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Actor Deepika Deshpande Amin has opened up about working with Shah Rukh Khan in Barry John’s theatre group almost 20 years ago. Deepika revealed that SRK was not only energetic but also considerate and generous. She fondly recalled how SRK, who had a van among them all, would make sure to drop every girl to her home at night.
In an interview with Rajshri Unplugged, Deepika said, “The energy he (SRK) had back then, is still there. People talk about his energy, his enthusiasm and how he is always saying ‘let’s do this, let’s do that.’ And he used to help everyone a lot. Whenever we used to do rehearsals, (in theatre) it would get late at night and Shah Rukh was the only person who had a car.”
Deepika continued, “Shah Rukh and Rituraj were the two people who had cars and they used to drop all the girls to their respective homes. It felt like a transport vehicle and everyone used to pile up. Shah Rukh had the Maruti van and he used to drop everyone one by one to their homes. Everyone used to help each other. We used to all go and buy costumes together.”
Shah Rukh and Deepika collaborated last for the 2016 film Fan. Deepika played Shah Rukh’s mother in the film. She had previously opened up and had said that she was skeptical about playing his mom.
Deepika had said in an interview with DNA, “Initially, I was surprised, as I am not old enough to play his mom. In fact, we are contemporaries — he may be a couple of years older to me! But the makers assured me that I was playing mom to the Shah Rukh who plays the fan Gaurav and that with special effects and prosthetic he will look younger.”
On the work front, Shah Rukh is currently seen in the Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki.
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