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“He would hug me and introduce me to others as his oldest friend. He would invite me to his vanity van and we would smoke together,” late actor Rituraj Singh had shared about Shah Rukh Khan on his 50th birthday. Rituraj passed away on Tuesday at the age of 59, after suffering a fatal cardiac arrest.
In an earlier interview with indianexpress.com Rituraj Singh had shared how he forged a close bond with Shah Rukh Khan, when they were students together at Barry John’s TAG (Theatre Action Group), well before they even became screen actors. “We used to discuss many things about life. At that age, you are just filled up with everyday stuff and there is an everyday high. We used to rehearse together and play football, among other things. Somewhere down the line, he got the feeling that acting is something that his life is all about and thank God it happened, or else, we wouldn’t have had a magnet of a miraculous star today,” he had said.
Rituraj had also said that they were “thick buddies” who’d often share clothes, and that it was Shah Rukh who’d encouraged him to move to Mumbai and become an actor. “We could fit into each other’s clothes because of the same body structure. We were real thick buddies, and those were the best days of my life. I came to Mumbai to act at his insistence. He would come to Delhi and tell me, ‘What are you doing here? Come, let’s go to Mumbai. You’re such a good actor.”
While SRK went on to become one of India’s biggest stars, Rituraj rose to fame with TV shows such as Banegi Apni Baat, Jyoti, Hitler Didi, Shapath, Warrior High, Aahat, Adaalat, Diya Aur Baati, and Anupamaa, among others. About not asking SRK to get him work in films, he had said, “I have never asked SRK for work because unlike others, I don’t suck up to him and ask favours. But this I know, that if God forbid I am in a miserable situation tomorrow, SRK will be the first one to reach out to me.”
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