Sheeba Chaddha opened up recently about Shah Rukh Khan and said that the superstar was her senior in college. She played his mother in Raees (2017) and Zero (2018). Sheeba recalled working with him in Zero and how he asked of her permission before doing a scene.

In an interview with Siddharth Kannan, Sheeba said, “I played his mother in Zero and Raees. But, he is my senior from college. I am realising only now that I forgot to remind him that he is my senior from Hans Raj. When I shot for Raees, he was in Delhi for some interview where he has gone and said there is this actress in Raees who is playing my mother. Watch out for her, she is wonderful. All this, despite, not having a single scene with him.”

She added, “I remember, we had a hugging scene. It was more like, he was getting beaten up and I had to save him. He was playing a dwarf in that film. He just came to me before the scene and asked, ‘It is okay if I touch you?’ I was like, ‘Yeah theek hai chalo chalo.’ He is very lovely. He knew my name even before I came on set. And that feeling is different.”

Sheeba also opened about being typecast into playing mother on-screen. “Half the times I am playing mothers to sons who are just 10-12 years younger than me. Television does that a lot. There, even a 30-year-old is playing mothers to older guys. In the beginning, I was in shock but I made my peace with it, told myself it is just work, do it and move on and I follow that. If you will rebel, then you will be left with no work.”

On the work front, Sheeba was last seen in the comedy-drama, Bakaiti, which released on ZEE5 on August 1.