I always wanted to be a porn star: Shah Rukh Khan

Mangalore Today

December 8: No body can beat Shah Rukh Khan when it comes to taking pot shots at himself. The Badshah of Bollywood was at his wittiest when he shared his aspiration of becoming a porn star.

The actor was here to launch management guru Arindam Chaudhuri’s new book ’Discover the Diamond in You’ when he revealed his desire. "I always wanted to be porn star. I am going to work with all the positivity and clarity to be a porn star," Shah Rukh said much to the amusement of the packed audience. And where did this inspiration arise from? "I have always been a huge fan of Sylvester Stallone who was a porn star before becoming Hollywood superstar," the actor said.

Shah Rukh, famous for his outrageously funny remarks did tickle the funny bone of the audience who was in for a laugh riot while listening to the actor. And it was the icing on the cake when the actor said, "I will take my flag and put it up in America after becoming the biggest porn star of the world."

The whole joke started when Chaudhuri, while reading excerpts from his book gave example of Stallone’s determination and his journey from a porn star to becoming one of the Hollywood’s icons. He also referred how Akio Morita, founder of Sony, Japanese electronics giant, started the company with a dream to have his country’s flag flutter high on the soils of US. "You see that is what happens with students like me who take all the wrong things from best of the examples given to them," Shah Rukh jested. Mid-Day