Actor Rajkummar Rao is currently enjoying the success of his latest movie Srikanth, directed by Tushar Hiranandani. The film is based on the life of Srikanth Bolla, a visually- impaired industrialist. Rajkummar has been receiving an overwhelming response all over India, the movie is performing well at the box office.
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Rajkummar recalled the initial days of his career after he moved to Mumbai, from his hometown Gurugram. He recently appeared in a chat show ‘We Are Yuvaa’, he remembered his childhood and stated that “When he was growing up, Gurgoan was not such a big city. Compared to that. Mumbai was very expensive for me initially, especially since I hailed from a very humble background. The cultural difference was also very evident. But this is where I had to stay, and I always had immense love for Mumbai”.
Mumbai Diaries
Sharing his memories in the chat show, he said, “Right after I completed class 10, I came to Mumbai to audition for Boogie Woogie. I just wanted to visit Mumbai, see the city and maybe Shah Rukh Khan’s house too. I was 16 at that time. Along with my 12-year-old cousin, I came to the city on a train. Since neither of us had the money, we borrowed INR 5,000 from an aunt”, he recalled of his Mumbai Journey.”
Waited Outside Mannat
Further, he talked about his love for Shah Rukh Khan and said that Shah Rukh Khan is one of the reasons he became an actor. Rajkummar’s journey has inspired and impressed him as he is also from Delhi, an outsider and has a theatre background. But when he met him for the first time the feeling was surreal. Rajkummar met Shah Rukh Khan face to face when they were promoting city lights at that time.
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“But he knew everything about me! (Rajkummar Rao) He knew I had received an award for Shahid, that Kai Po Che was good, and that citylights was coming soon.”
Despite meeting Shah Rukh Khan many times, he still gets star-struck whenever he meets the Bollywood Badshah.
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