After
fighting
it
out
for
years
for
the
B-Town
crown,
Shahrukh
Khan
has
passed
it
on
to
two
of
his
biggest
rivals
Aamir
Khan
and
Salman
Khan.
On
the
couch
of
Koffee
With
Karan
(KWK),
SRK,
in
one
of
his
most
mellow
moods,
has
spoken
candidly
about
friends,
co-stars,
films
and
much
more.
But
one
striking
note
in
this
chat
appears
to
be
when
Shahrukh
reveals
that
he
needs
to
grow
up
as
Salman
and
Aamir
have.
A
source
present
on
KWK
said,
"For
years
Shahrukh
and
Aamir
have
been
passing
snide
remarks
about
each
being
King
and
Ace
of
the
box
office
and
masses.
Shahrukh
and
Aamir
are
two
of
the
most
popular
Khans
and
adored
by
thousands
of
fans,
so
the
fight
for
the
ultimate
title
has
always
been
quite
an
issue
with
these
two
stars,
as
they
have
always
managed
to
topple
each
other
at
some
point
of
time
or
the
other.
They
have
even
sarcastically
claimed
their
number
one
spot
at
media
events."
While
both
have
had
equally
big
hits
with
3
Idiots
and
My
Name
Is
Khan,
in
recent
times
their
rivalry
hit
an
all-time
high
when
both
the
stars
were
reported
to
sign
on
projects
with
international
directors
with
the
basic
storyline
of
the
city
of
Mumbai.
Shahrukh
is
to
do
a
project
with
Danny
Boyle,
who
is
scheduled
to
adapt
Suketu
Mehta's
Maximum
City.
Aamir
Khan
with
director
Paul
Schrader,
is
to
adapt
Extreme
City
for
producer
Anubhav
Sinha,
which
will
be
based
in
Dharavi,
a
slum
in
the
city.
However
Shahrukh
in
KWK
has
put
to
rest
the
Aamir-SRK
war
when
he
tells
show
host
Karan
Johar,
"I
am
not
and
can
never
be
as
big
a
star
and
actor
like
Salman
or
Aamir.
I
would
like
to
grow
up
to
be
like
them
one
day."
This
was
quite
a
revelation
considering
SRK
is
known
to
be
an
actor
who
considers
himself
the
superstar
of
B-Town
and
has
never
made
any
bones
about
being
the
No
1.
Apart
from
humbly
giving
up
his
throne,
there's
another
reason
for
SRK's
statement,
the
source
said.
"The
fact
is
Aamir
and
Salman
are
senior
to
SRK
in
terms
of
having
entered
the
industry
before
him.
So,
that's
also
SRK's
tongue-in-cheek
way
of
saying
he
is
younger
to
them
in
experience
and
still
has
a
lot
to
learn."
Story first published: Monday, January 3, 2011, 16:40 [IST]