Hollywood Actor Hugh Jackman, Bollywood Actor Shah Rukh Khan Form Mutual Admiration Club
Australian actor Hugh Jackman is open to Bollywood offers but feels that he would need to take Bollywood dancing lessons before signing one. He wants to be as good as Bollywood superstar, Shah Rukh Khan. The King of Bollywood, however, disagrees as he believes that the Wolverine actor can act, dance, sing and fight better than anyone else in the world.
In an interview to The Hindustan Times, Jackman said that Shah Rukh Khan himself showed him a few steps when he was in India two years ago.
"I had a really good time," he said.
"I can carry a note, I'd just have to learn the language. I'm probably not as good as Shah Rukh at the Bollywood dancing, so I'd need lessons. But I'm open to all offers."
The Hollywood actor had visited Mumbai, India in March, 2011 to deliver a keynote address at the FICCI FRAMES Conference.
"I have had a few meetings with some directors over these past couple of days," Jackman had said at the time, as quoted in India Today. "It's a hint that you might soon see me in a Bollywood movie."
The actor also had an impromptu Bollywood dance moment with Shah Rukh Khan, imitating his Bollywood dance moves.
Responding to Jackman's "I'm probably not as good as Shah Rukh..." the Bollywood actor wrote on Facebook, "Hugh Jackman my friend u can dance...sing...act...fight better than anyone else in the world. U r Wolverine..the one and only!!!"
Hugh Jackman's starrer The Wolverine, the latest movie in the X-Men series, opens in the U.S. theatres on Friday.
Shah Rukh Khan is currently busy promoting his upcoming action comedy Chennai Express, slated to release on August 09, 2013. The movie was earlier set to release on August 08.
"We always wanted to come on Eid for 'Chennai Express' and now the festival will be celebrated on 9th, which also happens to be a holiday, so it makes sense to release the film on that day," Gaurav Verma, director of India Theatrical Distribution Studios at Disney UTV, said in a statement.