Everyone is familiar with how Shahrukh Khan (fondly called as “SRK” or “Bollywood Badshah / King” struggled to achieve such a successful stardom despite of coming from a non-filmy background.
Here we present 10 Amazing Little Known Facts About Bollywood’s King Shahrukh Khan:
1) SRK is a firm believer of Islam but he celebrates all the religious festivals like Diwali, Christmas, Eid every year at his home.
2) His favorite actor is Dilip Kumar and favorite actresses are Mumtaz and Saira Banu.
3) He has a phobia of riding horses.
4) Before becoming an actor and coming to Mumbai, he tried his hand at various businesses like a chola-bhatura stall, transport business etc. for a short period of time.
5) He worked as an usher at a Pankaj Udas Concert in Delhi and his salary was Rs. 50/-
6) He called his father “yaar” and shared a very healthy relationship in his childhood.
7) In school days, he used to score poorly in Hindi subject and his mother promised to take him to movies if he passed his Hindi exams and that’s how he started to top in Hindi exams then onwards.
8) He had no place to stay when he came to Mumbai for the first time. He took help from Viveck Vaswani and lived with him before becoming an actor.
9) For his film “Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na”, he used to sell tickets at the booking window of a Mumbai cinema hall.
10) He is an avid reader who can just read more than 4-5 books at a time.
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