Shah Rukh Khan had initially resisted playing the lead in Aditya Chopra’s “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge”, the 1995 mega hit that created his screen persona of a yuppie romantic hero, says film critic Anupama Chopra in her biography on the Bollywood superstar.

The actor enjoys stardom, but gets creative satisfaction from playing diverse, unconventional roles, Chopra says in “King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema” that was launched in New York last week.

She says that “Darr” led him to the Yash Chopra-Karan Johar camp. “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” and “Dil To Paagal Hai” built upon the “Dilwale…” persona. Read the rest of this entry »