<p>Going a step further, Khan said something no one else had dared to say. He told a private TV channel that learning Marathi cannot be a prerequisite for being a true Mumbaikar.<br />The star, who hails from Delhi but made his film career in Mumbai, said for him “it is always the country first.” But “yes, I do agree whatever I am today in my professional job and my life and my future is because of the job I have got in this city, so I really think highly of this, so how can I be anti-Mumbai?”<br /><br />When asked for his take on Mumbai, Khan was absolutely clear. “Yes, it belongs to everyone.” Should he be learning Marathi? “...I don’t think its a pre-requisite (for being a Mumbaikar).. I am as Mumbaikar as anyone else. I don’t think it is a major criterion.”<br />Shouldn’t he be learning Marathi after having lived in Mumbai for 20 years? “That would be hugely difficult because I am bad at languages and I just personally, not politically, am quite ashamed that I’ve not been able to learn it in 20 years.”<br /><br />“But my children know it, its a natural progression, they are born here, they are surrounded by it,” the actor said, and spoke a few lines in Marathi himself.<br /><br />Talking about differing ideologies, Khan said everyone says, “Jai Hind, Jai Maharashtra,” and there is no question of anyone in Mumbai or even in the country otherwise. “It can be ‘Jai Hind, Jai Dilli’, it can be ‘Jai Hind, Jai Bihar’, ‘Jai Hind, Jai Gujarat’, ‘Jai Hind, Jai Kerala’ , ‘Jai Hind, Jai Bengal’ or ‘Jai Hind, Jai Maharashtra’...,” he said. <br /><br />Talking to another channel, Shah Rukh made it clear that for him the chapter of his comments on Pakistani players in the IPL is closed.</p>
<p>Going a step further, Khan said something no one else had dared to say. He told a private TV channel that learning Marathi cannot be a prerequisite for being a true Mumbaikar.<br />The star, who hails from Delhi but made his film career in Mumbai, said for him “it is always the country first.” But “yes, I do agree whatever I am today in my professional job and my life and my future is because of the job I have got in this city, so I really think highly of this, so how can I be anti-Mumbai?”<br /><br />When asked for his take on Mumbai, Khan was absolutely clear. “Yes, it belongs to everyone.” Should he be learning Marathi? “...I don’t think its a pre-requisite (for being a Mumbaikar).. I am as Mumbaikar as anyone else. I don’t think it is a major criterion.”<br />Shouldn’t he be learning Marathi after having lived in Mumbai for 20 years? “That would be hugely difficult because I am bad at languages and I just personally, not politically, am quite ashamed that I’ve not been able to learn it in 20 years.”<br /><br />“But my children know it, its a natural progression, they are born here, they are surrounded by it,” the actor said, and spoke a few lines in Marathi himself.<br /><br />Talking about differing ideologies, Khan said everyone says, “Jai Hind, Jai Maharashtra,” and there is no question of anyone in Mumbai or even in the country otherwise. “It can be ‘Jai Hind, Jai Dilli’, it can be ‘Jai Hind, Jai Bihar’, ‘Jai Hind, Jai Gujarat’, ‘Jai Hind, Jai Kerala’ , ‘Jai Hind, Jai Bengal’ or ‘Jai Hind, Jai Maharashtra’...,” he said. <br /><br />Talking to another channel, Shah Rukh made it clear that for him the chapter of his comments on Pakistani players in the IPL is closed.</p>
