Love him or hate him, Shah Rukh Khan is the “Badshah of Bollywood”. His respect for Kamal was news especially during Hey Ram, a movie which he is supposed to have done without remuneration. Why he did so might be explained by the below quote…

I walk down the road and people want to kiss me. I’d never do all that to anyone. Not Mr. Bachchan or Mr. Rajnikant. The exception is Kamal. I asked him if I could touch him when I first met him. He has an amazing sense of using space. When he plays an old man his gait and the way he stands is enough to convey his age. He doesn’t need make-up. I find him greater than Dustin Hoffman and De Niro put together, I know Kamal can make you cry with a look in his eyes. I know his pauses. He has an amazing sense of timing that he knows the audience likes. He’s a technician par excellence. That kind of knowledge and control every actor should strive to get.

This quote is taken from Bollyspace blog. Double thanks to Bollyspace, for also listing this blog in the Filmy Blogs section.

Image courtesy: Philip Lutgendorf, University of Iowa.