MUMBAI: Fans will see Shahrukh Khan deviating from his usual heartthrob roles in his new film “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi”.
The Bollywood superstar who has mostly played the young romantic lead in over 60 films, stretching over two decades, will be basing his character on a middle-aged man he met while hosting a popular TV game show.
However, in new film “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi”, Khan will not be seen in his fitted designer outfits, and will instead play a bespectacled government employee in ill-fitting trousers.
Khan, who was recently conferred …

He laughed at the realisation, “You cannot miss me for too long. I will be back.” The Bollywood Badshah explained his absence. He was busy “with incessant shooting” for his home production Billoo Barber and Yashraj’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi which he hopes to complete before plunging into preparations for the next Twenty20 tournament.
During this time the ‘King’ tag which he wore for years came within grabbing distance of other Bollywood contenders. It is a situation that amuses him. “It’s better to be known as King Khan than Pauper …