It was a good opportunity to do what we did: SRK

You were supposed to do the Angoor remake with Rohit Shetty How did 39Chennai Express39 happen Ronnie Screwvala had signed Rohit for the 39Angoor39 remake Meanwhile I had just seen 39Golmaal 339 We had an Angoor narration and then Rohit told me that he had another script a love story he had written eight years ago When I heard it I fell in love with the story After that I called everyone and said we should do this project It was a much bigger film and as a producer I like to do big films as 39Angoor39 by virtue is a much smaller film People in the industry said that you stole Ajay Devgnrsquos director I donrsquot think mujhe kissi cheez ki chori karne ki zaroorat hai If people want to gossip what can I say Main apne khoon pasine ki khata hoon and I believe that people want to work with me as an actor So all those who are saying these things may God bless them Rohit Shettyrsquos films are mostly action Did your injury come in the way I injured my shoulder in December I informed Rohit and we designed the shoot in a way that we finished the action portions first Most of the action was setrelated so it wasnrsquot difficult and Rohit is fantastic in his work so it was safe too In fact there was not one stuntman used for my stunts and no wires were used either When and why did you guys decide to release the film on Eid day It all started with my surgery I was supposed to shoot with Farah Khan for 20 days in January for 39Happy New Year39 but jab pata chala that Irsquom injured and I could not delay my surgery for three to four months we decided to finish the action But the pain was getting worse so I requested Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Deepika Padukone to allot us 15 days from their 39Ram Leela39 schedule They were gracious enough to agree and then we made the second set in Wai instead of flying to Kodaikanal We were earlier targetting October 11 but the action sequences got over so the VFX was done earlier and thatrsquos when we decided that we can try and target Eid You had once said that your films do not do well in Bihar Do you think this massy film with Rohit Shetty will cover that area too A distributor told me that aapki picture Bihar mein nahi chalti But ab release hone ke pehle why should we assume that the film wonrsquot do well Letrsquos wait and watch This regionalisation is small talk Films are global I donrsquot make movies thinking that Bihar mein itna hoga Artistes sheher ki hisaab se thodi film banate hai Ho sakta hai meri film yahaan nahi chalti hogi but wahaan chalti hogi Aur agar kahi chalti nahi hoti toh 20 saal se thodi na mein kaam karta rehta laughs When Salman Khan and you hugged it became the talk of the town Did I ever talk about my fight with Salman Khan I donrsquot think that both of us have any reasons to discuss our personal equations outside The world has already analysed it for so many years now that the truth now canrsquot be explained We are two mature gentlemen My fight with an actor at a party or my fights with someone at a cricket stadium are my personal issues and I canrsquot explain them I donrsquot wish to explain every every single action of mine I feel that if love friendship and relationships become public they become confusing It was a good opportunity to do what we did And how we resolve our issues or are they resolved yet or will they ever get resolved is nobodyrsquos business But you seem to have rivalries with Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn as well Log karte honge main nahi karta I never had any issues and whenever we meet we talk I donrsquot have rivalry with anyone My blinkers are on in my race where I donrsquot see who is behind or ahead when I run it is only me About your newborn son AbRam you said his birth was a happy as well as a sad moment He was a premature baby but woh theek ho jayega Someone asked me about how my son is and I said he is untouched by media and I would like to keep it that way as long as I can But Shah Rukh Khan ka beta hai to kabhi na kabhi toh dikh hi jayega