When Shah Rukh Khan talked about his legendary lineage, he said, ‘My father was a freedom fighter, he was arrested when he was 16…’

In Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan is seen as an emblem of outsider success.

Shah Rukh Khan is one of the world’s most famous actors, his renown reaching beyond the Indian subcontinent and into the diaspora population across the world. Not only is he an icon for outsider success in the film industry — he started in television after relocating to Mumbai from New Delhi — but his celebrity endures even after decades in the business. As seen recently when many flocked to visit him on Eid.

Shah Rukh was an amazing high school student who hails from a long history of achievers. He has often talked about his distinguished and, as he put it, “eccentric family.”

Shah Rukh’s parents died while he was young, and he has often expressed remorse over not having spent enough time with them. “I believe both parents are incredibly vital for children, and it’s a tremendous gift of God if children have both their parents,” he remarked in a 2011 interview with the Hindustan Times. I lost my parents at a young age, so having them around you is quite important to me. I argue with my wife that being a father is more important, but I suppose that’s a prejudice against being a father. A father must be a protector, a parent, and someone to whom one may lookup. But, above all, to be a friend.” “More than my father’s strictness, kindness, education, or all the principles that he gave me, what I miss most is having a buddy,” he said.

Shah Rukh Khan is married to Gauri Khan, whom he met as a child in New Delhi. They have three children: Suhana, a girl, and Aryan and AbRam, boys.

The actor was last seen on the big screen in 2018’s Zero, following which he took a long break. After a four-year break, he will return to in Pathaan 2023. Following that, he will appear in Rajkumar Hirani’s next film, Dunkirk. He is also said to have begun shooting director Atlee’s untitled feature.

In a video circulated among his fan groups, the actor said, “My grandpa was Iftikhar Ahmed.” He was Karnataka’s chief engineer, and he created the Mangalore port. He was schooled in London and was one of our country’s best engineers. My father was the country’s youngest freedom fighter, imprisoned when he was 16 or 19. He had a large number of pals. General Shah Nawaz Khan, one of the commanders of the Indian National Army alongside Subhas Chandra Bose, was one of his close colleagues, maybe related to him.”

“They’re intriguing,” he said, “and my family is pretty interesting.” My father was a lawyer and a civil rights activist, and my mother was a magistrate and a social worker, “I come from an odd, weird family.”

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