'I should be like this ... though with a lot many gray hair,' King Khan said from New York.
NEW YORK: The King of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan turned 40 on Wednesday -- saying life has been good to him for all these years and he was planning to quit smoking for a healthier life. "It's completion of four decades (of life) ... sounds nice and good," said the Padmashree awardee, who gave a string of hits like uch Kuch Hota Hai', Dilwale DulhaniyaLe Jayenge',Devdas.
A self-proclaimed chain-smoker, Khan said: "I am planning to quit smoking for a healthier life as I enter another decade." "Life has been good to me so far and I am happy to know that my birthday was being remembered and celebrated by people in India and everywhere," said Khan, who is here to shoot Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna.
"I am not much into celebrating birthdays ... never been like that ... not even when I was very young," said Khan, who has starred in memorable films like Swades, Darr and Maya Memsaab. "I have just finished a hard day's work, my leg is hurt ... It feels good to be alive because of these pains, these aches. Lack of sleep makes me feel good, so its nice way to start another new decade in my life," he told an Indian televion channel. On his film Paheli being sent as India's entry to the Oscars, Khan said: "I will do my best as a producer to do what I am supposed to do." Asked about the future, the King Khan said: "I pray to God that I may enjoy 60, 80, 100, 125 years later. I should be like this ... though with a lot many gray hair."