{"id":158855,"date":"2025-11-02T14:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T14:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/158855\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T14:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T14:03:09","slug":"when-gauri-khan-didnt-want-shah-rukh-to-hug-other-actresses-viveck-vaswani-recalls-shah-rukh-khans-early-mumbai-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/158855\/","title":{"rendered":"When Gauri Khan didn\u2019t want Shah Rukh to hug other actresses; Viveck Vaswani recalls Shah Rukh Khan’s early Mumbai days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Before he became Bollywood\u2019s biggest superstar, Shah Rukh Khan<\/a> was just a young man in Mumbai trying to find his footing, and his close friend Viveck Vaswani<\/a> was there to witness it all. In a recent chat with Radio Nasha<\/a>, Viveck revisited those early days, offering a rare glimpse into Shah Rukh\u2019s personal struggles, his bond with Gauri Khan<\/a>, and how his journey into films began almost by chance.<\/p>\n

\"Viveck Viveck Vaswani shared how Shah Rukh Khan did not want to work in films because Gauri Khan would not like him to hug other actresses. Viveck recalls Shah Rukh’s early days<\/p>\n

Viveck recalled how Shah Rukh arrived in Mumbai with little money and stayed at his home for months. \u201cHe was at my place and didn\u2019t like vegetarian food, so we went out to eat non-veg. For the first 20 minutes, he just ate silently. He hadn\u2019t eaten properly in nearly two days. After finishing, he looked at me and said, \u2018Do you know, Vivek? My mother is dying.\u2019 That night, he opened up like never before about his mother\u2019s illness, his sister, and Gauri.\u201d<\/p>\n

He went on to describe how Shah Rukh stayed with him until just before Christmas, when they attended a party at La Pepe, a building that housed stars like Jackie Shroff and Zeenat Aman.<\/p>\n

Soon after, Shah Rukh\u2019s mother\u2019s health deteriorated, and Viveck even borrowed money from his father to buy medicines and send them to Delhi. It was during this period that producer Vikram Malhotra approached Shah Rukh with a film offer. However, at that time, Shah Rukh was hesitant about making movies. Viveck revealed, \u201cHe told me Gauri wouldn\u2019t like him hugging other actresses. He was happy doing television, so I didn\u2019t push him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite his initial reluctance, Shah Rukh eventually agreed to a short film shoot in Shimla, where he met director Ketan Mehta and worked on Maya Memsaab.<\/p>\n

A few days after Shah Rukh’s mother’s death, Viveck received an early-morning surprise. Shah Rukh was standing there with huge bags. He didn\u2019t come in, but just asked if they could do a film together. Viveck informed that Shah Rukh wanted to become a film actor because his mother had dreamed of him becoming a superstar.<\/p>\n

Shah Rukh’s latest project<\/p>\n

The actor will soon be seen in King, whose first look was revealed on his 60th birthday. The film also stars his daughter, Suhana Khan, along with Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Arshad Warsi, and Anil Kapoor. The film is set to release in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before he became Bollywood\u2019s biggest superstar, Shah Rukh Khan was just a young man in Mumbai trying to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[268],"tags":[14090,434,18,117,92445,92444,11196,19,17,92443,3770],"class_list":["post-158855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-bollywood-superstar","tag-celebrities","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-film-offer","tag-gauri","tag-gauri-khan","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-personal-struggles","tag-shah-rukh-khan"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115480481538534608","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}