Aligarh: Why don't the Hansal Mehtas of Bollywood work with Shah Rukh Khan?

National Award winning director, Hansal Mehta, is currently gearing up for the release of Aligarh starring Manoj Bajpai and Rajkummar Rao. The film, which made rounds at different film festivals, is based on the life of professor Ramchandra Siras.

Mehta feels that Indian audience is now ready to accept little 'hatke' film like Aligarh. But at the same time, Mehta also thinks that directors in India are scared to approach superstars with a challenging script, fearing rejection.

"I think we have a preconceived notion that superstars will not be a part of a film like Aligarh. How many times have we had the courage to approach a superstar with such a script? I didn't approach any superstar with this script. Without approaching them, how can we say that they are hesitant to do such films? Did I approach Shah Rukh Khan? Did I go to Shah Rukh Khan? Very often when we talk to superstars and ask them why don't you do such films, they counter question us by saying, do you come to us with such scripts? So it is two way process."