Shah Rukh Khan opens up about his next role, changing dynamics of women in Bollywood and his philanthropy work

By Vandana Srivastawa

on April 06, 2019

Shah Rukh Khan received a third honorary doctorate a couple of days ago from the University of Law, London. He was felicitated for his philanthropy work. In an interview post the ceremony, the superstar spoke about his next ‘sexy role’, the changing role of women in Hindi films and the constant tussle between CBFC and the filmmakers. He also spoke about how his charity work makes him happy and the fact that he wants to really make a change in people’s lives.

During an interview with a leading international news channel, he spoke about his romantic boy image. He said that now he can play a ‘sexy father’ if his fans want him to. SRK said, “My next role will be as sexy as my last one. So you want me to be a sexy father, a sexy hero, sexy whatever you want me to be. My next role will be as sexy as you want me to be.”

Thank u for the honour @universityoflaw & my best wishes to the graduating students. It will encourage our team at @MeerFoundation to strive ‘selfishly’ to share more. pic.twitter.com/IBI1I6UlFY

— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) April 4, 2019

Talking about the paradigm shift that the role of women in Hindi cinema has witnessed in recent times, Shah Rukh said, “The roles of women and the kind of attitude you have at the workplace for women is changing for positive. There will be discrepancies and ups and downs too. There were times when I was working in the ‘90s that if a lady got married, she normally did not have the opportunity to come back and act in a film but now all of them are acting in films and it’s so seamless and nice, so I think lots of positive stuff for female actors in the film industry.”

.@iamsrk is now being interviewed by @BBCAsia, after receiving his Honorary Doctorate from @ULaw #ULawGrad #SRK #ShahRukhKhan https://t.co/Rwe76ZgiU2 pic.twitter.com/kWaCGrdFpI

— The University of Law (@UniversityofLaw) April 4, 2019

Talking about his philanthropy work, Shah Rukh said, “When I meet people around the world, I meet youngsters, I meet old people... they’ll turn around and say ‘your films make us happy’ and that’s very encouraging. But I want to make people happy, now personally and change their lives.” However, SRK does not want censorship laws to be changed in India. Talking about CBFC he said, "There are going to be issues between creative people and what they want to say but I would say no filmmaker, ever, I think wants to disturb the sensibilities of the audience. People are changing, society is changing but culturally I think we are a very strong nation and I think that needs to be respected always.”

SRK is already a recipient of two honorary degrees presented to him previously by The University of Bedfordshire and The University of Edinburgh.

(Source: BBC)