The king is dead, long live the king !

Dear Mr. Shah Rukh Khan,

Hope you are doing well. We were fine too until we watched Dilwale last night.

Me and my wife are diehard fan of yours. Of late, we are not being able to gather courage to watch your movies though. But hoping against hope, we went to watch Dilwale. After all, it is an SRK-Kajol movie ! But what we saw left us completely appalled!!

From natural sciences defying stunts to mechanized robotic acting – nothing made sense at all. Both you and Kajol looked in tremendous shape (naturally or computationally doctored, I don’t know) – but biology, physics nothing came to life let alone chemistry.

Mr. Khan, we are ordinary people. We find our happiness and pride in simple things of life. The plain and simple wholesome entertainment that you have provided us so far is one such thing. We are with you since your Fauji, Circus days. Our love blossomed watching your movies. I still remember, twenty years back,how immediately after watching DDLJ in Mangalore I bought a big greetings card and posted to my wife (then girlfriend) who was in Guwahati then. The pleasure that you have given us through your acting in fine movies is so close to our heart that even you don’t have any rights to snatch that away !

We are your sincere and sensible fans. We don’t measure quality of your films by how many crores they earn. I am sure that Dilwale will also earn hundred crores. I understand that film-making is not only an art it is also a business. But can we have a deal that if you make 9 brain-damaged money spinner potboilers you will also make one very good movie? And you never know, with you, a complete art house production also can fetch 200 crores !

I am an eternally hopeful person. I am sure you will listen to a common man like me.

With best regards,

Saurav Morikolongia

19/12/2015