Hey Everyone,
The second part to the Appreciation for Shah Rukh Khan is here. After the success of the first part, it is only honourable to continue this. Hopefully, it should be a 10 part series for Shah Rukh. I am trying to think of who to honour and appreciate next, so please if you want anyone for me to appreciate, tell me and I will definitely consider it.
For years, we have known people not only in the entertainment industry but people all over the world, who lack one basic element of human qualities...humility. Any one bit of praise or success, we create an ego. Not a positive ego but a negative ego.
This negative ego is those things such as pride or being big-headed. Acting as if you are higher than everyone else around you becomes a norm. Is this the reason why we should be successful? Is that the true way of enjoying success?
Shah Rukh Khan is well-known for being humble. Now, despite his massive success, he has not allowed his ego to take over him. He has kept to his roots and has realised one certain aspect...that success is not always guaranteed.
Being humble in a fraternity that demands arrogance. We see it everyday on our screens of certain actors who make a few hits at the box-office and then claim to be number one or to be the King of Hindi Cinema. Shah Rukh has recently given three back to back blockbusters but has not allowed anything to make him arrogant.
Could it be that Shah Rukh is acting humble? I do not think he can act for over two decades. it is very hard to act humble so honestly for the past twenty years and that is a fact. Plus, I know personally that there are a massive amount of fans of Shah Rukh, who admire him the most because of his humility.
Shah Rukh has been on the top since 1995 and after bringing in so much success not just for himself but for the Hindi Film Industry, to remain like one of us has been a truly remarkable example of how to be.
To end this post, it would be great to see a little insight of Shah Rukh with his own words:
“Everything isn’t made for me alone. God has given me enough, I’d better be happy and contented.”This clearly shows that Shah Rukh is not at all greedy and is happy for other people to be just as successful as he is. Despite this world becoming a 'dog-eat-dog world' and a rat race, it is very easy to be instable and fall in the traps of the negative aspects of being successful. However, we have seen that you can be at the top of any success ladder and that there is no excuse for us not to be humbled with what God or a Higher Power has given us.
I would like to point you all out to a scene from 'Luck By Chance' that Shah Rukh did a cameo in. I am sure you will see what the real Shah Rukh Khan is within the industry!
For those that do not understand Hindi...here is the translation of the conversation between Farhan and Shah Rukh Khan.
SRK: congratulations! I've been hearing very good things about you.
FA: Thank you so much.
SRK: Come have a drink with us. C’mon. Your real work starts now. Actors work apart from acting. It's really to choose the right kind of role. Think about it - your first film chose you. But from now on, you should choose. You.
SRK: Are they your friends?
FA: Yeah, right now. For the moment. They were in school with me.
SRK: Oh. Hi. You're not going?
FA: No, I’ll meet with them tomorrow.
SRK: Vikram, stardom is a cocktail; fame, power, money, all that is dangerously intoxicating.
FA: I can't even imagine what it must be like for you.
SRK: It's insane. But one thing I learned from life. Don’t forget those who knew you when you were nothing. They are the only ones who’ll always tell you the truth. Like those…who are here….for the moment….who were there from your school days.
Thank you for reading and watching the video above and I am looking forward to writing the third part next week!
Lots of love,
Rahul N. Singh
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