{"id":381563,"date":"2026-04-08T15:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/381563\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:20:10","slug":"shah-rukh-khan-can-never-act-like-a-villager-unlike-akshay-kumar-who-can-look-like-a-common-man-says-priyadarshan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/381563\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Shah Rukh Khan can never act like a villager, unlike Akshay Kumar who can look like a common man,’ says Priyadarshan |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'Shah Filmmaker Priyadarshan<\/a> recently weighed in on the contrasting screen personas of Shah Rukh Khan<\/a> and Akshay Kumar<\/a>, pointing out how their individual styles shape the kind of roles they can convincingly portray.Priyadarshan highlighted Akshay\u2019s ability to seamlessly blend into the role of an everyday man. He said in an interview with India Today, \u201cThe plus point of Akshay is that he can look like a common man. His body language, the way he walks, especially when I did Khatta Meetha, I really thought that he looked like a road contractor who is struggling,\u201d he said. He further added, \u201cMany actors have a little more stylish way of carrying themselves. Akshay can definitely look, and has the body language of a common man. And he lived as an ordinary man, so he understands the nuances of an ordinary man.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\u201cWho Are You Most Scared Of?\u201d Akshay Kumar & Priyadarshan Spill Secrets | Bhoot Bangla On the other hand, the director explained that Shah Rukh\u2019s polished, urban persona can sometimes limit his ability to convincingly portray more rooted, rural characters. Recalling their collaboration on Billu Barber, he shared, \u201cI remember I took SRK to a very remote village, a deep village in the South. So, he asked me, \u2018How did you find this place?\u2019\u201d He went on to recount SRK\u2019s own admission: \u201cHe told me something. I can never relate to a village because I always grew up in Delhi,\u201d adding, \u201cShah Rukh can never act as a villager, because his body language is very polished, very urban.\u201dPriyadarshan also spoke about his storytelling style, which often draws from the struggles of ordinary people. \u201cWhat I call is humour of life, humour of poverty,\u201d he said, elaborating on his approach to filmmaking. Referencing Hera Pheri, he added, \u201cActually, if you ask me, Hera Pheri is a comedy of poverty. Everybody is desperate, no money, nothing.\u201dMeanwhile, Priyadarshan is preparing for the release of his upcoming film Bhooth Bangla, headlined by Akshay Kumar. The film also features Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Tabu, and Wamiqa Gabbi in key roles, and is slated to hit theatres on April 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Filmmaker Priyadarshan recently weighed in on the contrasting screen personas of Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar, pointing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[15530,144286,182433,182434,146,24724,85,46,165471,397,24723,144287,404,25552],"class_list":{"0":"post-381563","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-akshay-kumar","9":"tag-bhooth-bangla","10":"tag-billu-barber","11":"tag-comedy-of-poverty","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-hera-pheri","14":"tag-il","15":"tag-israel","16":"tag-khatta-meetha","17":"tag-movies","18":"tag-priyadarshan","19":"tag-rajpal-yadav","20":"tag-shah-rukh-khan","21":"tag-wamiqa-gabbi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}