the
hill
I
am
glad
someone
like
Shimit
thought
that
I
could
sort
of
fill
in
to
a
sports
film
and
field
hockey
has
been
a
personal
favourite
sport
of
mine
and
I
have
been
wanting
my
kids
to
learn
it.
I
do
feel
I
am
no
one
to
really
comment
from
the
outside
that
the
state
of
Indian
Hockey
is
not
good
but
I
have
always
felt
that
if
there
is
anything
I
can
do
via
the
medium
that
I
work
in
about
the
things
that
I
think
are
special
like
field
hockey.
My
father
used
to
play,
my
friends
used
to
play
and
I
love
it
too
so
when
all
these
things
came
together
and
off
course
Yash
Raj
producing
it,
they
are
all
friends
and
family
and
I
couldn't
have
got
a
better
chance
to
make
a
dream
come
true
about
doing
what
I
like
doing
most
which
is
acting
and
doing
a
subject
which
is
close
to
my
heart.
Can
you
tell
us
something
about
the
character
you
play?
The
character's
name
is
Kabir
Khan.
He's
a
coach;
an
ex-Indian
hockey
player
who
is
living
with
some
demons,
has
got
some
problems
in
life,
has
not
been
successful,
wants
to
overcome
that
but
without
being
cynical
or
disturbed.
He
decides
in
his
mind
and
heart
that
he
going
to
do
something
positive
about
it
so
it's
a
film
about
achievement
in
the
face
off
failure
and
it's
a
film
that
looks
at
failure
in
a
positive
way
that
if
you
haven't
done
well
fairly
or
unfairly
the
idea
is
not
to
give
up
or
become
cynical
.The
idea
is
to
take
on
some
kind
of
a
challenge
and
try
to
overcome
that
obstacle
which
had
stopped
you
earlier.
I
would
say
the
character
is
quite
aggressive
when
he
wants
to
be.
If
you
really
ask
me
though
I
have
played
it
I
really
don't
know
what
the
character
is.
I
have
played
from
my
heart.
It's
a
mix
of
Jaideep's
writing,
it's
a
mix
of
Shimit's
outlook
on
the
whole
film,
it's
a
bit
of
Adi's
belief
in
the
film
and
it's
a
bit
of
my
mannerisms
and
style.
It's
all
rolled
into
one.
I
would
like
it
to
be
thinking,
feeling
may
be
of
an
elderly
brotherly
kind
of
a
character
who
you
feel
confident
in,
who
himself
is
shattered
from
inside,
so
it's
very
complex
its
not
just
like
a
simple
explanation.
I
haven't
been
able
to
understand
it
myself
yet.
What
was
it
like
working
with
a
whole
lot
of
newcomers?
Fantastic,
earlier
I
thought
that
working
with
newcomers
would
be
a
bit
of
a
hassle
because
they
would
not
know
their
lines,
you
know
you
become
a
little
patronizing
you
become
a
little
kind
at
times,
a
little
agitated
and
irritated
at
times
because
things
are
not
going
the
way
you
think
they
are
going
but
I
think
the
whole
production
and
the
whole
team
had
worked
very
hard
with
them
and
not
to
take
any
credit
away
from
these
girls.
I
think
they
are
very
hardworking
and
wonderful.
They
put
their
heart
and
soul
into
the
film.
They
have
practiced
and
learnt
hockey,
they
have
learnt
the
lines,
they
know
the
scenes
they
knew
everything
and
at
the
end
of
it
all
after
having
worked
for
18
years
as
an
actor
I
got
a
lot
to
learn,
because
there
is
a
bit
of
rawness
when
newcomers
come
and
face
the
camera
working
for
so
many
years
you
tend
to
become
a
little
mechanized
.You
see
a
scene
with
a
young
girl
who
has
never
acted
before,
she
says
her
few
lines
and
they
don't
seem
like
you
would
do
them
this
way
but
when
you
hear
it
out
it
sounds
very
right
so
it's
a
great
learning
process
to
work
with
newcomers.
I
had
done
that
a
bit
in
Swades
but
which
was
with
still
honed
theater
actors
not
film
actors
but
here
there
were
most
of
the
girls
had
ever
faced
any
kind
of
acting
job
so
this
was
really
nice
and
it
was
a
great
learning
process
for
me.
Among
the
girls
in
the
team
many
of
them
must
have
been
your
fans
what
was
it
like
working
with
them?
The
girls
are
very
sweet
and
they
were
working
really
hard
and
we
had
a
lot
of
readings
before
we
started
the
film
and
couple
of
meetings
so
that
we
got
easy
with
each
other.
Apart
from
some
of
them
liking
me,
its
a
little
embarrassing
because
some
of
them
were
5/6
years
old
when
they
saw
my
films.
It's
a
little
embarrassing
to
be
working
with
girls
where
you
suddenly
realize
god
you
are
old,
you
have
been
working
a
lot.
But
it
was
also
important
for
me
to
be
comfortable
with
them
and
not
treat
them
like
kids
because
the
whole
purpose
of
the
character
Kabeer
is
that
he
doesn't
treat
them
like
kids
or
girls.
He
treats
them
like
grown
up,
tough
people
so
I
think
that
little
bit
of
being
fans
and
stalwart
compared
to
the
others
got
over
very
fast
in
the
reading
and
meeting
stage
and
then
we
were
all
co-actors
and
co-actresses
just
working
together
and
having
a
great
time
and
they
were
really
nice,
very
well
mannered
very
well
brought
up
and
really
nice
kids.
Is
Chak
De
India
another
effort
by
you
to
do
off
beat
film
like
Swades
and
Paheli?
I
don't
think
these
are
off
beat
films
sometimes
I
like
the
stories
because
they
are
different
and
I
don't
think
Shimit
and
Adi
are
the
kind
of
people
who
would
make
an
off
beat
film.
Its
very
on
beat
I
think
but
the
subject
is
that
you
can't
make
it
every
year,
it's
a
different
subject
so
I
don't
know
what
an
off
beat
film
is.
I
don't
like
boring
films
myself
so
I
don't
try
to
do
those.
I
think
this
is
a
film
with
a
different
kind
of
a
soul
and
a
different
kind
of
a
story
line
so
that's
how
it's
different
and
I
don't
think
it's
off
beat
What
is
the
first
thing
that
comes
to
your
mind
when
you
hear
the
words
Chak
De
India?
Chak
De
strangely
to
me
is
a
line
from
Dilwale.
I
remember
we
used
to
say
Chak
De
Phate
in
Dilwale
so
I
don't
know
but
I
get
reminded
of
that
but
I
hope
Chak
De
India
becomes
like
a
sporting
thing
whenever
Sachin
is
playing
or
whenever
Dhanraj
Pillai
is
going
with
the
ball
somebody
screams
Chak
De
India
which
means
score
a
goal
or
hit
a
sixer
or
get
Sania
Mirza
to
win
the
Wimbledon....