HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | INTERVIEWS 'Indianness is the religion of our country': Shah Rukh Khan26th Aug 2007 11.40 IST By Agencies Superstar Shah Rukh Khan does not believe in putting a tag of religion on people. In his opinion he is an Indian first. SRK’s portrayal of a Muslim hockey player out to prove his Indianness in Chak De India has earned him kudos. But the superstar says he does not identify with the main protagonist in the film. 
"No, not at all. I am Shahrukh Khan. I am a superstar in the country. People have loved me so much," he said in an interview to NDTV 24x7. "I am a complete promoter of the fact that if you have to ask am I a Muslim in a Hindu country, then I am not secular enough. I never asked myself that because I was never built like that. I think I am Indian," Khan said. The question of being Muslim, from which part of the country, has never mattered to him, King Khan said. "I think the religion of our country is Indianness," he said. Khan said he has never been ostracized on account of being a Muslim as the religion is not different to this country. "And I do not any which way think like what happened to Kabir (his role in ‘Chak De India’) will happen to me. I am an actor, so I just acted it out," he said. SRK’s character Kabir Khan in the film is a hockey player, a Muslim, who is ostracized and labeled a gaddar (traitor) because he misses a match-deciding penalty stroke against Pakistan. Asked about the success of the film, Khan said he sometimes felt stardom was coming in the way of him being able to perform the way he would like to. Khan’s next release would be Om Shanti Om , which is based on the subject of reincarnation. Related Shah Rukh Khan Chak De India Om Shanti Om | ALSO READ scoop ~ Yuvvraaj – Movie Review ~ Michael Jackson converts to Islam: report ~ A R Rahman inspires people to vote! ~ Hrithik Roshan to play lord Ram? ~ Sada enters Bollywood with 'Khallballi' ~ Konkona Sen does a lesbian act! ~ Ash and Bon Jovi unite for Live Earth ~ How Salman improvised a romantic scene with Katrina! ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Mallika Sherawat wins an award in US ~ Big B, Bon Jovi and Roger Waters team up for a cause ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Halloween, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Yuvvraaj, Dostana, Dasvidaniya, Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi, Golmaal Returns, Fashion, EMI, Heroes, Roadside Romeo, Kidnap, Drona, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! , Sorry Bhai , Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Horn Ok Pleassss MUSIC Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Yuvvraaj celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Koel Purie | Shahana Goswami | Adah Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Anushka Sharma | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Vidya Malvade | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | | more... | 
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