{"id":296564,"date":"2025-05-03T08:52:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T08:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/03\/shah-rukh-khans-character-in-darr-could-have-raped-juhi-chawlas-kiran-says-writer-honey-irani-defends-his-behaviour-as-genuine-love\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T08:52:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T08:52:06","slug":"shah-rukh-khans-character-in-darr-could-have-raped-juhi-chawlas-kiran-says-writer-honey-irani-defends-his-behaviour-as-genuine-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/03\/shah-rukh-khans-character-in-darr-could-have-raped-juhi-chawlas-kiran-says-writer-honey-irani-defends-his-behaviour-as-genuine-love\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Shah Rukh Khan\u2019s character in Darr could have raped Juhi Chawla\u2019s Kiran\u2019, says writer Honey Irani, defends his behaviour as \u2018genuine love\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Darr was a significant film in the actor\u2019s career. After playing the anti-hero in Darr and Baazigar, SRK established himself as an actor who could easily pull off being the bad guy, in an industry obsessed with uncomplicated heroes. But, over the years, his character in Darr has been questioned by the audience. Yash Chopra\u2019s perceived romanticisation of the character, who stalks the woman he claims to love and even murders people just so he can be with her, has not aged well with certain viewers. In a recent interview, writer of the film Honey Irani said that they wanted to portray SRK\u2019s character as a man who actually loved Juhi Chawla\u2019s Kiran. Honey said that they wanted to draw a line between love and lust, and she insisted that he could have raped her but he didn\u2019t.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In a chat with Friday Talkies, Honey said, \u201cHe was crazy about her. With this, me and Yashi ji were very conscious that we don\u2019t want it to look like lust. It shouldn\u2019t be that he just wants to be with her and sleep with her and stuff like that. He says \u2018I will marry you, I will make you meet my mother\u2019.\u201d Honey, who is the mother of filmmakers Zoya Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar, insisted that what SRK\u2019s Rahul felt for Kiran was \u201cgenuine love\u201d. \u201cHe was fascinated and madly in love with her. Otherwise, he could have raped her when they were on the boat but it wasn\u2019t that. So we made that very clear that there is a very thin line in this,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Honey did not address that Rahul was ignorant of Kiran\u2019s wishes and forced his presence in his life, even when it put her in harm\u2019s way. \u201cHe was a complex man and he had his own problems. Even when he said her name, he would be so scared that he would stammer,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Honey said that Aamir and Sunny were offered the role at first<\/a> <\/strong>but both passed on it. SRK jumped at the opportunity. \u201cWe narrated it to Aamir but something happened between him and Yash ji, I don\u2019t know what happened and he said no. We narrated it to Sunny also. He said I will do the other role, the hero one. And then we talked to Shah Rukh and Shah Rukh jumped on it. He said \u2018yeah, definitely I am doing it\u2019,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n