Shah Rukh Khan is one of the biggest stars in the world, but he is widely praised for achieving success alone without a godfather in the industry. Khan rose to fame and built his empire from a boy delivering samosas at the National School of Drama (NSD). veteran actor Pankaj Kapoor Recalling the 1970s, when he was a student at NSD, he remembered seeing Khan’s face as a child. “The provider of these samosas was none other than Shah Rukh Khan. He was a 10-year-old boy at the time,” Kapoor said in an interview on Kindle Cast’s YouTube channel. “I think his uncle or his father used to run the canteen at that time,” he added. Years later, fate brought the two together professionally when Pankaj shared screen space with Shah Rukh Rajiv Mehra1995 action thriller Ram Jain.His father, Mir Taj Mohammed Khan, is a restaurateur in Delhi and owns the popular Khatir restaurant in Safdarjung. The superstar had earlier spoken about spending most of his childhood at NSD. Since his sister Shehnaz Lalarukh Khan studied there, Shah Rukh would often wait for her after school and go home together.In addition to the restaurant, he also manages the NSD mess, where he reportedly spends most of his time. After Shah Rukh’s death in 1981, Shah Rukh’s mother, Lateef Fatima Khan, continued to run the family business until her death in 1990.Shah Rukh told reporters: “I was a very sweet kid and I spent my entire childhood there hanging out with arguably the best actors in India.” times of india 2014.Growing up around the institution enabled him to observe some of the most respected names in Indian theater including Pankaj Kapoor, Raghubir Yadav, Raj Babbar, Nadira Babar, Nasiruddin Shah, Rohini Khatangadi and Anupam Kher. Many of these actors later appeared in films with him.Talking about their impact on his life, Shah Rukh said, “I watched all their plays and rehearsals for months. Growing up watching these actors, I just wanted to be an actor. I may not see them now, but they taught me how to act.”
