‘Shah Rukh Khan could’ve been a scientist’; school-mate Rahul Dev reflects on SRK’s brilliance: ‘He was a graced child, the definition of cool’

In another interview with Connect FM Canada, Rahul Dev recalled being in the same cricket team as SRK during their school days, where the Pathaan star was a wicket-keeper and Rahul a fast bowler. Rahul recalled, “That year Shah Rukh Khan earned the Sword of Honour award.” He also shared SRK had exceptional talent in sports such as football, hockey, cricket, and every game, during their school days.

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“I don’t find it surprising that SRK has become a superstar. There will be no Shah Rukh Khan in the next 1000 years,” Rahul had said. The school friends starred together in the 2001 film Asoka.

Previously, singer Palash Sen, who was also SRK’s schoolmate, said in an interview with The Lallantop, “I really thought he would do something bigger than films. He’s an extremely intelligent man. We used to see the kind of results he got in school. He was very good at cricket, he was very good at hockey, he was good at dramatics, debating, he was a good orator. So, for someone who was good at so many things to do Hindi films was a little surprising for us. We belonged to the generation that looked down on Hindi films.”