Summary Shah Rukh Khan had made a rule for himself - never kiss on screen.
But he has made an exception for Yash Chopra s Jab Tak Hai Jaan (JTHJ). The superstar says he was "forced" to kiss this time, and says it was only a demand of the script.
"I had a couple of rules actually - that I won t ride a horse and I won t kiss. Both are cumbersome. I don t know how to do both on screen," Shah Rukh said at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2012 here Friday.
Ever since the release of Yash Chopra s directorial JTHJ Tuesday, social networking platforms have been abuzz about the kiss scene between Shah Rukh and Katrina Kaif. So, moderator Vir Sanghvi, on behalf of Twitterati, asked SRK: How come he kissed this time!
"I will be very honest. Adi (Aditya Chopra), Yash ji and Katrina, and I say this with all humility and thankfulness to them, that they knew I was awkward, I had issues and I am a very easy actor to work with.
They are like my family and they said, You don t have to do this and then they got together and they forced me and then even paid me for it."
"So when heroines say that I wore a bikini because the story demanded me to , I did it (the kiss) because the story demanded it. Believe me or don t believe it," said the 47-year-old actor, who has been in showbiz for over two decades.
Shah Rukh feels doing something as intimate as a kiss on screen, is mechanical.
"It is very mechanical with 100 people telling you what to do. It s very odd. I don t even do photoshoots with heroines if it is not for my film and that is also rude, but I don t want to waste anyone s time. I find it very awkward taking my shirt off and posing. I can do it in character for film," he said.
But JTHJ was "extremely special because of Yash ji".
"He spoke to everyone and he said Shah Rukh, this is a requirement ," recollected Shah Rukh.
The actor was extremely close to the late filmmaker, who breathed his last Oct 21 following dengue and subsequent multi-organ failure.
