Shah Rukh Khan Copied Kamal Haasan, But Is Not Even Equal To Dirt On His Feet: Lilliput
Lilliput compared SRK and Kamal Haasan's portrayals of dwarfs in their films and slammed the Bollywood star.
Shah Rukh Khan's portrayal of a dwarf in Zero left many disheartened. The film was a colossal failure at the at box office, prompting Shah Rukh Khan to rethink his choices. MM Faruqui, popularly known as Lilliput, is still miffed with SRK because of how he played a dwarf on screen. He compared SRK's character to Kamal Haasan's character in Appu Raja and said that the Bollywood actor is not even equal in talent to the dirt on the South superstar's feet.
Talking to Red FM Podcasts, Lilliput said, 'Someone who is not blind will act like they are blind, but for a person who is not a dwarf, how will you act like a dwarf? Because dwarfs are normal, their hand movements are normal, they laugh and think like anyone else, they only look a different way. So, how will you act that out? You will make him look smaller technically."
He mentioned that SRK has too much star power to play such a character. 'We know you are good-looking and cute, so our impression of what you are ends there. We are not looking at a dwarf, we are looking at a hero who has been made to look like a dwarf via visual effects," he said and asked, 'And what is your script trying to say?"
Comparing SRK's film to Kamal Haasan's Appu Raja, he said, 'You look at Appu Raja's intelligence. Kamal Haasan picked out the details of the physicality of a dwarf person." 'Dwarfs are a little distorted, their fingers are smaller, a little thicker, their arms, face, and feet are different, so when you are not able to leave an impact, then why are you making it? And how could you think that you would leave an impact?" he questioned.
Lilliput even compared the acting prowess of the two stars and said, 'Kamal ji ki aap copy kar rahe ho. Unke acting ki charno ki dhool bhi nahi ho aap (You are copying Kamal ji when you are not even equal to the dirt on his feet)."
After Zero's failure, Shah Rukh Khan took a break from acting and reconsidered his choices. He made a huge comeback in 2023 with Pathaan, Jawan and Dunki. Recently, he won his first Best Actor National Award for his role in Jawan.
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