Skip to main content

Success just happens: Shah Rukh Khan at AIMA convention

 
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan Photo: Reuters
"Successful people are never able to pinpoint what made them successful," summed up Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan at the 40th National Management Convention organised by the All India Management Association (AIMA) in New Delhi. Khan was speaking on 'The Role of Courage in Success'.

A candid Khan confessed that he wasn't good at giving a discourse on success. "What can I say about success that all of you already don't know," he said. "We don't acquire wisdom from success and that's why it can't be passed on to others. Success just happens."

Indeed, talking about success, Khan asserted, is a waste of time. "Let me tell you honestly that I happened to become what I did because I am very scared. I don't want to succeed as much as I do not want to fail."

The actor kept the audience spellbound by sharing his personal experiences. He came from a lower middle-class family and had seen a lot of hardship, said Khan. " At a young age after my parents died, I equated poverty to failure. I just did not want to be poor. When I got a chance to act in films, it was not out of desire. It was purely out of fear of failure and poverty."   

Khan, the master showman, kept his audience entertained. His hour-long session was peppered with songs, dialogues and dance sequences from some of his popular movies.
 
But Khan also had plenty of advice for everyone. The 'Baadshah' of Bollywood stressed on the need to learn from failures. "Success is not a direct result of action. All of us should experience failure in some measure. If you don't fail you will never succeed. Failure is an amazing teacher."

Failure also helps you find your real friends, said Khan. Hinting at the rivalry between him and other Bollywood stars, Khan said that while he had made no new friends after the success of his latest movie Chennai Express, he had certainly made a few enemies!

On being asked whether he will join politics, Khan replied in the negative. "It's like asking me if I can become an astronaut. No, I can't. I know many south Indian movie stars become politicians but that is because those people understand local politics. It's not a profession that I can turn to at the age of 47."​

Source: http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/shah-rukh-khan-at-aima-convention/1/198965.html

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Being SRK: The ultimate reality TV show

It's a job most Indians would die for — shadowing Shah Rukh Khan wherever he goes. For the last two months, that's exactly what a TV crew has been doing, following the country's biggest star from South Africa to America to London to Mumbai — all for the making of a unique six-part series on the actor, to be telecast on lifestyle channel Discovery Travel & Living. "It's an inner world-outer world kind of documentary," said Khan, speaking exclusively to HT. "Hopefully, the parts that people will get to see of me — at work and at other places — will shed some light on how films and film stars work and offer an insight into how I do things." Khan said he has got to know the crew quite well ("They have been very unobtrusive"). For Discovery Travel & Living, this series will be one of the biggest global productions to come out of India and will be shown all over the world. "We haven't yet decided when we're going to telec...
48 comments
Read more

Aishwarya Rai and Shah Rukh Khan appreciate Fiji

Former Miss World and Bollywood actress – Aishwarya Rai says Fiji is always close to her heart. Rai was present at the recent Zee Cine Awards in Singapore which was covered by the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation – and thanked Fiji citizens for their support of the Bollywood industry. Rai told FBC's Mirchi FM Programs director – Shammi Lochan that the support from Fiji means a lot to her. "It is a great opportunity to tell all the listeners of Fiji- thank you so much for all your love, good wishes, the blessing, your emails, and the overwhelming support you all extend to me and my family. It means a lot to us as actors, as the audience are the ones that complete our lives." Bollywood King – Shah Rukh Khan, who visited Fiji in 1998 says he has fond memories of Fiji and is fascinated with the hospitality. " It was a great experience to come there and meet every one there so basically it was very wonderful experience there." Shah Rukh Khan is expected t...
Post a Comment
Read more