Shah Rukh Khan: Throwback: When Gauri Khan reflected on what would happen if she and Shah Rukh Khan were not together; ‘I pray to God every day that if…’

Married for a staggering 33 years, Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri make for one of the most rock solid couples in Bollywood. Blessed with three kids, the duo have been through thick and thin, and their relationship has withstood the test of time, growing stronger with each passing year.

In an earlier season of Koffee With Karan, Gauri Khan had appeared on the couch with Sussanne Khan, who was then married to Hrithik Roshan.

When host Karan Johar asked Gauri has she ever imagined a scenario when she and SRK would not be together, she had an interesting take. She said, “Firstly, I only get irritated with that thought when someone asks me that question. I pray to God every day that if we are not supposed to be together and if he has to be with somebody else, then God, let me find somebody else also. And, I hope he is handsome. It is true! This is what I pray to God and I mean it. I feel if he has to be with somebody else, if he chooses to be with somebody else, I would not want to be with him. I would say, ok, great! Let me move on with somebody.”
While on the couple, being the Bollywood icon, Shah Rukh Khan has often opened up about his personal life in interviews, especially about his wife Gauri Khan and their children. One particular funny quirk that he has is that he addresses his wife as ‘bhabhi’ whenever the two of them go to Delhi. The reason behind this quirk is one funny childhood incident that he narrated during an episode of ‘The Kapil Sharma Show‘ way back in 2016.
SRK took the audience down the memory lane to his days as a youngster in Delhi, recalling an interesting incident in Green Park. He said, ‘once I was hanging out with my girlfriend; a bunch of shode boys confronted us’ – , he stated,( shode is the Hindi word for idiot). When they inquired SRK about who that girl was, Shah Rukh confidently declared that she was his girlfriend. But the boy retorted that she actually was his sister-in-law. The verbal protestation led to physical fight between them leading Shah Rukh Khan beaten up.

Recalling the incident, he explained that he could not say ‘girlfriend’ under pressure and, hence, the altercation. He recalls that during the fight, one of the boys threw a piece of clay-ware cup at his face. That phase has strongly imprinted him. Today too, whenever he takes Gauri out to Delhi and some one asks after her, he automatically addresses her as sister-in-law. He jokingly said, “Ab yeh zamana aa gaya hai main biwi ke saath bhi Delhi mein nikalta hoon aur koi poochta hai kaun hai toh main kehta hoon meri bhabhi hai.”
On the work front, Shah Rukh Khan was last seen in ‘Dunki'(2023) directed by Rajkumar Hirani alongside Taapsee Pannu. Next, he will be seen sharing a screen with his daughter, Suhana Khan in the action thriller ‘King’ by Sujoy Ghosh. He will also be seen making a guest appearance in ‘Stardom’ as that is the debut series of his son, Aryan Khan.