Neil Nitin Mukesh clears the air about telling Shah Rukh Khan to ‘shut up’ at an awards show: ‘You don’t have a legacy’

“My feelings towards my parents, my grandfather’s name, if I want to keep it alive, how I can make anyone understand that? I can understand it, my family understands it and it is more than enough for me. I will not try to make an outsider understand this. If they want to make a joke, let them. You are not Neil Nitin Mukesh. You don’t have such a legacy. So you will make fun of this. I feel proud that we are celebrating ‘100 years of Mukesh’. I know who my grandfather is,” he shared.

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Neil shared that his father Nitin Mukesh dedicated his life to protect Mukesh’s legacy and Neil is just carrying the torch forward. “I have seen my father’s struggle. Isn’t it nice that I want to keep my father and grandfather’s name alive? Not because my grandfather is a legend, there is an emotion behind it,” he said.

Neil’s controversy with Shah Rukh started after SRK asked him during an award function, “Your name is Neil Nitin Mukesh. All of these are first names, where is your surname?” Shah Rukh was supposedly joking on the stage, and when Neil asked for his permission to reply, he said, “This is the insulting podium, go for it.” Neil said, “That is an insult for me.” Neil was visibly offended as he told Shah Rukh and Saif Ali Khan to “shut up.”