New Delhi | Jagran Entertainment Desk: Bollywood’s Badshah Shah Rukh Khan was last seen in ‘Zero’ released in 2018, since then the superstar has been missing from the silver screen. But his absence does not impact his fan following as his fans are eagerly waiting to see their favourite star returning to the big screen.
Recently, Shah Rukh Khan gave out the message of secularism that we all need on the eve of Republic Day, while on a dance reality show on Saturday night. Shah Rukh attended the reality dance show ‘Dance Plus’ on Saturday and with his secular comments, Shah Rukh turned everyone patriotic.
On the show, he spoke about how being an ‘Indian’ is more important for him than belonging to any other religion. He also revealed that he never talks about religion-specific topics with his children and maintains an Indian culture in his home.
“We never spoke about being Hindu-Muslim. My wife is Hindu, I am Muslim, my children are Hindustan,” said Shah Rukh Khan on the show. He also said that his children write “Indian” in forms where they need to mention their religion.
During his visit on Dance Plus 5 that was aired Saturday night, Shah Rukh said, “Humne koi Hindu-Musalman ki baat hi nahi ki. Meri biwi Hindu hai, mai Musalman hoon. Aur mere jo bacche hain, wo Hindustan hain.” (We have never discussed Hindu-Muslim. My wife is Hindu, I am a Muslim and our kids are Hindustan).
He further said, “Jab wo school gae to school me wo bharna padta hai ki religion kya hai. To jab meri beti choti thi, usne aa ke pucha bhi mujhse ek baar, ‘papa hum kaun se religion ke hain?’ Maine usme ye likha ki hum Indian hi hain yaar, koi religion nahi hai. Aur hona bhi nahi chahiye”. (When they went to school, they had to write their religion. My daughter came to me once and asked ‘what is our religion?’ I simply wrote in her form that we are Indian, we do not have a religion).
Shah Rukh Khan has time and now insisted that in his home religion is not imposed on anyone and his family celebrates all the festivals. Talking about his kids, SRK had earlier said, “I gave my son and daughter names that could pass for generic (pan-India and pan-religious) ones - Aryan and Suhana. The Khan has been bequeathed by me so they can’t really escape it.”
On the work front, SRK is yet to announce his next film post the failure of Zero. He has a few production ventures including Abhishek Bachchan’s Bob Biswas, which went on floors earlier this week.