Shah Rukh Khan, certainly one of Bollywood’s largest stars, lately opened up a few movie provide he turned down from longtime pal and filmmaker Karan Johar. On the WAVES Summit 2025 in Mumbai, Shah Rukh participated in a candid dialog alongside actress Deepika Padukone, with Karan moderating the session. Throughout this chat, SRK revealed a uncommon second in his profession when he determined to not take up a movie as a result of the function required him to put on a skirt all through.
Talking in regards to the incident, Shah Rukh stated, “Just a few years in the past, he (Karan Johar) got here to my home with a script that required me to put on a skirt all through the movie. That’s the solely time I wished to step again. It was a type of movies set in older occasions the place males wore skirts. However males wore skirts, not androgynous males like me carrying skirts.”
The humorous but sincere response sparked laughter within the viewers. Karan Johar chimed in to make clear that the skirt was part of the character’s costume. “It was the character, by the way in which,” he stated, to which Shah Rukh quipped, “Vo character ke liye, tu khud skirt pehenke, khud performing karna,” that means, “You put on the skirt for that character and act your self.”
This light-hearted second highlighted the robust friendship and inventive bond between the 2, who’ve labored collectively on a number of iconic movies, together with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, and My Identify Is Khan. Nevertheless, this was apparently the primary time Shah Rukh had turned down a script from Karan Johar.
Other than sharing tales about his profession, Shah Rukh took a second to understand his frequent co-star Deepika Padukone, who has lately stepped into motherhood. He warmly stated, “I feel the function that she goes to play the perfect, inshaallah, is that of a mom now with Dua. I feel she is absolutely, actually going to be a beautiful mom.”
On the work entrance, SRK is at present making ready for his subsequent massive launch, King, directed by Siddharth Anand. The movie additionally stars his daughter Suhana Khan, marking their first on-screen collaboration.
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