The nineties were the time of Shah Rukh Khan's arrival and rise in the film industry. Hit Flop - Giving all kinds of movies, but the bigger thing is that he started his stardom journey with all the roles that were unimaginable in the industry at that time. The success of one business after another and the amount of laughter on the face of Shah Rukh Khan in front of the camera after receiving the award was spreading day by day; But most of the time there was fear and anxiety in the same face behind the camera! Because? Terrible effects of the underworld in Bollywood!
The donors of the underworld used to invest in various movies in the nineties. The purpose is simple - to whiten their black money. It was a fairly open secret, as most people in the industry knew. It was common then for actors to receive regular phone calls from underworld dons and to put pressure on actors to film with certain producers known as "close people" to those dons. Even if they didn't like it, the actors had nothing to do. The way the threats were made on the phone, at the end of the day, only one word survived - "Janer maya bara maya!"
Shah Rukh Khan did not have to deal with such underworld problems in the beginning. And he had to wait until 1995's 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' to get acceptance in all circles. However, an incident in 1996 made everything random. After that, the eyes of the underworld also go over Shah Rukh.
Gulshan Kumar, the founder of T-series, was killed in broad daylight. This incident has caused a great deal of panic in the Bollywood industry. Until this incident, everyone thought that the threat might be the highest. However, most of them could not believe that the murder was taking place at noon during the day. Gangster Abu Salem was involved in the murder.
In January 1997, director and producer Mahesh Bhatt received a phone call. On the other end of the phone was senior police officer Rakesh Maria. Mahesh Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan were doing Chahat and Duplicate movies together then. Rakesh Maria called and said- Abu Salim's next target is your superstar, with whom you are working at the moment. He told her to be very careful, it was risky to go out of her house at this moment. And if possible, don't do any kind of outdoor shooting with Shah Rukh at this moment.
Mahesh Bhatt immediately called Shah Rukh and told him everything. Frightened, Shah Rukh immediately met Rakesh Maria. Shah Rukh never imagined that he would come under the radar of the mafia. Rakesh Maria said- you have become a superstar, now you are a very familiar face- these side effects also have to be taken now. Don't take the tension, the responsibility of your protection is in our hands.
Rakesh Maria kept his word. A full-time bodyguard from the Special Operations Squad was appointed for Shah Rukh, whose name was Mohan Visay.
Shah Rukh's life changed in a different way. He reduced and stopped going to different places. He would not go anywhere except shooting and home. He also changed the style of shooting - five minutes from home to one car, then changing cars to another car for 10 minutes, then changing cars again to another car - this is how to go and come to the shooting every day. All in all, a suffocating situation!
Even if you reduce or stop going to different places, there are some places from which the invitation is not really easy to "no". At that time there was a wedding invitation of a famous Indian cricket player. Shah Rukh went there with his wife, despite the risk. There is a fan who wants an autograph, the pen for the autograph was the fan taking out of his coat pocket. Shah Rukh was so terrified then, he thought without taking out the fan pen - he might be taking out a pistol from inside his pocket! This boy may be a guy from the underworld in the guise of a fan!
Out of this fear, he shouted "Gauri" and pushed his wife away! Everyone from fans to marriages were amazed at Shah Rukh's behavior because they had never seen Shah Rukh behave like this before. Shah Rukh apologized to everyone. He repeatedly apologized to everyone. Later in several of his interviews, Shah Rukh said - My main fear was about my wife. He didn't care much about his own life. But without my parents, it would have been impossible for me to accept Gauri without my last refuge. This is why I became a little overprotective at that time.
To be continued.
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He is really great