January 3, 2011 (Sampurn Wire): Every viewer of Koffee With Karan would have been waiting for this episode. While it is a ritual for Shah Rukh Khan to open each season of buddy Karan Johars talk show, the third season had to be made an exception keeping in mind King Khans demanding work schedule. Shah Rukh Khan appeared in the first episode of the new year and won the hearts (yet again) of his host and his viewers. While many would have been thinking that there is nothing new for SRK and his buddy KJo to share over a coffee chat, they were proved wrong as Shah Rukh Khan went candid on several matters close to his heart.

For starters, SRK put to rest the much publicized feud between him and once best friend Salman Khan, admitting that if Salman was upset with him, it was completely his own fault. The fact that he is unable to express his love for a dear one and is also unable to ask the forgiveness for a mistake committed on a dear one is the chief reason why he cannot make or keep friends, said Shah Rukh Khan and probably that was also the reason behind the actors recent fallout with Farah Khan. And it was not only Salman Khan and Farah Khan that SRK discussed, the self proclaimed King of Bollywood happily gave away his crown of the nemero uno actor to rival Aamir Khan, saying that he aspires to achieve the acting skills of Aamir Khan! Shah Rukh Khan also made it a point to ask the forgiveness of his senior and colleague Amitabh Bachchan, whom he had mistakenly forgotten to reply after Big B sent him his best wishes on SRKs birthday.

The best was saved for the end of the Koffee With Karan episode where Shah Rukh Khan was at his witty best during the rapid fire round. Each question was received a prompt and intelligent answer from the Badshaah, forcing Karan Johar to give away the coffee hamper uncontested! It is not for anything that he is showered with so much love and the Shah Rukh Khan episode on Koffee With Karan was nothing less than heartwarming.

--Sayanee Mukherjee / Sampurn Wire