A young boy in Pakistan wants to be Shah Rukh Khan. He walks, talks, and even looks like the Bollywood King from across the border. However, to complete his SRK image, he needs to have a haircut like Khan. But he has no money. Murad works at a garage, and when money goes missing from the safe, the garage’s owner points the finger of suspicion at this young shah-rukh-khan wannabee.
This is the premise of a 55 minute film made by Pakistani film-maker Mohammad Ehteshamuudin, titled ‘Shah Rukh Khan Ki Maut’ - (The Death Of Shah Rukh Khan). The film is currently being played at the Third Eye 5th Asian Film Festival.
“The influence of Bollywood in Pakistan is tremendous, even if the films are all circulated under the table. We sometimes get them even before they are released in India,” says the filmmaker.
“The Bollywood idol had to be Shah Rukh Khan. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have worked. There isn’t a boy in Pakistan who doesn’t look up to SRK,” says Ehteshammuudin.
In the film, however, Murad pays a price for his overenthusiastic hero worship. Reality takes over.
“I, however, am a big Bollywood buff myself and usually my day is not complete until I’ve listened to Lataji or watched the latest release. May be it’s time we opened a few windows and doors to get a better dialogue on Indian cinema,” says Ehteshamuudin who has made his second feature.
The film premiered at the Kara Film Festival in Karachi in 2005, but this is the first time it’s showing in India.
“The Kara Film Festival is one of the few venues in Pakistan that showcases independent cinema, even if it’s shot on mini DV or 35 mm,” says the one time television producer.
The film was made with a Rs two-lakh budget.
“I didn’t use any big stars—eight of them are acting for the first time, while two are theatre actors—which is why I think I was able to give a raw and spontaneous feel to the film,” he says.
Shahrukh khan the Great bollywood King is pakistani by blood anyways and many other actors and actreses undercover, which is why bollywood is so successful today. Mosty bollywood films today have pure pakistani accent and language, there is barely any hindhi. Like hindi I cannot understand any hindhi personally but the bollywood films I can understand everything being a pakistani
Just because he is a muslim ,it doesn’t make him a pakistani and moreover bollywood is making movies for people of india not pakistan,since the peace process is going on between the two countries ,thats y we are projecting u guys as good not as evil.
FIRST OF ALL…….STUPID PEOPLE LIKE YOU GUYS ALWAYS CREATE PROBLEMS FO BOTH COUNTRIES. DOES IT REALLY MATTERS WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ? MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT PEOPLE FROM PAKISTAN AND INDIA HAVE SAME TRIDIONAL VALUES. WE PEOPLE LIKE EACH OTHER FROM HEART AND WE NEED TO FORGET ABOUT FIGHTING AND POLICTICS. JUST IMAGINE IF INDIA AND PAKISTAN BECOME FRIENDS LIKE USA AND UK THEN WE DONT NEED ANY FAVOUR FROM AN OTHER COUNTRY. WE HAVE GOT EVERY THING IN OUR COUNTRIES AND WE CAN RULE ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT POVERTY CUZ THAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND NOT ABOUT SHAHRUKH.
Sharukh is indeed the best of all times but I gotta agree with Abbas point of view.
If India Pakistan and China become one then one on can stop us.
We are now doing exactly what gora people wanted us to do. They want us to split so that we become weak and they could rule over us.
Their motto was to ‘Divide and rule’…Remember
I can honestly tell you one thing that people in Pakistan are more crazy over the great Sharukh Khan than even in India.
Pakistanis worship the iconic Sharukh Khan.
^_^
Cheers!
hey abbas and aftab, would you like Shahrukh if his name was Hrithik? I dont think so. You guys just like him because his name is Shahrukh Khan
We should look at the talent of a person and not his religious or ethnic background. Shahrukh is definitely a great actor so lets appreciate him on his artistic talent and not based on his country or religion.
I agree with Aftab and aBbas, strength is in unity. random and sandeep, lets not get into the dirty religious politics.
I think the liking of Shah Rukh by Pakis is because he is a muslim..in fact people should not be surprised to know that Pakis consider muslim indian actors as their own, their songs as pakistani culture etc..no wonder why the first comment of “random” talks of this..india and pakistan cannot unite, for the islamic religion is too intolerant to amalgamate others..it lives in a ghettoised mentality..talks of peace process are all bullshit..i think eventually the two countries are bound to end up in war, and this is what Indians DEARLY want.