Mumbai: Having worked together in films like ‘King Uncle’, ‘Karan Arjun’, and ‘Koyla’, superstar Shah Rukh Khan and filmmaker Rakesh Roshan share a cordial personal and professional relationship.
In an interview with Rediff in 2015, while talking about his bond with SRK, Rakesh disclosed the actor’s only bad habit.
“Shah Rukh had only one bad habit — he would wake up late. So during the making of ‘King Uncle’, I would go to his room and wake him up. It continued with his other films too. It became my duty to wake him up during the shooting of ‘Karan Arjun’ and ‘Koyla’ too, since all three films were shot outstation,” revealed the filmmaker.
Recalling their first meeting, Rakesh shared that he met Shah Rukh at a restaurant in Mumbai and signed him for ‘King Uncle.’
He said, “I met Shah Rukh for the first time at a restaurant called China Garden (in Mumbai). He was with (actor) Viveck Vaswani. I asked Viveck who he was. Viveck told me that he was Shah Rukh Khan and that he was working in a television serial called Fauji, which had not been telecast yet. I asked Shah Rukh whether he wanted to act in films, and he said yes. He told me he had got a couple of offers but had not signed anything yet.”
“I signed him on for ‘King Uncle’. He would come home regularly and we would have a good time. He was like a family member,” he added.
While talking about ‘Karan Arjun’, Rakesh revealed that SRK didn’t believe in reincarnation, a concept on which the film was based on, but did the film only because he wanted to work with him.
“When I narrated the story to Shah Rukh, he told me he doesn’t believe in reincarnation. He did the film because I was directing it and he wanted to work with me. Since the screenplay was ready, I gave it to him to read. Once we started shooting, he never asked me any questions. He completely trusted my vision,” he shared.
On the work front, Shah Rukh is currently busy with his upcoming film ‘King’ which also features his daughter Suhana Khan.
