"I wanted Dada in KKR" :SRK

Shah Rukh Khan is out of his self-imposed exile. And he has a lot to talk about.

In a heart-to-heart, he chats about his (and probably B-Town's) most expensive film Ra.One, his IPL team without captain Saurav Ganguly, his TV show Zor Ka Jhatka, which didn't quite live upto its promise, and lots more. Read on for excerpts...

Let's get the big question out of the way.Saurav Ganguly is no longer part of your IPL team. How are things between you and him now?
They should be good. He is a very mature guy. So am I, in a way I think. I have left everything of the cricketing to the CEO and the coach. We've played three years, and played really poorly for whatever reasons. I am not getting into that as they are just excuses. Fact is, we as a team played poorly. When I say we, I mean the team, the management and the coaches.

And we made a lot of promises but it didn't work. You know filmmakers who make certain kind of films, suddenly change and do something different. I am not comparing but Raj Kapoor saab made Mera Naam Joker and then he made Bobby. It's an attempt to redo something. The first step was that I removed myself totally from the team. When I come in, too much emotional bonding happens, so I decided to stay away. I got the team, coach and the CEO to take the cricket decisions. I just didn't want to get into it, I said 'You guys go, select the team, just leave me out and try to save a little more money than we did last year because it's become very expensive!' They said, just leave it to us. Some of the decisions were very harsh...

Like dropping Saurav...
That was one. They asked me for my take on their decisions, and I told them, 'Look if you ask me then I am part of this. And then I would like to say who should be in the team.

And Dada should be in the team. But if you don't ask me and if I am out of this, then I am out of this completely.' First the management asked Dada if he could be part of the team as a mentor, as an ambassador, and then even I asked him, but he is still keen to play the game, and so should he. But in our scheme of things I think it is a very radical, big decision. I still would personally like him to play for us, but I don't know if the rulings allow. But I will speak to him again soon, I have been out of the country a lot shooting, and now I have finished both films on hand, so it's time to look into other things.

Source: Times of India