Bollywood's Khan Flops as Superhero in India's Costliest Movie - San Francisco Chronicle

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Shah Rukh Khan climbed to the summit of Bollywood on a path trodden in the U.S. by stars like Humphrey Bogart and Cary Grant: playing mostly the same character in film after film.

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Khan at his box-office best portrays a fast-talking, modern young man with raffish good looks who enchants the heroine and then reveals a respect for Indian tradition that charms her mother. When mum asks the couple to elope, our hero refuses and vows to win over the grumpy patriarchal father, thus capturing the hearts and rupees of every movie-going daughter and mother.

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In "Ra.One," India's most expensive film which premiered in Dubai last week, he strays from the formula and pays the price. This time, Khan plays the roles of bumbling computer nerd Shekhar and the computer-game hero he invents. The movie, which Khan said cost the co-producers more than 850 million rupees ($17.4 million), is a dated video game dressed in the garb of an unoriginal film without a shred of the mystery, mythology, conflict or depth that characterize a good superhero movie.

Bollywood's Khan Flops as Superhero in India's Costliest Movie - San Francisco Chronicle