“Films and filmmakers and actors are part of a strange art form, which is only measured by the yardstick of commerce. So it's a dichotomy; it'll always be so.”

— Shahrukh Khan

From interview with Anshul Chaturvedi

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Indian actor, producer and television personality 1965

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