Shah Rukh Khan opens up on being self-critical, talks of dealing with failure: ‘I hate this feeling and…’

Shah Rukh Khan opened up recently about being self-critical and how he deals with failure. The superstar said that he hates the feeling and often cries in the bathroom. However, he is quick to move on, not letting the setback affect him for long.

In the Global Freight Summit in Dubai, Shah Rukh said that he is self-critical. “I hate feeling this and then I cry a lot in my bathroom. I do not show it to anyone. You can wallow and self-pity for that much time. And then you have to believe that the world is not against you. Your film did not go wrong because of you or because the world is conspiring to destroy your work. You have to believe that you made it badly. Then you have to move on,” he said.

He added, “There are moments of despair but there are moments which say, ‘no, shut up, get up and get on with it’. You should not believe that things are going wrong only for you. Life moves on. Life does what it does. You cannot start blaming life for what it does. You have to remember it must be something that I or the business did wrong; or the business, marketing or strategy went wrong. I need to figure it out, recalibrate and come back.”

The superstar reflected on failure and said, “When you fail, you should not believe that your product or service or job went wrong. Maybe you just misunderstood the ecosystem you were working in. You have to understand how people are reacting. If I cannot elicit an emotion from the people I cater to, then my product is not going to work how wonderful it may be.”

Shah Rukh will be seen next in Sujoy Ghosh’s actioner King, which is set to be released next year. It also stars his daughter Suhana Khan.