Shahrukh Khan’s Startling Revelation: Film-makers Still Don’t Offer Me Cool Action Films!

Shahrukh Khan who plays the titular role in Rahul Dholakia's Raees calls it 'quite a fulfilling film' but quickly adds that the character that he plays in the movie is very different from who he is in real life.

In a recent interaction with DNA, King Khan got candid about working with Rahul Dholakia, his machoism and having qualms about film directors not offering him cool action films.

The superstar shared that there was a time when he didn't want to play Raj (from Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge) because he didn't want to be the chocolate boy. He was quoted saying, "I wanted to be a macho man on screen. I always wanted to be an action hero. But it still hasn't happened. Filmmakers still don't offer me cool action films. Because of my repertoire, maybe, directors don't consider me an option. But I am very macho at heart."

Talking about how his next film Raees gets him to show off his action moves, he added, "There are five big action set pieces in the film. We have an entire parkour sequence, we have a very sadak-chhaap fight which is how roadside gunda fight. That sounds funny, but it's very intense. There's an entire action sequence while the Laila song is playing which is quite interesting. It's about a minute-and-a-half long. There's another cool action scene with the bad guy. It's more of a gun-wielding fight. There's one during a rally, so it has a political fight as well. And then there's obviously the fight during the climax. I got to do almost everything in the film."

SRK further said that he and director Rahul Dholakia tried to ensure none of the fight scenes look or feel the same. He concluded, "Each one has a flavour of its own. We tried to do is give every fight a different meaning, a different touch, so there's a distinct kind of musical background in every fight, but it's a fight at the end of it all."

Well, we are quite excited to watch SRK go badass in Raees! Watch out this space for more hot scoop.