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Baloo






SRK look that bad in Bollywood World?!
replied on: 6/8/2003 1:57:01 PM
I was prompted to react to this by a comment made by a (Greek late-twenties female) friend I'm currently sharing an apartment with during my brief Luxembourg hiatus. I introduced her to the Indian films by explaining the concept and showing her the beginning of Dil se which, to me, combines a good filmi start with a powerful early song & dance routine to offer a good intro to the BW world. While introducing the characters, I explained Shah Rukh's divine status with the female crowd, to which my friend disbelievingly replied: "Him?? He's not even handsome!"

It's been mentioned or implied many times before that Shah Rukh's strong asset is his likable personality. Cases like this, coupled with my stereotipic reasoning, seem to strongly confirm this view. It is quite possible that once my friend gets to sit through an entirety of your typical Shah Rukh performance and sees him in action with the heroine, any passing lady, especially if she's elderly, assorted kids or friends, she will warm to his wonderful good-guy persona, and then he will suddenly appear much more attractive to her.

If you accept this theory, it also seems to support the stereotypical perception that women can indeed find beauty (or attractiveness) from within. Shah Rukh, who an unsuspecting stranger looking at his photograph might find to be exquisitely non-special, becomes the shrine of beauty to all those who love every little picture of him exactly because it reminds them of his fairytale persona. Accordingly, Shah Rukh is one of the few stars who would actually work on his sex appeal by maintaining his public image of loyalty and faithfulness, dismissing any doubts as to the fact that his romantic life revolves around Gauri and the children. "Ahh, he is so faithful," the masses gasp and yearn for him even more.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or, perhaps in this case, in her heart and dreams. ;-)
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