“Shah Rukh Khan used to deliver samosas for us at NSD when he was a 10-year-old boy. His father or uncle ran the canteen,” recalls Pankaj Kapoor.

Shah Rukh Khan is one of the biggest stars in the world, but he is largely praised for making it on his own without a godfather in the industry. Khan rose to fame and built his own empire since he was a boy distributing samosas at the National School of Drama (NSD).

Veteran actor Pankaj Kapoor recalls the 1970s when he was a student at NSD, and recalled seeing Khan’s face as a child. “Those samosas were provided by none other than Shah Rukh Khan. He was a young child, 10 years old at that time,” Kapoor said in an interview on Kindle Cast’s YouTube channel. He added: “I think his uncle or father was running the canteen at that time.” Years later, fate brought the two together professionally when Pankaj shared screen space with Shah Rukh Khan in Rajeev Mehra’s 1995 action thriller. Ram jan.His father, Mir Taj Muhammad Khan, was a restaurateur in Delhi and owned the famous Khatir restaurant in Safdarjung. The star had earlier spoken about spending most of his childhood in NSD. Since his sister, Shehnaaz Lalarukh Khan, was attending classes there, SRK would often wait for her after school before returning home together.Aside from the restaurant, he also managed the chaos at NSD, where he is said to have spent most of his time.

After his death in 1981, Shah Rukh Khan’s mother, Latif Fatima Khan, continued to run the family business until her death in 1990.Shah Rukh Khan said: “I was a very sweet child and spent my entire childhood there hugging and touring with the best actors in India.” Times Of India In 2014.Growing up in the institution allowed him to observe some of the most respected names in Indian theatre, including Pankaj Kapoor, Raghubir Yadav, Raj Babbar, and Nadira Babbar.

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. Many of these actors would later share the screen with him in films.Reflecting on their influence on his life, Shah Rukh said, “I watched all their plays and rehearsals for months. I only grew up wanting to be an actor watching these actors. I may not meet them now, but they taught me how to act.”