Will 'behead' sons if they ever hurt a woman, SRK says

Equality should not be an excuse to lose one's chivalry, King Khan says

Yes, you read that right.

King Khan Shah Rukh says he'll "behead" his sons if they ever hurt a woman. "I tell Aryan and even AbRam to never hurt a woman. If you do, I'll behead you. And no, times have not changed. A girl is not your chuddy-buddy, show some respect," SRK told Femina.



The star also said that he was bringing up his sons to treat everyone equally. "I’m bringing up my sons to treat all as equals; as boys, they will have no extra privileges over girls. Sometimes, I’m a bit conservative. I believe that a man in his house doesn’t have the right to go shirtless in front of his mother, sister or women friends. I tell Aryan to put on a T-shirt all the time," he said.



But, SRK said equality did not entail losing one's "chivalry". "Yes, but equality should not be an excuse to lose your chivalry. I tell Aryan that tu-tadak is unacceptable when he’s addressing a girl. Tu pizza le aa, tu idhar aa is not how you address women. Show some respect," he said.

Khan claimed he had rejected projects where women were not accorded respect. "I come from a place where opening the door for a girl or pulling a chair out for her are basics. It does not mean she can’t take care of herself, it just means that you, as a man, care for her. I have lost out on a lot of edgy cinema because I refuse to work in films where women are not respected," he added.

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