Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan is famous for his extravagance. He is constantly celebrating the success of his film ‘Pathaan’. As the film geared up for its TV premiere, the fans of superstar reached outside Mannat to celebrate. Shah Rukh welcomed his pool of admirers with open arms. He reached his balcony, thanked his fans from the bottom of his heart, blew flying kisses to the fans and also did the hook step of the song ‘Jhoome Jo Pathaan’. During this, an anecdote related to SRK’s house named Mannat has come up for discussion. You would be surprised to know that Shah Rukh once served biryani to his guests in thermocol plates and water in plastic glasses. Read on!
The story was mentioned by designer-turned-producer Shabina Khan in Notch magazine in March 2013. She published an article with the title ‘The SRK Story’. In this, Shabana narrated moments spent with Shah Rukh and Gauri. She also told about Shahrukh’s early days in Bollywood and mentioned about the time when he shifted to Mumbai with Gauri.
Shah Rukh lived with Gauri in one bedroom apartment
Shabina told that when Shah Rukh brought Gauri to Mumbai, he stayed in one room at Aziz Mirza’s house for some time. After this, he rented a one bedroom apartment in Mount Mary. During that time, Gauri used to do all the household chores herself, because she did not need a maid for that small house.
Shah Rukh’s wish was fulfilled
Shabina wrote that Shah Rukh had bought his dream bungalow Mannat during Gauri’s birthday. On the same day, Aditya Chopra decided to show the first copy of DDLJ to Shah Rukh. In such a situation, Shah Rukh had given a feast to all of his loved ones. He called them to the dilapidated roof of the house. There was only one bulb. Apart from that, there was no light of any kind. Shah Rukh served biryani in a thermocol plates, while water was also given in disposable glasss. Shahrukh was too excited to show his new house.
Loan was repaid in four years
Shah Rukh had told Shabina that he had Rs 2 crore in savings when he was buying Mannat, while the cost of the bungalow was Rs 30 crore. However, Shah Rukh had borrowed the rest of the amount to give wings to his dream, which he had repaid in just four years by working very hard.
Workwise, Shah Rukh Khan smashed the box office with his last release ‘Pathaan’. The film also starred Deepika Padukone and John Abraham. Shah Rukh will next come up with ‘Jawaan’ and ‘Dunki’.