Smriti Irani recently shared a story about meeting Salim Khan for the first time. She also recalled her first experience in front of the camera in a Shah Rukh Khan film.
Salman and her husband’s mischievous past
Talking on Mashable India’s YouTube channel, Smriti said, “At St Xaviers, Salman and my husband were classmates. So the first time Zubin took me to introduce me to Salman, Salim Khan was there. He said, ‘Tumko malum hai tumhare mia sahab mere bete ke saath kya karte the? (Do you know what your partner and my son used to do?) They used to steal my car and drive off. Nikamme hai dono (Both of them are useless). I was just standing there silent, and both Salman and my husband were looking down.”
Meeting Shah Rukh Khan through her husband
Elaborating further, she added, “I met Shah Rukh courtesy of my husband. He knew him, so I would pester him many times to ask Shah Rukh for an interview. He actually first told me that ‘Listen, don’t get married. Main bata raha hoon tujhe mat karna shaadi. (I am telling you, don’t get married.)’ I was like, ‘Bhai, too late.’”
First experience in front of the camera
In the same interview, Smriti also recalled her first experience of working on a set in front of the camera with Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Aditya Pancholi. She shared, “There was a movie with Shah Rukh and Juhi Chawla that Aziz Mirza had done. That was my first shot ever, and I was just a silhouette. That was the first time I had faced the camera. I was wearing the black dress that Manisha Koirala was wearing in the movie with the song ‘Raja Ko Rani Se Pyaar Hogaya’ (Akele Hum Akele Tum). They told me to wear the dress and just stand there.”
