Shah Rukh Khan is ruling the world with his charm and blockbuster movies. The actor has a huge fan base all over the world. However, popular comedian and actor Vir Das has also reflected on his fanboy moment.
In a recent podcast appearance at Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know, Vir Das was asked how he would describe Shah Rukh Khan to Americans. Vir answered while recalling a visit to Shah Rukh’s Mannat.
The comedian said, “Two years into coming to Mumbai as a young comic, I get invited to Shah Rukh Khan's house to write the film, right? To write the film, Fair Awards.”
Vir added, “Mannat is this house on the sea, he's got this study that is wooden paneled and wooden ceilings and all of it, you know, and the electronic wooden blinds that I'd never f**king seen before and books and awards and you show up and, you know, I'd written some jokes that were terribly immature, but he kind of sat with me for three nights.”
The comedian continued, “And he's like, all right, young blood, what do you have? And three nights, that's pretty cool. And fed us, played video games, you know, just really a cool, cool guy, only guy I've ever seen. When we write words, you expect somebody to just kind of, please just say it like I wrote it in my head. Perform it.”
“He's the only guy I've seen who will change it and it's just better because it's him. So he can, he understands a joke. He knows his way around a joke. He understands a misdirect. He understands a pause, all of that stuff, and he makes it better,” Vir continued praising Shah Rukh.
He reflected on SRK’s fan base and added, “You look outside, you're sitting and writing in a study, and you look outside and there's 5,000 people or 3,000 people.”
Vir continued, “I think what encapsulates him is he showed up in Mumbai with one suitcase from Delhi, looked out at the sea and said, I'm going to be the king of this city. And then did. And bought the house by the sea and he makes you believe it could happen for you too.”
He further noted, “But at the end of the day, even if it doesn't, you're just glad it happened for him. I think that's Shah Rukh Khan. You feel the room move when he walks in.”
Meanwhile, host Hasan Minhaj also admitted that he had tried to describe who SRK is to the American people. He recalled, “I go, so do you know movies? And they're like, yeah. And I go, he's just the movies. I could, I didn't even use Tom Cruise as an analogy. I'm like, he is as foundational to cinema as the opening credits are. Like it's, it's, he's in the DNA code of it.”
Vir added to Hasan’s comment, “It's a different sound. I think if Tom Cruise was to walk into a crowd, they'd be like, oh my God, Tom. If Shah Rukh Khan walked in, you'd just be like…”
On the work front, Shah Rukh Khan is currently gearing up for his highly anticipated film, King, which also stars his daughter, Suhana Khan, in the lead.
Meanwhile, Vir Das has recently announced his Sounds of India tour, which will kick off on October 3 in Kanyakumari and wrap up on January 18 with a show in Delhi.
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