Lilliput Says Shah Rukh Khan Shouldn't Have Done Zero; 'What Is There To Act When Playing A Dwarf?'

Lilliput Is Unimpressed With Shah Rukh Khan's Portrayal Of A Dwarf In Zero

He told Bollywood Hungama, "Even when I did not know the story of the film, my reaction was still that Shah Rukh Khan should not have done this film. A normal-looking person can still act as someone who is blind, doesn't have a leg or an arm, is deaf or mute. He will have to act. What is there to ‘act' when playing a dwarf? A dwarf speaks, walks, thinks like a normal person. Only his legs and arms are small or he has a distorted figure. But his wit and manner of speaking is no different. When you are playing a blind person, you have to act because you are pretending to be blind even when you can see. When you play a person who cannot walk, you have to pretend to be one and convince the audience of it. How will you convince someone that you are a dwarf? When you are so famous."

Lilliput Says Zero Didn't Show Show The Emotional And Social Problems Of A Person With Dwarfism

Speaking about it, he explained, "When you decided to play a dwarf, you didn't touch upon the emotional, psychological and social problems that dwarves go through. You didn't show the trauma and tragedy of a dwarf. Anushka Sharma played a woman with a far more tragic story than him. She couldn't speak or walk. He was the one jumping around, doing everything, what problem does he have? So even the script was weird. Don't know how someone so intelligent, successful... they too make mistakes."

SRK Failed To Convince The Audience As A Dwarf, Says Lilliput

A miffed Lilliput further added that Shah Rukh Khan failed to convince the audience as a dwarf as effectively as he does when he stars in romantic films.