SRK might genuinely be up there when it comes to comedic roles, and I don’t think people talk about that enough. Like I was watching one of his movies recently, and also thinking about Chennai Express and a few others, and I realized it’s not even the dialogues themselves that are that funny. It’s how he says them.
He has this weird way of delivering lines where he’ll slightly stutter, pause mid sentence, or just throw in words out of nowhere, and it somehow makes everything way funnier. It feels random but also natural, like he is actually reacting in the moment instead of following a script.
A lot of actors rely on good writing for comedy, but with him the delivery does most of the work. His timing is really sharp, and the hesitation before finishing a line makes it hit more. Even his expressions play a big part, sometimes he looks confused or reacts before he even finishes speaking, and that alone makes the scene funny.
I feel like he has done this across a lot of his movies, not just one, but people mostly remember him for romance or drama and overlook this side of him.
What do yall think?