SRK, Salman won’t reconcile anytime soon

For the first time, speaking openly about his differences with his contemporary Salman Khan,Bollywood BadshahShah Rukh Khan said here yesterday that their problems won't be resolved publicly. The actor, who recently tweeted to have danced with Salman at the premiere ofJab Tak Hai Jaan,said they will not reconcile anytime soon. "We have had a little bit of personal issue. This is not the first time, it is about four years ago. We were very close for 20 years... We have certain things that are similar and there are certain things which we disagree on. So at this point of time we are on that plane of disagreement," Shah Rukh said at Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2012.

HisJab Tak Hai Jaanco-star Katrina Kaif, who was also present there, said she would love to see them in a film together, probably produced by her. On this comment, SRK joked that he would do the film for Katrina's sake. However, on a serious note he said, "There may come a time when these things get resolved but it will never be on a public platform. It will be a personal thing. It is a serious matter and it cannot be resolved by working in a film together or if someone asks us to try and resolve the matter. None else can resolve it for us, only we can do it…It will take time. It may happen someday." Talking about his strained relationship with Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, whose party attacked King Khan's filmMy Name Is Khan, he said, "I have personal relationship with Bala saheb, Uddhav and Raj. This kind of issue was suddenly brought up... I do understand the politics or the misunderstanding of it. I don't know how it went beyond that”. SRK was one of the many celebrities who visited Thackeray's residence Matoshree in Mumbai yesterday to inquire about the ailing leader's health condition.

On why he broke his never to kiss on-screen vow in his latest release, he said, "I have never kissed on-screen because I was very awkward about it. I always had two reservations, kissing and the other horse riding. I did the kissing sequence in the film because I was told by Adi (Aditya Chopra) and Yash ji that it was required in the film. They knew I was not comfortable so they forced me to do it and in the end I had to give in." "So... when heroines say that 'I wore a bikini because the story demanded me to', I did it (the kiss) because the story demanded it. Believe me or don't believe it," said the 47-year-old actor, who has been in showbiz for over two decades,” he said adding, "It is very mechanical with 100 people telling you what to do. It's very odd. I don't even do photoshoots with heroines if it is not for my film and that is also rude, but I don't want to waste anyone's time. I find it very awkward taking my shirt off and posing. I can do it in character for film.

” While many Bollywood actors are making their way into Hollywood as well as politics, SRK doesn't consider himself fit to be a part of politics. "First of all, I have not been offered any Hollywood movie. I know a lot of people working in the production of Hollywood films. There are a lot of studios here, so we keep meeting the studio heads also. But I don't feel I have the USP of being in Hollywood," Shah Rukh told reporters. Asked if he plans to be a politician in future, Shah Rukh said: "I have been asked this question for the past many years. I know many politicians and have huge amount of respect for them. I talk a lot to them too, but politics is not my job profile." Whenasked, is he at all ashamed the way he treated Sourav Ganguly, the superstar said in a light tone, "I humiliated? My team did... they should apologise. I did not. I have no regrets at all. The team decides and the coaches decide, and I am not being diplomatic with this." He added, “I think we treated him well enough. Having said that, I think he is one of the greatest players the country has, but in that part of format of cricket, after three years, maybe the team management did not think it that way.”