‘Ranbir May Not Be As Big As Shah Rukh Khan’

Jaideep
Ahlawat
feels
Ranbir
Kapoor
will
never
achieve
the
heights
of
Shah
Rukh
in
his
lifetime. 

In
an
interview
with

Lallantop,
the

Pataal
Lok
actor
said,
‘I
do
not
have
the
stature
to
judge
such
things.
But
being
popular
is
one
thing
and
getting
stardom
is
altogether
different. 

‘I
feel
Ranbir
Kapoor
is
a
brilliant
actor.
But
I
feel
it
is
possible
that
he
may
not
be
as
big
as
Shah
Rukh
Khan.

‘Acting
alone
didn’t
make
Shah
Rukh
Khan
what
he
is
today.
He
has
a
connection
with
people
and
that
played
a
big
role
(in
his
success).
It
is
not
necessary
that
a
person
becomes
a
big
star
only
on
his
acting
talent,’
Jaideep
says.

Jaideep
had
worked
with
Ranbir
in
the
2011
hit
film,

Rockstar,
playing
his
older
brother.

He
worked
with
Shah
Rukh
Khan
as
well,
in
2017’s

Raees.

In
an
earlier
interview
to

Humans
of
Bombay, Jaideep
had
said
that
during
the
shooting
of

Raees,
he
was
star-struck
by
Khan. 

‘I
forgot
that
I
was
an
actor
and
froze
on
my
first
scene
with
Shah
Rukh
Khan
in

Raees,’
Jaideep
had
said. 

Today,
Jaideep
has
become
a
bankable
star
as
well,
and
will
reunite
with
Khan
in

King.

King
is
especially
special
because
we
will
see
Khan
star
with
his
daughter
Suhana
Khan
for
the
first
time. 

Photographs
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff