KING KHAN COMPLETES HIS 29 YEARS IN BOLLYWOOD
26 June 2021: Bollywood’s King Khan Shah Rukh Khan has completed 29 years of his irreplaceable journey in the industry. Earning million fans and ruling on thousands of hearts was not so easy. There are multi fans of this guy who was a fan himself of bollywood. Tackling all hard situations and fighting all odds has demanded a lot of sacrifice from him.
This is what we all know so far about Shah Rukh Khan but there is many more behind the curtains to know and understand him. His life has been a tragedy film in itself.
So lets recover 29 unknown trivia about SRK:-
- During his struggling days before he entered showbiz, Shah Rukh Khan ran a restaurant in Dariya Ganj, Delhi.
- The primary reason why SRK took up Mass Communications in Film Making in Jamia Milia University, Delhi was because he loved watching television commercials.
- The actor also sold tickets at the booking window of a Mumbai theatre on the opening day of his 1994 film – Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, directed by Kundan Shah and he was paid Rs. 25,000 for that film.
- In school, his Hindi was very poor with which his mother was not happy. So his mother made a promise to take him for a movie if he passed his Hindi exam. Teenager Shah Rukh loved watching movies, so he studied hard and began to score top marks in Hindi then onwards.
- While we all know about SRK’s unconditional love for Delhi, not many know that he spent his childhood for a little time in Bangalore, where his grandfather worked as a chief engineer.
- He has been a part of seven TV shows, including his TV debut, Fauji (1988). He was later seen in Circus (1989) and he also hosted popular quiz shows – Kaun Banega Crorepati (2007), Kya Aap Panchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? (2008) and Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout (2011).
- His debut film was Dil Aashna Hai, but due to the delay in the release of the film Deewana is considered to be his debut film.
- SRK is named Rahul in nine of his films and as Raj in six films.
- There are 16 movies in which SRK character dies, and all of them has been massive hit on the box-office.
- He has played negative roles in six films, and proved his acting skills not just in heroic roles but also in villainous roles.
- When his college, Hans Raj, celebrated its golden jubilee (1998), the college gave away 17 shields to its alumni who had excelled in their lives and Shah Rukh was one of them.
- he agreed to act in Aditya Chopra’s debut film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jaenge (DDLJ-1995) without even looking at the script.
- Actress Juhi Chawla is not only a partner of his production house but also a co-star with whom he has acted in the maximum number of films. They’ve appeared together in atleast 11 films.
- Not only his movies, Shah Rukh has done 26 cameos in other movies.
- His favorite actor is Dilip Kumar and his favorite actresses are Mumtaz and Saira Banu.
- SRK has phobia of riding horses and never eats ice-creams.
- The number plates of all his cars read 555. Shah Rukh is superstitious about numbers and believes that the right numbers bring him good luck.
- He makes sure that his sleeping pyjamas are freshly ironed every night because he believes that “one never knows who one may meet in dreams.”
- In 2008, SRK was named by NEWSWEEK as one of the 50 most powerful people in the world.
- He had 226 nominations across popular Bollywood awards and has won 207 of them. He won the best actor award 29 times.
- In 2011, SRK became the first Indian actor to be featured in Los Angeles Times.
- A rare species of orchid, Ascocenda Shah Rukh Khan was named after him in Singapore.
- There is a topic on ‘Shah Rukh Khan’ in King’s College Cambridge.
- Also, in France, the English book has a complete chapter added about India in which ‘Swades’ movie was mentioned that represented India globally.
- In 2013, SRK appointed as goodwill ambassador by the Government of South Korea.
- King Khan is the only actor on whom 5000 articles were written on a single day around the world as the international press went into a frenzy.
- 80% of people around the world recognize India as SRK’s country and different countries’ people learn the Hindi language just for him.
- Badshah donated all the prize money KKR won in 2014, 15 crore rupees to the childrens hospital in Kolkata and Mumbai.
- He believes in a quote which once his father said to him that – “Jo Kuch Nhi Karte Vo Kamaal Karte Hain”
Truly his efforts and hardworking spirit has done wonders on the screens. His inspiring lifestory has many things to learn from. Motivational and full of emotions he really came a long way.