I sell dreams, peddle love to millions: Shah Rukh at TED Talks

TIL Desk Bollywood/ Shah Rukh Khan has become synonymous with the phrase “dreams come true” in Indian cinema and the actor says he believes love is the emotion that inspires and keeps one from failing. In his first address at the TED Talks, which was laced with his signature wit and humour, the Bollywood superstar proclaimed that he sells dreams and love to millions around the world.

“I sell dreams, and I peddle love to millions of people… I’ve been made to understand there are lots of you here who have never seen my work, and I feel really sad for you. “That doesn’t take away from the fact that I’m completely self-obsessed, as a movie star should be,” TED Blog quoted Shah Rukh as saying. The actor, 51, said love is the simplest yet greatest emotion known to mankind.

“I’ve learned that whatever moves you, whatever urges you to create, build, whatever keeps you from failing, whatever helps you survive, is perhaps the oldest and the simplest emotion known to mankind, and that is love,” Khan said. Shah Rukh, the first Indian actor to deliver a TED Talk, compared his “ageing” movie star persona to humanity.