Mahesh Bhatt calls Shah Rukh Khan a 'great human being'

Mahesh Babu recently opened up about working with Shahh Rukh Khan and admiring Karan Johar for having guts to be himself. Notably, Shah Rukh and Mahesh Bhatt made two films together - Duplicate and Chaahat – which failed miserably at the box office.

In a recent interview, Mahesh Bhatt recalled doing the two films with SRK and stated that despite both the films getting flopped, SRK always treated him as a king. Notably, Shah Rukh had a cameo in Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt's latest film Brahmastra.

During the interview with Pinkvilla, Bhatt also showered praises on Shah Rukh, claling him an unusual guy. According to Bhatt, they do not make people like Shah Rukh anymore. He added that ctor in him is obviously the vehicle on which the persona stands. He also added that he has listened to SRK’s heartbeat. There's a very big man in it, a very generous, courageous, great human being.

The noted director also lauded filmmaker Karan Johar. According to him, Karan is a great achiever, courageous and bold. He also admired KJo’s guts to be himself.

The fillmaker also ecalled his time with Ajay Devgn and said that it was Ajay’s late father Veeru Devgn who had asked him to work with his son. “Tere haath se niklega toh actor ban jayega (He’ll become an actor if he works with you),” the filmmaker recalled Veeru’s words. The two first worked in a 1995 film called Naajayaz, which also starred Naseeruddin Shah. “There was an intensity in him. Very sincere guy. He was very unsure about standing up with Naseer saab. Naseer saab is a brilliant actor and I injected in him the confidence that he can do it and he did it. And then we did Zakhm,” he said.