Shah Rukh Khan: The growth of Indian films has been much smaller compared to the growth of television in India

Shah Rukh Khan, who is currently busy with Aanand L Rai’s Zero, graced the ET India – UK Strategic Conclave, a special business summit discussing the economic relations between India and UK which took place in London yesterday.

Representing the entertainment industry for a chat session on the ‘Growth of the business of entertainment across the globe and its impact on India”, Shah Rukh Khan said:

“The growth of Indian films has been much smaller compared to the growth of television in India. The ratio of theatres to audience area is still very small, we have very few theatres compared to the audience we can garner. In the Interiors of India, there are not many screens for people to go and I think there is a huge market here for entrepreneurs to get into making low-cost theatres.”

 

The actor, producer, and activist was also felicitated with The Economic Times Game Changers of India” – Hall of Fame for “His Unmatched Contribution To Globalising Indian Cinema” A coffee table book titled ‘Game Changers of India’ was also unveiled at the summit which features Shah Rukh Khan along with other accomplished leaders.

Accepting this honour Shah Rukh Khan said:

“I take this opportunity to thank a lot of people, actors, actress and audiences, for allowing me to continue unencumbered with any idea that I had, they gave me the ability to just go ahead and give it a shot, try and go wrong if I may, and more often than not they allowed me to go wrong. Business is become about millions, targets and projections, though I fully respect the managerial capacity of business, but, I like to think of it as the people who work with me allowed me the imaginerial capacity, they allowed me to imagine and they managed that imagination. So, when you become a game changer you cannot take it upon yourself, there are loads of people involved and the audience as well around the world accepts you doing the stuff you do and think it’s entertaining”.

Themed ‘New Economy, New Rules’ the global business summit was held in London today, wherein top CEOs, government officials and the global elite come together to focus on the India-UK relationship and future trade and business opportunities that could exist between the two countries.

 

The conclave features speakers and panellists of respected delegates from their respective fields, providing a platform to enable delegates to interact and exchange ideas.