The three superstars, usually hailed because the “Khans of Bollywood”, appeared collectively on the stage throughout a session on the Joy Forum 2025 on Friday.
Salman, identified for his trademark humour and straight discuss, downplayed the thought of stardom and mentioned the three of them by no means thought-about themselves “stars”.
“None of us name ourselves stars. Some journalists might write ‘Salman Khan, star’ or ‘Aamir Khan, tremendous duper star’, however we don’t consider in it in any respect. At dwelling, we’re similar to everybody else. I nonetheless get yelled at by my father and mom,” he mentioned.
“It’s the individuals we work with — the administrators, DOPs, writers — and the audiences who make us who we’re. They’re those who flip common, mediocre individuals like me into what you see on display screen,” Salman, 59, added.
According to Shah Rukh, the stardom is due to the emotional join that they’ve with the followers.
“Aamir is extraordinarily organised, perfectionist as they name him… He works very arduous making an attempt to inform a narrative. Salman has his freewheeling option to are available and work as a result of it comes from the guts. I attempt to amalgamate each of those. But on the finish, the core worth that the three of us, all different stars and many different stars who will come alongside the way in which, there’s a emotional join that our movies have.
“Maybe it is our culture or maybe we belong to India… there is a familial connect somewhere, whatever be the story. If I’m playing good guy, bad guy, happy guy, poor guy or rich guy, whatever character we are playing, I think the culture part of it and the emotional connect transcends boundaries of language and platforms,” he defined.
The actor, who will flip 60 on November 2, mentioned he’s on the “duty of serving audiences”.
“I always make sure they get entertainment, and I am forever grateful for the love and support my fans have given me over the last 35 years… I look up to these guys. Look at me, I’m still looking up to Salman! They are aspirational and inspirational, and I feel really grateful to sit on the same stage with them,” Shah Rukh added.
Aamir mirrored on how future and timing formed their careers and saying it’s inconceivable to clarify “how or why we became stars”.
“Perhaps all three of us had been lucky to be born in India, the place we could possibly be part of Hindi cinema. Had we been born elsewhere, we wouldn’t have been right here,” the 60-year-old mentioned.
“It’s about alternative, being in the appropriate place on the proper time. Of course, everybody works arduous, however many elements work in your favour which can be past your management,” Aamir added.
In one of the crucial viral moments from the session, Salman identified that each he and Aamir hail from movie households. “But this man here (SRK) didn’t — he came from Delhi,” he mentioned.
To this, Shah Rukh responded, “Salman, I’m sorry, however I additionally come from a movie household. Salman’s household is my household. Aamir’s household is my household.” Aamir quipped, “Now why Shah Rukh is a star,” drawing an applause from the viewers.
He additionally mentioned among the many three of them, he’s most likely the “most reluctant star”. “I like to stay in the corner. I don’t like the limelight on me — I’m not comfortable with that,” Aamir mentioned.
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Shah Rukh later teased the opportunity of a long-awaited collaboration among the many three.
“It’s been too long I’ve been humble… I’ve been too nice, too kind. I have to say, if three of us are in a project, it is a dream itself. Hopefully not a nightmare… Inshallah, whenever we get an opportunity, a story, we’re always sitting, whenever Aamir, Salman, and myself, we get together… I feel thankful to be on the same stage with them,” he mentioned.
Salman teased him and mentioned, “So, Shah Rukh has this one thing. He keeps saying over and over again… I want him to say that here. Try and say that here that nobody can afford us three in a film together. Say it.” Shah Rukh replied, “I don’t wish to say it in Saudi as a result of everybody will rise up and say, ‘Habibi, carried out, carried out, carried out!’ Affordability isn’t nearly cash — it’s about time, eccentricities, and the way in which we work. We joke a lot that any director must inform us to begin working!” Aamir mentioned the three of them really feel emotionally prepared to return collectively for a movie.
“It’s just a matter of coming across the right script. So hopefully… it’s going to be the script that’s going to be the most important for the three of us,” he mentioned.
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