Juhi Chawla, at a recent event, recalled how Shah Rukh Khan’s only car was taken away by the bank due to non-payment of EMI. This was early during his career, when he did not have a home in Mumbai.
A video is going viral on X, where Juhu is recalling the struggle that SRK had during his early career. She said, “I remember Shah Rukh during those days. He had no home in Mumbai so he’d come from Delhi. Of course, there was nobody to cook for him and I’m not sure where he was staying. Unit ka khaana khaate the, unit ki plate se. Unit ki chai peete the aur unit ke saath bilkul ghul mil ke hassi mazaak, baatein karna (He would have the food cooked and drink tea made for the unit. He would be close to them, joking and talking to them).”
She continued, “He had one car. It was a Gypsy. I remember it was a black Gypsy. He used to do two-three shifts. Humare saath ‘Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman’ kar rahe the and I think ‘Dil Aashna Hai’ kar rahe the (We were working together for ‘Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman’ and ‘Dil Aashna Hai’) and then he was doing another film with Divya (Bharti). He used to be working round the clock and he was really driven. For some reason, he had not been able to pay for his car ya EMI nahi di thi. Kuch ho gaya tha (He wasn’t able to pay the EMI for the car. Something happened) and his car got taken away and he had nothing.”
“That day he came very dejected to the sets. I don’t know, I must’ve said, ‘Arre koi baat nahi, you’ll have many more cars. They’ll just come, you just see. Don’t worry. It’s nothing.’ He still remembers it. Now look at him. Look at where he’s gone,” Juhi Chawla said.
Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla have worked together in a number of films and they are now co-owners of the KKR.
Shah Rukh Khan has also spoken about the incident back in 2015. He had said, “My first Jeep (my second four-wheeler in life, after a van) that I had bought during the shoot of ‘Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman’ was acquired by the bank for non-payment. Juhi (Chawla) then lent me her car for the remaining shoot. Years later, when I was at a hill station for the shoot of ‘Trimurti’, I was being driven around in a car and suddenly I realised that the car looked familiar. Apparently, they had sold the cars in lots and the one in which I was, was my car (which was taken away from me!). I used to ride in the car with Jackie (Shroff).”
Shah Rukh Khan marked his comeback after a hiatus of 5 years in 2023. That year, he delivered three back to back hits with ‘Pathaan’, ‘Jawan’ and ‘Dunki’.
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