Superstar Shah Rukh Khan says he never listens to a script and rather chooses to understand the filmmaker's vision while choosing a film.
"I normally, and even till date—which might finally, ultimately, 75 years from now lead to my downfall—never listen to a script. I listen to the heartbeats of people I work with. There are young actors who sit with me and say 'Sir you left that script, it was so amazing!'
"I never understand a script. I can say this openly, cross my heart and say, I've never understood a script. I've understood the script maker or filmmaker at the end of the whole pages of dialogues," he said.
The actor was speaking at a special celebration to mark 20 years of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, along with director Karan Johar and co-stars Kajol and Rani Mukerji, Tuesday night.
Shah Rukh said he remembers the first time Karan narrated the story of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai to him while he was shooting for Chahat.
"The story he narrated to me in that hotel, on the steps of Chahat shoot was crap and nonsense. Utterly not like the film you finally saw. He is a man of words so he actually thought he impressed me with that crap story...
"Till date he feels I don't remember that story. Then later when he narrated the script along with Kajol, and both of them kept crying in my room."
The actor said he is glad he never understood the script otherwise he would've ruined it with his inputs.
