Actors Jaideep Ahlawat and Vijay Varma received phone calls from Shah Rukh Khan after the release of their recent film Jaane Jaan. Shah Rukh contacted them to praise their performances in the film, the two actors revealed at the recent India Today Conclave, where they were joined by Jaane Jaan director Sujoy Ghosh.
The filmmaker said that Shah Rukh sourced Vijay and Jaideep’s phone numbers through him. Jaideep then recounted the interaction, and said, “That was the moment. He called me and he said, ‘Agar aap busy nahi hain thodi si baat karni hai, Shah Rukh bol raha hoon (Would you have a moment to chat, this is Shah Rukh)’. I replied, ‘Agar mujhe heart attack aaya, uske zimmedaar aap honge (You will be responsible if I get a heart attack)’.”
Jaideep, who also worked with Shah Rukh on the 2017 film Raees, said that the star was magnanimous on set, and that he still remembered their time together, however brief. “I was fortunate enough to work with him in a very small part in Raees. It just happened; somebody else was cast in that role, and I was finalised at 11:30 in the night. Call time was 7 the next morning. I worked with him for four days, and it was the most amazing experience. You can’t describe working with Shah Rukh Khan, you have to experience it. The way he treats you, the way he talks to you, it’s so mesmerising. He remembers everything; the day he called me, he was talking about Raees.”
Jaideep said that working with Shah Rukh was the only time he has been star-struck, and that he was visibly ‘slow’ on his first take with the star. Vijay chimed in, “We are living in his shadow. Everything about the man is so inspiring. He’s set a benchmark right now which only he can cross, as a person, as an actor, as a star. I can count every time I’ve met him, it’s so significant, even if it’s a five-second meeting or a 10-second handshake. You remember. He touches your heart.”
Jaane Jaan, an adaptation of the Japanese novel The Devotion of Suspect X, starred Kareena Kapoor Khan in the lead role, and was released on Netflix last month. It debuted around the same time that Shah Rukh’s Jawan was breaking box office records worldwide, on its way to a Rs 1100 crore global gross.
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Jaideep Ahlawat reveals how Shah Rukh Khan introduced himself when he called to praise his work in Jaane Jaan: ‘Agar aap busy nahi hain, thodi baat karni hai’ – The Indian Express
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