Shah Rukh is ‘natakwala’ first, superstar later: NSD director Chittaranjan Tripathy | Bollywood
New Delhi, Shah Rukh Khan is a ‘natakwala’ first and superstar second, says National School of Drama director Chittaranjan Tripathy who somewhere sees himself in the story of the Bollywood star, an “ordinary person from an ordinary family” rising to extraordinary heights. Shah Rukh is ‘natakwala’ first, superstar later: NSD director Chittaranjan Tripathy Tripathy, an accomplished theatre, TV and film artiste, said it would be NSD’s good fortune if the superstar visits as a guest. The drama school is known for its illustrious alumni, including Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur and Irrfan. “Shah Rukh Khan has done a lot of theatre with Barry John . I consider him a theatre person… I consider him a natakwala first, he is a superstar later,” Tripathy told PTI in an interview during a visit to the news agency’s headquarters. The NSD director said he feels happy a theatre person has become “such a huge superstar”. “I think that an ordinary person from an ordinary family rose to extraordinary heights, I see myself in that. I am like, ‘wow’, this …
