Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan had just patched-up, and Badshah got to meet them: ‘They fed me biryani’

Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan had a spat in 2008, and it lasted several years. After patching up, they regularly perform cameos in each other's movies.

By: Entertainment Desk

Chennai | July 16, 2023 02:58 PM IST

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Badshah recalls meeting SRK and Salman Khan for the first time. (Pic: Badshah/Instagram)

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Rapper Badshah has shared a heartwarming story about his first-ever meeting with Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan. In a recent interview, he talked about meeting the Bollywood megastars backstage at an award show, soon after the two actors had reconciled following a much-publicised spat that lasted years.

Recalling the cherished moment, Badshah revealed on Raj Shamani’s podcast, “I met Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan at the backstage of an award show. I think they’d just had their patch up, apparently. I remember my manager telling me, ‘Shah Rukh sir is calling you’. I went to meet him, Salman sir was also there. They were talking to each other, I was standing there looking at them. Later, food was served, and they fed me biryani. They were sharing anecdotes with each other, and I was listening to them. Then I had to leave.”

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The iconic duo of Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan had a fallout that originated from an incident at actor Katrina Kaif’s birthday party in 2008. They remained distant for years until they patched up at an iftar party in 2013.

Interestingly, the connection between Badshah and Shah Rukh goes back even further. Badshah, whose real name is Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia, went by the stage name ‘Cool Equal’ early in his career. However, he revealed the reason why changed his stage name to Badshah when he appeared on Kaun Banega Crorepati season 13 in 2021. He said, “I was a huge fan of Shah Rukh Khan sir, and around that time (1999), his film ‘Badshah’ released. From then on, my stage name was Badshah. It did not take much of an effort.”

The rapper made his acting debut with the 2019 film Khandaani Shafakhana. He also appeared in a cameo appearance in 2022’s Ek Villain Returns. In 2023, he crooned the song “Issa Vibe” featured in Shahid Kapoor’s film Bloody Daddy.

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