STAYING SIMPLE IS A COMPLEX ART.
SALMAN KHAN ILLUSTRATES THAT
BELIEVES ASHWINI DESHMUKHONE
ARMY
MAN
WHAT MADE BHARAT
SPECIAL?
The reason for doing
this film was the
plot. A nine-year-
old boy is given the
responsibility of
taking care of his
mother and three
siblings by his father.
From the age of nine
to 72, this person
does everything
to keep his family
together. They nag
him to settle down
but he keeps his
promise against
all odds.SOMEWHERE, IT
REFLECTS YOUR OWN
LIFE STORY. YOU’VE
ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN
TO SUPPORT YOURSTARDOM WILL FADE EVENTUALLY. IT’S A HUGE TASK TO
KEEP IT GOING FOR SUCH A LONG TIME. SHAH RUKH
(KHAN), AAMIR (KHAN), AKKI (AKSHAY KUMAR), AJAY(DEVGN)... WE’RE THE ONLY ONES WHO’VE BEEN ABLE TO
PULL IT OFF FOR SUCH A LONG TIME...THEN LIKE IN THE
CASE OF ALL SUPERSTARS, THE BOX-OFFICE COLLECTION
WILL COME DOWN TO 10 PER CENTSALMAN KHAN HAS A DECEPTIVE NONCHALANCE
ABOUT HIM. He appears misleadingly casual about his films and
his celebrity status. There’s no attempt to intellectualise his work or
an effort to impress. But those close to him know how committed
he's as an artiste. He plays a man from 27 to 72 in Ali Abbas Zafar’s
Bharat. For that he’s revisited changing landscapes of time and
emotions, just as he switched from silhouette to silhouette to be
in sync with the character’s altering physicality. It could also mark
his gentle initiation into doing mature roles. He’s candid about
consciously having to keep the ‘old man’ at bay. He’s forthcoming
about having to jostle with aches and pains even as he packs a
punch on the screen. The heartwarming honesty perhaps comes
from the fact that the megastar has not lost touch with the person
he is. Perhaps, his late-night rendezvous with painting and writing
and perhaps the shadows that have stalked the spotlight have
helped him keep the conversation going with himself... Excerpts...FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
It’s the opposite.
(Laughs) They’ve
supported me all
along. I need their
support instead.HOW DIFFICULT WAS
IT TO GET THE CURVE
OF YOUR CHARACTER
RIGHT IN BHARAT?
It was difficult but
fun. I had to lose
a lot of weight to
play the 27-year-old.
Then I had to put on
weight right away
to look 55. There’s a
difference of 15 kilos
between the two
looks. Then, I had to
come back to looking
like a 27-year-old
as you can’t shoot
all the portions all