What if I were born as a grasshopper in my next life? There's so much that I'd miss about this life," says Shah Rukh Khan, admitting that it's something he thinks about. Evidently trying to make a case for his latest offering, Zero — which hits screens today — he talks about how director Aanand L Rai wanted the film to celebrate life, despite limitations.

"The idea was to see if a vertically challenged person could make you feel shorter than him. So, [when prepping for the part] I didn't want to learn from the experience of a vertically challenged man, since it could be [peppered with] cynicism," he says.