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Actors Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Amin had previously collaborated on projects before ‘Fan’. Both worked together in theater before moving on to movies. Over twenty years after their first collaboration, they got back together for the 2016 movie. Recently, Deepika, who first got to know Shah Rukh Khan about 20 years ago when they were both in Barry John’s theater group, talked about their time together and her role as the actor’s mother in the Maneesh Sharma film.
During a conversation with Rajshri Unplugged, Deepika shared, “I was offered Shah Rukh Khan’s mother’s role toh maine kaha, ‘Yaar hum theatre kar chuke hain saath mein, halaki woh bada hai mujhse. Main uske maa ka role kaise karungi?.”
She was eventually convinced after Maneesh Sharma explained that she would be working in the movie as a young Shah Rukh’s mother. Deepika revealed, “Then the makers explained that the actor has a double role in the film. In one of the roles, he plays himself… he is a star who is SRK’s age, and the other one is that of a young guy in his 20s. They had digitally de-aged Shah Rukh to make him look young. They needed someone in that age group to play young Shah Rukh’s mother. The experience of working on the film was great because I was meeting Shah Rukh after a long time.”
Speaking further about her connection with the star and getting back together, the ‘Safar’ actor remarked, “Woh hamesha bahot pyaar se milta hai.” The two would frequently get down and chat about their days spent in theater and their time spent in Delhi while filming ‘Fan’. “We shot Fan in Mumbai and Delhi and reminisced about the old times on the film sets. Purani yaadein taaza karte the, and told each other, ‘Yaad hai aise hua tha, aise kiya karte the. Theatre ki kahaniyaan toh bahi khatam hi nahin hoti hain. Theatre walon ke kisse kabhi khatam hi nahin hote. Toh bahot accha laga use dobara milkar,” she said.
In a previous interview with Rajshri Unplugged, Deepika Amin spoke warmly of SRK’s enthusiasm, thoughtfulness, and kindness, mentioning how he would always take care of every female cast member’s safe transportation home at night after rehearsals by using his van. She said, “The energy he (SRK) had back then, is still there. People talk about his energy, his enthusiasm and how he is always saying ‘Let’s do this, let’s do that.’ And he used to help everyone a lot. Whenever we used to do rehearsals, it would get late at night and Shah Rukh was the only person who had a car. Shah Rukh and Rituraj were the two people who had cars and they used to drop all the girls to their respective homes. It felt like a transport vehicle and everyone used to pile up. Shah Rukh had the Maruti van and he used to drop everyone one by one to their homes. Everyone used to help each other. We used to all go and buy costumes together.”
On the work front, Deepika Amin is best known for her roles in the films ‘Fan’, ‘Raanjhanaa’ and ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’. She has also worked in the TV shows ‘Farmaan’ and ‘Tashn-e-Ishq’.
During a conversation with Rajshri Unplugged, Deepika shared, “I was offered Shah Rukh Khan’s mother’s role toh maine kaha, ‘Yaar hum theatre kar chuke hain saath mein, halaki woh bada hai mujhse. Main uske maa ka role kaise karungi?.”
She was eventually convinced after Maneesh Sharma explained that she would be working in the movie as a young Shah Rukh’s mother. Deepika revealed, “Then the makers explained that the actor has a double role in the film. In one of the roles, he plays himself… he is a star who is SRK’s age, and the other one is that of a young guy in his 20s. They had digitally de-aged Shah Rukh to make him look young. They needed someone in that age group to play young Shah Rukh’s mother. The experience of working on the film was great because I was meeting Shah Rukh after a long time.”
Speaking further about her connection with the star and getting back together, the ‘Safar’ actor remarked, “Woh hamesha bahot pyaar se milta hai.” The two would frequently get down and chat about their days spent in theater and their time spent in Delhi while filming ‘Fan’. “We shot Fan in Mumbai and Delhi and reminisced about the old times on the film sets. Purani yaadein taaza karte the, and told each other, ‘Yaad hai aise hua tha, aise kiya karte the. Theatre ki kahaniyaan toh bahi khatam hi nahin hoti hain. Theatre walon ke kisse kabhi khatam hi nahin hote. Toh bahot accha laga use dobara milkar,” she said.
In a previous interview with Rajshri Unplugged, Deepika Amin spoke warmly of SRK’s enthusiasm, thoughtfulness, and kindness, mentioning how he would always take care of every female cast member’s safe transportation home at night after rehearsals by using his van. She said, “The energy he (SRK) had back then, is still there. People talk about his energy, his enthusiasm and how he is always saying ‘Let’s do this, let’s do that.’ And he used to help everyone a lot. Whenever we used to do rehearsals, it would get late at night and Shah Rukh was the only person who had a car. Shah Rukh and Rituraj were the two people who had cars and they used to drop all the girls to their respective homes. It felt like a transport vehicle and everyone used to pile up. Shah Rukh had the Maruti van and he used to drop everyone one by one to their homes. Everyone used to help each other. We used to all go and buy costumes together.”
On the work front, Deepika Amin is best known for her roles in the films ‘Fan’, ‘Raanjhanaa’ and ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’. She has also worked in the TV shows ‘Farmaan’ and ‘Tashn-e-Ishq’.
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