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The fifties conundrum

Why Hindi cinema superstars flounder in their fifties

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Poster of movie Zero (Picture credit: @Zero21Dec)

Vanita Kohli-Khandekar
Shah Rukh Khan’s Zero, released late in December 2018, hasn’t done well. The story of a vertically challenged man in love with a scientist with cerebral palsy is about imperfect people and how they find completeness. It is Khan’s third film after Fan and Jab Harry Met Sejal to meet with a tepid response. The 53-year-old is India’s biggest star. His body of work spans more than 100 films with over 60 as a leading man. Many of these — Dilwale Dulhania Le Jaayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai — are among the biggest grossers in Indian cinema; so a couple
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