In a recent interview, Mahesh Manjrekar was straightforward in his opinion of Shah Rukh Khan. Shah Rukh hasn’t done justice to his talent, according to the actor, who is also directing Salman Khan’s next film ‘Antim: The Final Truth’.
Speaking with a leading daily about actors of the current generation, Mahesh Manjrekar brought up Shah Rukh’s name and said, “One actor who I feel has not done justice to his talent is Shah Rukh Khan and the problem is because they don’t want to break that shell. They want to live in that shell of comfort ki meri ye picture chali, main loverboy chali (This particular film worked, my loverboy themed movie worked)… They need to break that shell.”
“Shah Rukh is doing a role today that Ranbir Kapoor or a Ranveer Singh is doing. So why will people see a Shah Rukh? They will want to see Shah Rukh in a role that they should feel ke ye role Shah Rukh ka tha (Shah Rukh owned the role). Age bhi right hai, sab right hai (Age and everything matched him well.) Somewhere I feel he should do something out of the box and he’ll do a brilliant job. He’s a fantastic actor,” he added.
Mahesh also spoke about Ranbir Kapoor and Ranveer Singh. He said while Ranveer is a good actor, he is ‘in the mould,’ and resembles Sanjay Dutt.
