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Shah ruKh Khan:
i wanT Suhana and
aryan To learn ThaT
There’S noThing
called impoSSible
hah Rukh Khan on Wednesday revealed he wanted
to be a sportsman when he was young. The
SBollywood superstar made this revelation at the
send-off ceremony of the Indian Paralympic Contingent for positivity. So, I salute you all for choosing sports, a field which actually
the Asian Para Games 2018. makes you feel that you have to overcome all your incapacities, insecurities,
“My childhood wish was to be a sportsman. I used to play smallness and weaknesses and aim for the impossible. Through you, I want
hockey, football, cricket and was into athletics too. I wasn’t my elder kids to learn how important sports is. I want them to learn that the
good at it but would keep trying. I wanted to represent our word impossible does not even exist in life. I was called to encourage but I
country through any sports,” he said. am here to be encouraged.”
The actor continued that his dream could not be fulfilled During the Q&A session, Shah Rukh Khan was asked how he handles
because he hurt himself during childhood. This made him failure in life, to which the 52-year-old replied, “People look at glamour of
take a break from sports for one year. this entertainment world but I have been working for 30 years. I work for
“No one knows about it but I am telling you that my reason 10-12 hours, everybody puts the same effort. But whenever I work, be it
to be here is quite selfish. I am not here for you but I am a small film or a big film, I work with a thought that I cannot be better than
here for my own self. In that one year when I was hurt, I this. Till last minute, I put my everything in the project. I feel I should put
felt my life was over. At that point, my parents were very in so much into one project that even if it fails I should not regret that I did
encouraging. They taught me when God closes one door, not do enough. I have done my best and left the rest. And from next week,
he opens another. The love and blessings of my parents, I start my journey on a new film once again. I met Dev Anand once and he
God and billions of people encouraged me and that is why said, ‘When I see you I feel if you would stop working, you will be finished.’
I have been able to do good enough work in the field of I think that stayed with me. So, I just do hard work. If a film works, I do not
acting. Since then till last year, I have been operated nine sit on its success and keep showering praises on myself nor do I stop for
times,” Shah Rukh Khan said. negative criticism.”
“When I wake up in the morning, I have to take contrast But would he like to make a film on the paralympians? “Making a film is
water therapy, for 30 mins. I have to take massage. I have easy but making a good film is not. I always wait for the right opportunity
to do stretching and take a lot of medicines. After that only, to present a movie. Their life has been beautiful. The way they have
I’m able to go to work. People in the industry also joke that made struggles a victory is something very inspiring. So, I wish I get to do
I take a lot of time in the washroom. I too have moments something. Whenever I would be able to do justice to their stories, I will.
when I want to give up work and take rest. Last month, As a matter of fact, without revealing much information, there are some
something similar happened. At that moment, I switched aspects I’m dealing with in my next film, Zero. A lot of my films don’t work. I
on the television and some of your life stories appeared on don’t want to do that with their stories.
it. What my parents did for me back then in my childhood,
you guys did for me last month. I want to warn film stars
and other people in the industry that you all have made
me more hale and hearty for the coming 25 years,” he
continued.
Later, SRK added that he wants his own kids Suhana
and Aryan to take up sports, “I also believe that we all are
incomplete in one way or other. But life teaches us to use
that incompleteness to turn them into our opportunities and
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