King Khan has not only completely recovered from his back surgery, he's also back to his favourite activity: giving endless interviews to the media. With his third home production Chalte Chalte he is slated for release next month (June 2003), he's been busy giving interviews to every reporter who has approached him. At a recently held press conference of the film, he answered the media with a tint of humor and a cigarette in hand. Here are some of his opinions he expressed at the press conference on various topics relating to his career.

About the film
"Unlike previous ventures - Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani and Asoka - produced by our company Dreamz Unlimited, Chalte Chalte is a simple love story. It is not an intellectual type of film. We've learnt from our failures and made a film, which has a basic formula. I play a truck owner's role," he said.

On Aishwarya episode!
He has regretted over not taking Aishwarya Rai for the film. "Which was unfortunate," he said. "As I have worked with her in best of my films from Josh to Devdas." But Rani was always our first choice for the film, he told the media

On being Number one hero in Bollywood
And he also doesn't believe in 'Number Game'. He said he never 'is' and never 'was' the number one in Bollywood. He agrees that his films are doing quite well on foreign shores. I know that in Bihar and UP circuits I am no entity, he laughingly said.

On delivering consecutive hits
His modesty: "Credit should go to my directors. Karan Johar, Sanjay Bhansali and Chopra's...these are the guys behind my hit films. It's just that I was there at the right time."

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