SRK - A Legend, yet a next door guy

It was the so exciting while both Deepika Padukone and Anushka Sharma were school-going girls, when they had watched Shah Rukh Khan win hearts of millions with "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge". Not even in their wildest dreams had they thought that one day they would star opposite the Superstar, that too step in to Bollywood beside him.

Hailing from Bangalore, both the model-turned-actresses have been great Shah Rukh fans since childhood and have grown up watching almost all his films. Their entry into Bollywood pushed their big-screen careers on a high as their debut films - "Om Shanti Om" (2007) and "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" (2008) respectively – became huge hits, definitely courtesy their co-star Shah Rukh Khan.
"Initially, I was very nervous about working with him. But Shah Rukh made it very comfortable for me. We did readings together; we met socially so that we were comfortable when we faced the camera. He's someone I grew up watching," Deepika had said in an earlier interview.
Anushka told the media: "I never had the intention to be an actress. It happened out of luck and I consider myself very fortunate to be part of such a big banner (Yash Raj Films) in my debut film and to be working with a star like Shah Rukh." Her favourite films include Shah Rukh’s "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" and "Chak De! India".
Considering the age difference between him and Deepika, Shah Rukh had aired a joke in the media before the release of "Om Shanti Om" about his fear of being called "uncle" by his co-star on the film sets. It is quite evident that in both cases, the age difference did not come on the way of the movies’ success.
As for Shah Rukh, the legend is still as energetic and young at heart, all in the right sense. "I have so much love for Kareena, Deepika, Priyanka and Anushka. They tell me that I am the youngest hero they have worked with. In fact, they say I am younger than the young guys. I work with these young girls without any ulterior motives of seducing them.
"Priyanka still does not call me by my name. I had crowned her at a beauty pageant. She says 'Sir' or just begins the conversation without taking my name. Nobody calls me uncle except Sushmita, she tells me I'm very old," he said happily.
Some other model-turned-actresses who made their debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan are Mahima Chaudhary in "Pardes" (1997), Preity Zinta in "Dil Se" (1998) and Gayatri Joshi in Ashutosh Gowariker's "Swades" (2004).