Shah Rukh Khan says wife Gauri rejected his offer to help launch her design business: ‘She began her career in her 40s’
Shah Rukh Khan said that his wife Gauri Khan dedicated herself to supporting him on his journey to becoming a superstar, and started her professional career only after she hit 40.
Shah Rukh Khan accompanied his wife Gauri Khan at the launch event of her new coffee table book, My Life in Design. The book contains several pictures of the celebrity couple’s Mumbai mansion, Mannat. At the event, Shah Rukh spoke lovingly about his wife, whom he has known since they were both teenagers in New Delhi.
While interacting with the media at the Mumbai event, Shah Rukh said that in long-term relationships such as theirs, it is understandable for people to not appreciate each other’s talents. He thanked her for ‘playing her part’ in his journey to stardom, and said that during all this time, she would keep tinkering with interior design, even though she was dedicated to supporting him.
When she decided to start her own business, Shah Rukh said that he offered to help her out with contacts, but she refused. “At 40 she started doing this. I told her, ‘Should I be helpful, I have some friends, we can talk to them’, and she said no. She started a small 10 feet by 20 feet shop somewhere in Lower Parel. And she worked it all out on her own, and continued doing what she does.”
Shah Rukh said that Gauri is ‘the busiest person in the house’, and that he often asks her why she works so much. She tells him that her work ‘satisfies’ her, and Shah Rukh said that this is what everybody can learn from her, that following one’s dreams is possible at any stage in life.
Shah Rukh and Gauri tied the knot in 1991, and they have three children — daughter Suhana, who is set to make her acting debut; older son Aryan, who is about to make his debut as a writer-director; and the 10-year-old AbRam. Shah Rukh made a grand comeback to starring roles this year with the blockbuster hit Pathaan, which eventually made more than Rs 1000 crore worldwide. He will next be seen in Jawan, and then in Dunki.
News Source:- The Indian EXPRESS
