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Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani, who has helmed Shah Rukh Khan’s third film of the year, Dunki, joined the actor at his fan event, which was organised to celebrate his 58th birthday. At the event, Hirani spoke about his experience of working with SRK for the first time. The filmmaker had also tried casting him in his previous films, Munna Bhai MBBS and 3 Idiots.
Hirani was overwhelmed by seeing the love of the fans for Shah Rukh. He said at the fan meet, “It’s heartwarming to see so much affection. Film release hogi…ye toh vaise hi houseful lag raha hai (The film already seems to be houseful). Thank you so much for showering so much love on Shah Rukh and Dunki.”
The filmmaker also shared the first time that he thought about casting Shah Rukh in his movie. And, at the time, Hirani had not even become a film director. “I used to study at a film institute and I used to wonder, ‘I am graduating from here, but who would work with me?’ I used to look at big stars like Bachchan sahab and think, ‘Why would a star like him work with me?’ So, one day, in my hostel’s TV room, I was watching Circus. In a particular scene, a young actor was performing at a platform. It was a big monologue. I thought, ‘Who is this guy? This is so wonderful. He is not a big actor. I can take him in my film after I graduate,'” shared Hirani.
Before beginning an illustrious journey in Hindi cinema, Shah Rukh worked on TV shows like Fauji and Circus. Circus had SRK playing Shekharan, a young man who is stuck with managing a circus which belonged to his dad.
However, Hirani couldn’t work with Shah Rukh after he graduated from the film institute. “It took me two years to graduate from the film institute and by that time he had become a big star,” shared Hirani.
Shah Rukh, who stood beside the filmmaker on the stage, joked how he was unaware of how big a filmmaker Hirani was. Recalling the times when he was offered Munna Bhai MBBS and 3 Idiots, Shah Rukh shared, “When Raju was narrating Munna Bhai to me, I thought, ‘naya director hai kar hi lega agar main bolunga 6-8 mahine baad karenge (He is a new director, he will agree if I will tell him that I will do it after 6-8 months). So, I told him I would do it after 9 months. But he went away. Then when he came for 3 Idiots, I again thought, how big he would have become. Then again he went away. That is when I decided ki ab chance nahi lena. So, when he narrated Dunki, I caught him in the Covid-19 bubble and told him not to go away this time.”
Dunki, also starring Taapsee Pannu and Vicky Kaushal, will release in the theatres on Christmas this year. The film’s first teaser, called ‘Dunki Drop 1’ was released on the occasion of Shah Rukh’s birthday. There will be two more teasers of the film.
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