<p class="title">On the surface, Anurag Kashyap and Shah Rukh Khan may belong to different cinematic universes but the filmmaker vows not to leave Bollywood until he works with the superstar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In his career of more than two decades, Kashyap several times came close to working with Shah Rukh, who also happens to be his Delhi University senior.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a group interview, Kashyap said the 52-year-old actor was keen to work with him in "No Smoking", a film which eventually went to John Abraham.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He wanted to do 'No Smoking' and he was very upset when I went away from him. I also went to him with 'Allwyn Kalicharan.' I wanted to do that with him and a big superstar from Hollywood. Everything was almost done but then again (it didn't happen).</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But we will work together. I won't go anywhere without making a film with Shah Rukh Khan... I will write a film that will lure him. He should be attracted to it, he should be dying do the film," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Calling his relationship with SRK "strange", the director said he is in awe of the actor.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He is my senior from university, he has been there like a big brother helping me. He is super successful. When he loves you, he approaches things like, in my struggling years, (he used to tell me), 'if you do what I tell you to do, your problems will disappear'. But I didn't want him to make my life," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kashyap, who over the years has earned the image of a rebel in Bollywood, said he can fight with anyone but Shah Rukh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He is the only guy I can never speak upto. I can fight with the world but not him. If he scolds me, I'll sit in a corner and cry. He is someone I have this love for. I love him to death," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The director revealed SRK often pokes fun at him, bullies him but he is charming as well.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 45-year-old filmmaker was speaking on the sidelines of 'India and the world - The Changing Narrative' film festival conceptualised by writer Anuraadha Tewari, held at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kashyap, who is a regular at various Indian and international film festivals, said movie fests "saved" him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Film festivals showed me a way how to make low budget films. In the sense, while I'm making a film which doesn't have a lot of pedigreed star cast, the interest in the project is created by film festivals. If my films works there, it'll help me create awareness here." </p>
<p class="title">On the surface, Anurag Kashyap and Shah Rukh Khan may belong to different cinematic universes but the filmmaker vows not to leave Bollywood until he works with the superstar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In his career of more than two decades, Kashyap several times came close to working with Shah Rukh, who also happens to be his Delhi University senior.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a group interview, Kashyap said the 52-year-old actor was keen to work with him in "No Smoking", a film which eventually went to John Abraham.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He wanted to do 'No Smoking' and he was very upset when I went away from him. I also went to him with 'Allwyn Kalicharan.' I wanted to do that with him and a big superstar from Hollywood. Everything was almost done but then again (it didn't happen).</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But we will work together. I won't go anywhere without making a film with Shah Rukh Khan... I will write a film that will lure him. He should be attracted to it, he should be dying do the film," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Calling his relationship with SRK "strange", the director said he is in awe of the actor.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He is my senior from university, he has been there like a big brother helping me. He is super successful. When he loves you, he approaches things like, in my struggling years, (he used to tell me), 'if you do what I tell you to do, your problems will disappear'. But I didn't want him to make my life," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kashyap, who over the years has earned the image of a rebel in Bollywood, said he can fight with anyone but Shah Rukh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He is the only guy I can never speak upto. I can fight with the world but not him. If he scolds me, I'll sit in a corner and cry. He is someone I have this love for. I love him to death," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The director revealed SRK often pokes fun at him, bullies him but he is charming as well.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 45-year-old filmmaker was speaking on the sidelines of 'India and the world - The Changing Narrative' film festival conceptualised by writer Anuraadha Tewari, held at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kashyap, who is a regular at various Indian and international film festivals, said movie fests "saved" him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Film festivals showed me a way how to make low budget films. In the sense, while I'm making a film which doesn't have a lot of pedigreed star cast, the interest in the project is created by film festivals. If my films works there, it'll help me create awareness here." </p>