Shah Rukh Khan says romantic movies are his least favourite, he likes to watch Tom Cruise movies: ‘I’m not limited to a genre…’ Filmymeet

Shah Rukh Khan is touted as the ultimate romantic hero. The way he spreads his arms and romances a heroine on-screen is something which cannot be replicated. He’s truly known to be the ultimate romantic hero. While one would think that it comes easy to him, SRK has now admitted that romantic movies are his least favourite.
He has earlier also said at several instances that it’s not easy to be convincing at what he does.It doesn’t come naturally to him, the way people think. Now during a chat with Variety, the actor has admitted that he loves Tom Cruise movies and felt he had not done an out-and-out action movie before ‘Pathaan‘ and ‘Jawan’. Hence, he wanted to do those. As a viewer, he mentioned, he’s not limited to any genre. He said during a chat with Variety, “I’m not limited to a genre as a viewer. I like to see action films. Strangely, my least favorite is romantic films. I like science-fiction films, dystopian world films, off-beat, human drama films. I love courtroom dramas. I love thrillers. I sometimes like a horror film. I just felt a couple of years when I wasn’t working, that I haven’t done an out-and-out action film. I like Tom Cruise films. “Mission Impossible” — you don’t really have to worry. You will come back satisfied more often than not.”
He further spoke about his romantic hero image and said, “I have a dream. I want to have a room with pictures where — and this is not a narcissistic thing — if I look at my work, every film should feel of a genre that I have grown up watching. I’m not limited to a genre as a viewer. I like to see action films. Strangely, my least favorite is romantic films.”
SRK further added that he’s surprised by this romantic hero tag and here’s why. He revealed, “As much as I love it, I’m surprised by the term of being a romantic hero. I’ve never thought of myself as that, to be honest. The other day, I was sitting with [director] Aditya Chopra, who kind of started this process with “DDLJ” [“Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge”]. And he said, “If we count, you’ve done about five or six romantic films, which are considered classic, sweeping romantic films — ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge,’ maybe ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai,’ ‘Dil To Pagal Hai,’ ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.’” I don’t think “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham” is a romantic film. I think I agree with him, but one gets obviously classified as that.”