I want to open a restaurant. I want to cook Italian food. I’m like (boxer) Jake LaMotta. When he became fat, he started a restaurant where he used to cook Italian food and serve people. I want to be like that. When I become fat, I want to open a restaurant near Juhu or somewhere, and serve people. I really love cooking said Shahrukh Khan the Badsah of Bollywood.
I’ve never had the time to do it. My father and mother used to cook. I’ve started learning how to cook Italian food. I think I’ll look very sexy in just an apron. Of course, most of the guests will run away if I’m only wearing an apron (laughs), but I want to serve people.
I have been doing it at home, and I’m now making a kitchen for myself. I have bought all the accessories. I was in Europe for three months, so, I learnt from a lady was part of our team and used to cook. And I will keep learning. But seriously, I like to do it for my children.
I don’t know how to interact with them, and I’m not someone who imposes. But the one thing that connects all of us is ‘khaana aa gaya hai’ (the food is here). When I cook for them, I don’t feel like I’m encroaching on their space, but khaana toh khayenge hi (but they’ll have to eat food). I like the process of learning. Inshallah, if I get time, then I will be making food for people in another six to seven months at least, at my place.
I enjoy it, and it’s very therapeutic. Plus, I have some nice pans and pots.I genuinely believe that in the next four to five years, with due respect to Deepika (Padukone), Priyanka (Chopra), or Irrfan (Khan), who all deserve to be on the international scene and are doing their bit to pave the way for Indian actors and cinema, international platforms can be created for Indian cinema.
All of it will be done by youngsters. So, if Aryan is studying there [in the US], he may learn from there, and figure out how to probably be an assistant to someone like Steven Spielberg instead of assisting Shah Rukh Khan. That’s a billion times better. Then, he can come back to India, make a film and take it international.