The King Khan, Baadshah or the King of Romance, Shah Rukh Khan is that one actor who has been ruling Bollywood for the past three decades. He has set the example of the perfect guy for every woman in India, he has been killing it in the industry with his charismatic personality ever since he stepped into Bollywood. His name can launch thousands of products with just three initials – SRK. If you admire him just as much as the millions all over the world, then here is a list of 7 unknown facts about SRK that you need to know right now:
A millionaire now started with 1 US Dollar as his first salary at a Pankaj Udhas concert in the 80s which he used to see the Taj Mahal in Agra.
During his days of struggle, SRK also ran a restaurant in Darya Ganj in Delhi for a while.
SRK is one of the most educated actors in the film industry and entered the field of acting after pursuing a Post-Graduation in Mass communications from the Jamia Milia University. His pursued it for the love of TV commercials and advertising but now he is one of the highest paid actors in the field of TV advertising.
SRK was a great sportsman but due to a lower back injury he had to switch to acting from sports.
Hema Malini thought he had an aristocratic face and therefore chose SRK for her directorial debut. We could not agree more, he indeed proved himself as the baadshaah and the King Khan we all love.
During his childhood, all his friends at SRK’s school called him ‘Mail Train’ as he was a very fast runner and often won all major heats.
Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge is indeed the longest running Bollywood film and the best movie in King Khan’s career but did you know that Aditya Chopra approached SRK after being impressed by his performance in Darr and SRK immediately accepted the proposal for DDLJ without even reading the script all because of the immense respect he had for the Chopra family.