Bollywood king khan, and the male lead is played by the German ambassador. PHOTO: FILE
Titled Lebe Zetzt-Kal Ho Naa Ho, the video stars Michael Steiner in the lead along with his wife Eliese, who stars in the role played by Preity Zinta, while Salman Khurshid filled in the role played by Saif Ali Khan.
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"Traditionally, diplomacy has got to do with government to government relations, but modern democracy has got to do with people to people relations and that's what we've achieved through the music video," Michael said.
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Salman Khurshid too shared his thoughts on the video. "In politics, we don't know if there would be a tomorrow or not. Similarly in life also the motto should be to live life to the fullest and in the present," he told media.
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Here's a glimpse of the German ambassador trying to do the famous SRK pose.
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SRK expressed his appreciation on Twitter towards this gesture of the German ambassador.
“@karanjohar: @iamsrk you have to see this!!! https://t.co/B3vFJLvvoW #KalHoNaaHo #eternalsong” Drat! They remade it already! Awesome job.
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) April 25, 2015
Although the ambassador thoroughly enjoyed being part of the video, he admitted struggling with lip sync. "There were three difficulties, one, the only acting that I did was in my school some 50 years ago, second, I don't know Hindi so lip-syncing was very hard and third, Germans are not known for their sense of humour," Steiner said at the launch of the music video at his residence in New Delhi.
He also said his wife has a collection of 150 Bollywood movies of which "Kaagaz Ke Phool" is her favourite.
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The launch event was attended by Saif Ali Khan, his mother actress Sharmila Tagore, lyricist Javed Akhtar and director Sumit Osmand Shaw.
"This music video has proved my worst suspicions right; I'd always suspected that politicians and diplomats are actors, and now we have a documentary proof," Javed Akhtar joked at the event.
Saif Ali Khan hailed the video as a "unique diplomatic effort", adding that he particularly enjoyed watching Steiner. His mother too was impressed. "Bollywood has been a wonderful ambassador of Indian culture and Indianness all over the world. Many years ago we were slightly rubbished but everybody knows the potential of Bollywood now. Also, the theme of 'Kal Ho Naa Ho' resonates with the youth," Sharmila Tagore said.
"It was a challenge. These actors are masters and I had to imitate them. I realised that you cannot imitate Shah Rukh Khan. He is such a perfect actor. We wanted to show our respect to Bollywood and these fantastic actors. They are very popular in Germany," ambassador Steiner added.
"Bollywood is a cultural institution. This is the one instrument to connect to the world and it is a very good instrument. Me and my wife are Bollywood addicts. She has seen more than 150 Bollywood films... we have seen them together," he said.
Get ready for a little trip down the memory lane, the German way:
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