Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan, who set the box-office on fire in 2023 with his three releases -- 바카라˜Pathaan바카라™, 바카라˜Jawan바카라™ and 바카라˜Dunki바카라™, has reflected on a time when his films were not connecting with the larger audience.
The actor did 바카라˜Zero바카라™, in which he played a dwarf, in 2018. The film directed by Aanand L. Rai tanked at the box-office after which Shah RUkh took a break for four years before he changed the trajectory of Bollywood with 바카라˜Pathaan바카라™.
The actor recently attended the World Government Summit in Dubai, where he spoke about the time when his films weren바카라™t working. The actor shared that he shifted his focus from movies to culinary art for a brief period to make a strong return.
바카라œI had massive flops, wehich they did very, very badly. I was licking my wounds. But you know what I did? I learnt to make the best pizza in the world. I stopped listening to stories, I stopped wanting to tell stories.
바카라œI made myself a little kitchen, and I started learning how to make pizzas. I learnt perseverance. Because to make the perfect round pizza, you have to first make a million square ones."
Asked if his family encouraged him to return to work, and if making a comeback was difficult, Shah Rukh said, 바카라œI was glad that my family didn바카라™t tell me, 바카라˜Listen, your pizzas are better than your films, stop making films'. I바카라™m glad that they turned around and said, 바카라˜As good as your pizzas are, your films are better바카라™. They were very encouraging, especially my children and my team.
바카라œI바카라™d become indulgent. I바카라™d started becoming too innovative. I was looking for perfection, and I started failing. I needed to be excellent, I needed to be unique, but I needed to look at what the audience wanted."
