But if I wanted something badly enough I would go out and get it. I was exposed to the Ram Leela, I acted in it as one of the monkey. I wrote short stories.. shairis.. my father made me recite them. I remember once there was this aunt who wore horrendously pink lipstick and I composed a corny poem in praise of her lipstick. I think she was secretly pleased. My parents let me do my own thing, they only wanted me to do well in my studies...which I did. There were no restrictions. I could sleep at any time, go out anytime. If I bashed up some child's teeth, my father saw to it that I dealt with the child's father myself... I realized that parents weren't authority but they were friends. I would imitate Mumtaz, I would mimic people. I'm doing all this even today. And guess what? I'm being paid handsomely for it.

An outgoing kind of person, mom took a lot of initiative in everything. I remember when my father was ill, he had cancer for eight months, we lost everything we had.

One injection used to cost about Rs 5000 and we had to organise about 23 injections in ten days. It was an expensive affair and our business went down. At that time my mother would work day and night. She would get the money some way. She really looked after my father.

After his death in '81 she revived his business and ran it proficiently. I inherited workaholism from her. She never said no to anything. Like when I went to college, I said I wanted a car. And the next day, there was a car outside. She never forced me to do anything. She never even forced me to take over the big business that we had finally when she died.

When I told her I wanted to act, join films she did not stop me. I wanted to do my masters in film making. I was very good. I had got admission in NSD. I didn't want to do it but she told me, "just get admission". So I gave my admission test and got in. I remember I used to be very bad in Hindi. I would get zero on ten. And she used to tell me, "If you get ten on ten, I'll take you for a film". And from that day to date I have topped in Hindi at all times I remember the first film she took me to see was Dev Anand's Joshilaa. Her favourite actors were Bishwajeet and Joy Mukherji.

I think I inherited my sense of humour from my father, who too had a lot of respect for women. I remember once I had gone and blown somebody's letterbox. And this south indian lady came down and complained to my father, "Your son troubles my daughter". He looked at her and said, "If she is as pretty as you are and if I was as young as my son, I'd probably do the same thing". She started laughing. He said it so gently and nicely. He was very respectful to women because he had an older sister and a mother whom he was very close to. He taught me how to be gentle with women.

When my father died, I didn't cry. I thought it was heroic. I was one of the pall-bearers, I thought I had become a little big man. But I felt cheated despite the fact that he had prepared me for his death... And my mother's death made me realize that nothing is permanent. I stopped hoping for anything. I cried a lot. Nothing shocks me anymore.

Source: IndianFeelings.com

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written by Kalpesh, February 02, 2009

Sharukh may god bless u. and one more thing you always rock

U ROCK DUDE
written by USMAN ROY! FROM PAKISTAN KARACHI, February 05, 2009

HY SHARUKH ! MY NAME IS USMAN U ROCK DUDE AND I LOVE U FOR THAT I LOVE UR STYLE AND I LOVE UR HAIR MOST. ACTULLY I LOVE U . AS BEING A MUSLIM U R MY BRO AND I ALWAYS PRAY FOR U THAT U WILL TOUCH THE STARS. AND ALWAYS BE SINCERE 2 UR RELIGION . I LOVE U BUDDY AND MAKE SURE 2 READ IT
ALLAH HAFIZ AND BYE

My hero
written by Ruhela Sultana (Ruhi), February 12, 2009

I just want to say that i was never fond of any actors except Amitabh Bachchan, but after u came i just thought that's it your the next Amitabh Bachchan, after DDLJ i became a fan of you!!!!!!!!!!!!1 now i wait 4 the day i see you............ your the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!! truly King Khan

Hi Sharukh how are you. I am your fan. I meet to you. Plz plz plz....... Send your contrac number. My number is 8801715689321. I am watting for you.
written by Joy, April 06, 2009

Hello Sharukh how are you. I am your good fan. I know you ar a famous king khan. I pray for god.

Hello king khan. I am Joy. My number is 8801715689321.
written by Joy, April 06, 2009

Hello Sharukh how are you. I am your good fan. I know you ar a famous king khan. I am Bangladeshi. Ami alwayes doa kori tomar jonno tumi jate sobsomoy India AR famous king hoye thakte paro. Amitab his gone. Actually you ar so nice. You are so good looking. I love you hear style. I am so mad for you. Bcz i love you.

to sharukh
written by sana, June 07, 2009

shaukh ji plz plz aap salman se dosti karlijia na plz plz kiu ke mai dono ku aalag nahi dekh na chahtiu
bcoz I LOVE U BOTH

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written by sana, June 07, 2009

I LOVE U PLZ PLZ KOE AAPDONO KA DUSHMANI KA FAYEDA NAUTHAYE ISLIA

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written by fcmmithal, June 17, 2009

i like you style,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

love u
written by saira khan g, August 31, 2009

sharukh bhai plz ap salman se dosti kar le ap dono seprat good nahi lagte both of u very special love u

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written by deepak dhakal nepal, September 02, 2009

u r the star of millenium n u will b the star tiil there is life in the world

hiiiiiiiii sharukh
written by raju, November 13, 2009

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm u r kk bt nt as coo as hrithik nd ranbir....

hiiiii
written by abbie, January 22, 2010

i love everything about u, you bring out the best in the less privileged. i am ur biggest fan though we can never meet but i will always be ur fan. keep the good work up. 4rm nigeria

salaam
written by sara abdullah, February 03, 2010

hello sharukh jaan my name is sara i was born in afghanistan but i live in California 4 the last 26yrs, we wacthed indian movies as kids then i lost touch. but lately knowing u make me a proud to know ur one of us specialy reading ur story about ur parents so smaler to mine god bless ur family. your afghan sister,

salaam
written by syed Dastageer, February 12, 2010

hi SRK meri jindagi ki ek quaesh hai k my aap deku. aur aap se bhaat karu plz aap ka num send karo. 09591228870 ye mera num hai.

I LIKE YOU & MY NAME IS KHAN
written by AHMEDKUNHI , March 22, 2010

MY DEAR SHARUKHAN, I LIKE YOU & iAM BIG FAN 4 YOU, YOUR LAST FILIM MY NAME IS LKHAN VERY VERY NICE, & I WANT YOUR PERSAL EMAIL ID

MY NAME IS KHAN
written by AHMEDKUNHI , March 22, 2010

IAM AHMED FROM KASARAGOD, KERALA, MY EMAIL ID This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
2nd one This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , i want sharuhkhan Personal Email ID

kk
written by pp, April 02, 2010

hjikkhtiu

House wife
written by Rika regina, April 23, 2010

Hello shahrukh, i am rika from pekanbaru indonesia. I'm the one whose fans on you. I love u full.

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written by ejaz ul haq kohistani, April 24, 2010

love u and wish u the best

MY HERO
written by rose, May 31, 2010

I AM ROSE FROM KOTTAYAM,KERALA
I AM YOUR GOOD FAN & I LIKE YOUR ALL FILMS.YOU ARE THE ONE OF THE BIG ACTOR OF THE WORLD.

i love you
written by huzzainat, July 02, 2010

am your best fans in the world

a great inspiration
written by rakesh, July 07, 2010

i respect u alot as a person and u'r great as a humanbeing the kind of up's&down u have seen in u'r life which inspires every person and u'r pride of india

assalam sharukh bhaiya
written by mahi naz, July 08, 2010

bhaiya te way u act make me juz go crazy......its oly u who can do such good acting..i pray allah ke u remain happy in filmdom n never forget islam...khuda hafiz

my role model
written by mustafa khan, July 10, 2010

hi sharukh whenever i see u my blood get hot becoz u r my role model. like u i love struggiling and want to achive something in life. same like u i dont see the work i belive in to complete the work and before that i put pressur for nxt work.if i will be alive once in a life i will definatelly meet u n will want to touch ur legs and will like to huge u once. i like ur confidence power.

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written by Md.Alamin, July 21, 2010

Hi,
Hello, how are you?Shahrukh khan,i am your best fan.i chosse your evering.
You MUSLIM,i am MUSLIM- so,i & you MUSLIM Brother.

Assalamualaiku vai
written by Md.Alamin,From Bangladesh,Mob: 88 01718573302, July 21, 2010

Hi,
Hello, how are you? Shahrukh khan,i am your best fan.i choose your everything .You MUSLIM,i am MUSLIM- so,i & you MUSLIM Brother.