'Only The Dead Have Seen The End Of War', Shah Rukh Khan's Old Video On War Futility Resurfaces
Amidst the Russia-Ukraine Crisis, an old video of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan discussing war has resurfaced.
The tension between Russia and Ukraine is far from over. According to the official website of UNICEF, after nearly eight years of conflict in eastern Ukraine, 3.4 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance ¨C 60 percent of them are women and children.
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Approximately 1.6 million people have been forced from their homes and tens of thousands of civilians have been killed or wounded.
Amidst the Russia-Ukraine Crisis, an old video of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan discussing war has resurfaced.
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The video has caught the attention of the netizens.
In the video, Shah Rukh Khan gets emotional as he talks about war's ¡°futility, sadness, and loneliness."
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As he proceeds, he says,
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¡°Only the dead have seen the end of the war. Nobody knows when a war is going to end. It only ends for the guys who have died¡ And whatever the reasons everyone gives for it- good, bad, ugly, revenge, nice, strong, need of the hour, the fact is war is not nice."
Shah Rukh adds that war can never be an alternative to peace, goodness, discussion, and talks, and not an alternative to ¡°love".
It is not something that ¡°anyone should go in for". Fans started pouring a lot of love for Shah Rukh's video.
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An Instagram user commented, ¡°We all need to listen to what he says! In today¡¯s time it¡¯s really important to have this kind of mindset." Another wrote, ¡°One of my favorite clips with such a powerful message. People should stand for peace, not for war coz in war, our lives will be doomed; there will be nothing to live for (sic)."
On the work front, Shah Rukh Khan recently announced his acting comeback with YRK-backed 'Pathaan', which also stars John Abraham and Deepika Padukone in pivotal roles.
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