During a podcast with AIB, Shah Rukh Khan was asked some pointed questions about perennially being targeted due to his influential mega-star status and the meaning of taking a political stand in Bollywood.
Here are a few things SRK said about not being able to express things he feels strongly about:
On the whole Padmavati row, wherein filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali was assaulted on his film set by Hindu extremists, he said:
On his game plan for converting the haters and Twitter trolls into fans, he said:
On feeling stifled on several occasions because of his celeb status, SRK said:
On journalists questioning why Bollywood celebs "don't have a spine" like Meryl Streep, SRK said:
Watch the intensely entertaining Part 1 of the podcast here: