With the success of his most recent film, Jawan, Shah Rukh Khan is at the top of his game. The movie’s co-producer is his wife, Gauri Khan. In an old interview Gauri was open about her desire for his films to flop.
When asked that she must have supported Shah Rukh from behind like a rock, Gauri denied the same and said, “well, actually, that’s not true.” She went on to add, “Because I was not too happy about him coming to Bombay. I actually didn’t even know when he became a star. It was very shocking for me first to be here, and films and everything. It was very, very difficult. I actually didn’t want his films to do well. I thought if it flopped, I should go back to Delhi. Because when you are so young and I got married at 21. Films, how and what happens, everything was so new. For me it was like nothing should run and everything should be a flop.”
“At times when his films did well, what had hit us, I was not even aware of what was happening,” she said. “So you just forget. So Deewana did well and before we knew it was Dilwale. It was amazing. I didn’t even know when he became a big star.”
Shah Rukh has always been highly ambitious, Gauri said.”From his childhood, in school, in college, he’s always been on top whether it’s his football, hockey, whatever he touched, his theatre, anything. For me whatever he would touch would be gold. I think that’s my smartness that I chose the right guy. I am lucky to have him,” she said while laughing.
After Pathaan and Jawan, Shah Rukh Khan is now gearing up for his third release of the year, Dunki.