Now, a throwback video of the same has taken over the internet and netizens couldn’t help but frown upon it. A Reddit user shared the video from his film, Jab Harry Met Sejal, with his co-star, Anushka Sharma and he can be seen talking about his versatility and claiming that he is the most versatile actor India has ever seen.
He can be heard saying: ‘As a matter of fact, even though people wouldn’t believe it, I want to declare that I’m the most versatile actor this country has ever seen, with due respect to everybody who’s acted in this country. You know, I’ve done a Asoka, I’ve done a Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, I have done a Paheli, I’ve done a Chak De India, I have done a Dilwale Dulhaniya, I have done a Chamatkar, and you keep on counting, and I’ve done enough genres.’
I’m the most versatile actor this country has ever seen – SRK
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He also maintained how he has changed the dynamics of Indian cinema by playing the role of a bad guy for the first time in history. The superstar also dubbed himself lucky and being a big star, nobody noticed his acting.
He said, ‘Given the parameters of commercial cinema when normally people only played hero types. I have always come and played the actor hero type at least to give some character to the hero, instead of just being a hero. And I’m lucky enough that those have also been accepted as a hero. But I don’t know, I have never really gone out. Yeah, in Raees I come out of smoke, I enter Don like a king, I jump from a plane, I fight, I romance, I beat up people, I get beaten up. I played the bad guy, which nobody else had done when I started, and I still do it given a chance. I’ve done a Fan, which is a completely, strangely, mentally disturbing space. But I’m lucky to be such a big star that nobody’s noticed my acting yet. I’m really really happy. I love it.’
Shortly after the video surfaced on social media netizens did not seem to be in a mood to spare the actor for his rather arrogant behaviour. Reacting to video, many users schooled SRK and said, ‘I know I’ll be downvoted for this but SRK comes across as an extremely overconfident person and sometimes arrogant too. Just chill there are a lot of actors who have a better filmography and keep experimenting with their movies. He is a superstar but calling himself the most versatile actor in the country is a stretch.’
