SRK Deserved An Oscar But Hollywood Is Too Manipulative: Paulo Coelho
The bestselling author maintained that Shah Rukh’s performance in My Name Is Khan deserved an Oscar but Hollywood robbed him of it
Paulo Coelho, one of the
most influential authors today, has said that Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan deserved an Oscar for his performance in My Name Is Khan.
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The author of bestsellers like The Alchemist and
Eleven Minutes, blamed “manipulated”
Hollywood for not recognising the performance. The 69-year-old novelist took to Twitter to praise SRK on the seventh
anniversary of the Karan Johar-directed film.
"'My Name is Khan and I am not a
terrorist'. Congratulations @iamsrk for
the 7th anniversary of this wonderful movie!" wrote Coelho.
"My name is Khan and I am not a terrorist" Congratulations @iamsrk for the 7th anniversary of this wonderful movie! pic.twitter.com/6IlqFtGfMl
— Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) February 11, 2017
Coelho also posted a screenshot from his
Facebook page, where he had written:
"His first (and only) movie that I watched (this year, even if it was released in 2008) was 'My Name is Khan'. And
not only was the movie excellent, but SRK
deserved an Oscar if Hollywood was not manipulated.
He kindly offered to send the other titles - as you probably guess, it is not easy to find them in
Switzerland."
Shah Rukh too tweeted saying that it was sad
that the film is "still relevant".
Thank u so much. My next journey is to try and meet u in person. Love and health to u. https://t.co/J2hMsBybI6
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) February 12, 2017
My Name Is Khan, starring Shah Rukh Khan and
Kajol, revolved around Rizvan Khan, an
autistic man who sets out to meet then American President, Barack Obama, after his step-son is killed in a race crime.
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