SRK : Tech Savvy
According to media reports, the king of Bollywood ShahRukh Khan labelled himself a ‘geek’, insisting that it’s in the ‘positive sense of the word’. “I was introduced to computers at an early age, in class VII,” ShahRukh Khan reminisced. Reportedly, King Khan dabbles more with his computer than his cell phone.
The media reported that, during his school days at St Columbus in Delhi, Shah Rukh had learned the basics of disk operating system (DOS) and programming languages like Basic and COBOL, and later graduated to use an Apple Macintosh which remains one of his favourite computers.
The actor is reported to be tech-savvy so much so that he even edits movies on Avid (a film-editing software) and uses the latest laptops with sensors that can follow a two-finger trail and scroll pages. He’s even planning to have his own special effects studio.
ShahRukh Khan was quoted saying, “Red Chilies, as a matter of fact, is looking at getting into special effects and we intend to make two films this year. I don’t run Red Chillies with a commercial bent of mind. I like to do one film that does well commercially and then experiment with something new like ‘Paheli’.”
So, commercial film feature first in ShahRukh Khan’s priority list and then comes offbeat films. “The thrust of Red Chillies is to be educated in all kinds of cinema and technology is something that I really promote in my company. So, the next step forward is that by the end of this year, I would like to have my own special effects unit in place,” added ShahRukhKhan.
Shahrukh, you are King Khan in the real sense of the term!!!