Exclusive! Mahesh Manjrekar: Shah Rukh Khan has not done justice to his talent, doing roles like Ranbir Kapoor and Ranveer Singh – Times of India

Talking about the same, Mahesh Manjrekar said, “My all time favourite actor is Ranbir Kapoor because he’s a phenomenal actor. Salman I don’t need to even say because of the relationship I share with him and I love him as my brother. There is something very honest about him. One actor who I feel has not done justice to his talent is Shah Rukh Khan. The problem is that he doesn’t want to break that shell. They want to live in that shell of comfort that my this film worked, that film worked, lover boy image. They need to break that shell now. Today, people would say SRK ki chali I would say nahi re. Shah Rukh Khan is doing what Ranveer Singh or Ranbir Kapoor is doing. So why will people see a Shah Rukh Khan movie? They would want to see Shah Rukh in a role where they would say, ‘Yeh role Shah Rukh ka tha. Age bhi right hai, sab right hai.’ Somewhere I feel, he should do something out of the box. And he will do a brilliant job. He is a fantastic actor. Ranveer Singh is a good actor but he is still in the mould of thoda sa Sanju lagta hai thoda sa. He does both – commercial cinema and character-driven. One actor who will go a long way is Aayush Sharma.”

Mahesh Manjrekar somewhere feels that Shah Rukh Khan needs to do something which is different than his lover boy image. While he also believe that the actor is a fantastic actor and if he does something different on big screen, his fans will remember him. Talking about the director’s work, Mahesh Manjrekar is currently busy promoting ‘Antim: The Final Truth’ and is also working on OTT projects.