At a recent press conference of Jawan, Shah Rukh Khan revealed how he and Atlee fooled Deepika Padukone.
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00:00 You know, to sit here with your whole team, with Deepika feeling the most awkward, I'll
00:05 tell you why.
00:06 Because she feels, "Main toh yeh dosti mein chota sa role karne aagayi thi, but between
00:10 me and Atli, we fooled her and shot a full-length film with her.
00:14 She's not even realized."
00:15 So, when she was…
00:17 I think when she saw the film, she was like, "Oh, I'm one of the main characters."
00:21 She didn't even know.
00:22 So she's very awkward sitting here, but thank you, Deepika, from the bottom of her
00:25 hearts for being part of this film.
00:27 As far as, like I'm saying, to sit down and praise each other, for me, would be really
00:34 awkward because the amount of love that Atli sir has put into this film.
00:40 All the boys and girls who came before and spoke, all the technicians in the film, Vijay
00:45 sir, the hard work they have put in.
00:47 I've always been a fan of cinema from the South.
00:51 Even when I don't understand the language at times, I've tried to watch it.
00:55 Unfortunately, you can hear it in dubbed and also read the subtitles.
00:59 But to come here and create this cinema for the whole of the country, for me it is actually
01:06 more than happiness, for me it is one of the greatest satisfactions of having worked in
01:11 the Indian film industry for thirty-two years.
01:13 So thank you so much, Atli sir.
01:16 Thank you, Vijay sir.
01:17 Thank you, Nayanji, who's not here.
01:19 Thank you everyone who's been part of this film.
01:22 And thank you, Deepika, for not catching on that we had made you shoot the whole film
01:26 and you thought you had a small role in the film.
01:29 Let's talk to the lady who was awkward, she didn't want to sit in the middle.
01:33 You know, I thought I was going to ask you this, "You lied to us that you have a special
01:37 appearance."
01:38 But she has already told us this.
01:41 Deepika, what an impact.
01:43 Because this was not a special appearance, this was the most special appearance.
01:48 The role that you have played and the kind of reaction that everybody is giving this
01:52 role, what has been the one standout thing for you?
01:55 Like, what is the one thing which you have heard from someone that made you feel emotional
02:00 about the success?
02:04 I mean, a lot of it…
02:08 I mean, all of it has been overwhelming to be honest.
02:11 And I'm now discovering that I was fooled and conned on this stage.
02:19 I was shooting for Project K in Hyderabad and both of them flew down to come and see
02:26 me and they narrated the whole story to me and told me this very important part of Aishwarya.
02:40 And for me, it wasn't about the length of the role, it was about the impact that this
02:45 character was going to have on the entire film.
02:50 And so for me, it was twofold.
02:52 For me, one is everyone knows my love for him and you know, I'll… whatever he wants,
03:00 I'll always be there.
03:01 But also the movie was so, so special that as any actor, not just me, I'm sure any
03:10 actor if they were offered this part, they would just say yes to it because it was about
03:14 the vision.
03:15 And I think all of us, everyone here today has invested in that vision.
03:19 It's not about how big or small your role was.
03:23 So for me to just… it was about the story that we were telling, the impact that this
03:28 movie was going to have on the lives of this amazing audience.
03:32 And it's similar to what Sanya said, which is they started narrating the whole thing
03:39 and in the first one minute, I was like, "Why are you even wasting your energy?
03:42 Of course I'm going to do it."
03:45 And yeah, that's it.
03:46 And the rest of it is always when Shah Rukh and I are working together, it's not… we're
03:50 not co-stars, we're not… you know, it's not… it's not formal, it's just… there's
03:56 just lots of love and I think that's what always comes through in our work.
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