Shahrukh Khan Says Don’s Inherent Evilness is Enticing

He began his career playing negative, angst-ridden characters but, 20 years into his career, Shahrukh Khan says it's the "irredeemable" quality of playing a character like Don that excites him today. In an exclusive conversation with Divanee.com, Khan discussed how Don is a significant departure from the villainous characters that made him famous in films such as "Darr" and "Baazigar". He also offered his take on what makes Don the first Hindi film villain the audience truly roots for:

"Earlier I did more psychopathic, sociopath roles. With Don, you're not supposed to like him, but you do. As an actor, it's so enticing, and I think it's that enticement which I wanted to play into. There's an ideology with Don that he's always in full control of his actions, and therefore there's a lot of distance in the way I play Don vs. the way I played 'I Love You K-K-K-Kiran' (referring to his trademark negative turn in Yash Chopra's "Darr") or "Baazigar". They had reasons for their angst or for being disturbed. But Don–this guy is just bad. He's evil. There's a great line I like in the first Don: The police inspector tells Don his mother would have shot him with her own hands if she were alive today, and Don responds, 'Mr. Malik, aap meri Maa ko nahin jaante the' ('Mr. Malik, you didn't know my mother')."

source: http://divanee.com/2011/12/14/shahrukh-khan-says-dons-inherent-evilness-is-enticing/