 a couple of quick questions. I do want to take you back to January of 2023. Just how nervous were you before Pathan release? Like you said in your speech, these are not my words, your words. People were writing you off, death knell, you know, Shahrukh doesn't deliver hits anymore. How nervous were you before Pathan release? I don't know if I was nervous, but I was very scared. Nervous is an easier word, you know, when you're nervous, when you're coming here to say a speech, you're nervous when you're going to a party that you're not invited to. But you're scared, you know, because honestly, this is all I know, that I know only to act and entertain people. And I've done it now for many, many years, more years than I remember. I counted when I'm writing a speech, it's 33 years plus. But this is all I know how to do. So you're scared that if this doesn't entertain people, it's not about the monies, it's not about the box office, if this doesn't entertain people, what else am I going to do? So I was very scared. In the interim, during the COVID times, I even learned how to make Italian food, just in case Pathan didn't work. And thank God for that. But do tell me, I mean, at some point, when the movie released, maybe on the first day or the pre-release, you would have got that inkling, you would have got that instinct. When was that? So because of COVID, the people who made Pathan, Adi and Siddharth and everyone, all of us formed a group because we used to play poker at night. We don't gamble. Just play without money, okay? Don't fool me for this and say this. Just love that we share. I've lost a lot of love in the last two years. So we play poker and we sit down and the movie had released and we all got together and we said, okay, we'll find out. But genuinely, Zaka, I'm not showing off, they came on time because this is an unexpected kind of a business of a film. Nobody had seen business like this. Even the Yashaj film people who made the biggest of it. You know, nobody had seen how it will go like this. After about two, three days, it became just unbelievable. And I was like, oh, these are the numbers? No, no, no, no, no, no, this can't be. Poker me five hundred thousand. I swear we don't play with money. Okay, this is a joke. This is a joke, everyone. No, and one movie is incredible in and of itself, but to have two thousand crore plus and then again, donkey three big movies back to back in a single year. I can't remember the last time you've had three big hits in a single year. Was that planned or this is the mother of all comebacks? You planned it this way or it just so happened? No, this is, this is just a simple truth. I've been told not to be arrogant and mean and stupid, but yeah, this is unexpected. But like I said, I honestly believe with all humility and genuine gratitude that somewhere this is not about coming and watching a film. I think all the Indians, I genuinely deserve this award because all the Indians came out in hoods. I know people who don't even like me as an actor, two, three and 140 crore people, but but there are some who would tell me, you know, I don't regularly watch your films, but I know friends and people calling me from all over the world and said, you know, we wanted to come out for Pathan. We wanted to come out for Javan and just be supportive of what you do as an actor and as as a person, as a father, as a family man, as whatever. So I know this is way beyond the goodness of the films. The Javan was lovely. I think Pathan is fantastic. Dhanke is beautiful, but it is way beyond and I think my directors and producers recognize that so. So it's with big gratitude. It's not a comeback. It is actually a reiteration of the fact that I belong and I should continue to act and not learn pasta and pizza and that can wait. You know, we are incredibly grateful that those movies worked and you made the comeback, but like you said, it was not about Shah Rukh, the individual alone. The industry itself was going through a bit of a crisis. I mean, people were saying, Oh, Hindi film industry doesn't know how to make good movies anymore. South is making better movies. You know, script writers are not grounded anymore. And you changed all of that. So it went beyond just an individual Shah Rukh Khan or one movie. This was about putting confidence back in the industry because people had stopped coming to the theaters because of COVID. Yeah, it was it was really bad times. And you know, they call it the past post pandemic time when theaters were running empty, specifically the Hindi speaking theaters. And yes, we had some wonderful people who are sending us to Chand and moon and also making films here in Hindi. Now the guys from the south. And yes, they do make larger than life films. Hindi films perhaps had started making cinema, which was a little more middle of the road. But there is now a youthful audience out in the country. You know, we are one of the youngest or the youngest country in the world. And I guess they just want things which are bigger, better, faster, superior over the top and maybe a little noisy and happier, you know, and middle of the road, real cinema may have because, you know, these were years of films which were lying in the cans had to come down post COVID. So I think now we are finding the groove in Hindi cinema. And I cannot take the responsibility of bringing Hindi cinema back. I can just take, I can really just thank everyone that I happen to be in those films, which started the trend of Hindi cinema being watched again. And we are extremely thankful. I say this on behalf of the whole Hindi film industry and the whole Indian film industry, that it's really nice that people are coming back and doing this community watching. It's not just the OTT. It's not just the satellite stuff. Please do keep watching CNN News 18, but beyond that, do watch the film in the theater. Thank you for that. You don't get seen in the news 18 in theaters yet. So till such time, I think it's, I think it's very humbling for all of us as workers, as actors, as producers, as directors, and hope this trend continues. You talked about bigger, better, fast, superior South movies. Mr. Maniratnam is here. And the last time you two worked was what, 20 years ago, 30 years ago? Are you going to make a pitch for another movie? When is he going to direct you again? You can ask him. Use the forum of CNN News 18, Indian of the Year. Mani sir, what now? It's all come out in the open now. I'm requesting you. I'm begging you. I'm telling you, every time do a film with me. I swear, this time I'll dance on top of a plane, chaya chaya, if you tell me. What is that rain? Can somebody pass, Mani sir, a mic please. And good evening, Swasini. I had told you that time, tell him before sleeping, Shah Rukh, Shah Rukh, Shah Rukh. Mani sir, when are you going to cast Shah Rukh Khan? When I buy a plane. Oh, you buy a plane. If I buy a plane, I'll do it. Mani, let me just tell you the way my films are going. This plane is not far away, huh? I'll bring it down to earth. Don't worry. I'm coming. I'm coming on. All right. So