Wamiqa Gabbi recollects awkward first meet with Shah Rukh Khan: ‘I thought he will get the humour, he didn't'

Every actor has a sweet Shah Rukh Khan story but it seems like Wamiqa Gabbi’s first meeting with the superstar didn’t go as per plan. Wamiqa, who has worked in various Punjabi films and also web series like Modern Love: Mumbai (2022) and Charlie Chopra: The Mystery of Solang Valley (2023), made her big screen debut with Atlee’s production Baby John (2024). This was Atlee’s second Hindi project after Shah Rukh Khan starrer Jawan (2023). While he directed-produced Jawan, he presented Baby John with Kalees as its director. For the film’s muhurat, Atlee had his Jawan film star, Shah Rukh Khan attend the event. This also marked Wamiqa’s first official meeting with the superstar.

“My conversation was very weird with him,” Wamiqa said in a recent conversation with Mashable India. “We were all at Baby John’s muhurat when Shah Rukh Khan visited the set for 15 minutes. My brother Hardik was with me on the set. When he came, everybody was so charmed by him that they stood around him and heard him talk. My brother and I were standing at the back and we were having our own conversation, anticipating our possible conversation with the star. I asked Hardik, ‘If he will come to speak to me while leaving, what do you think I should speak with him?’ Hardik joked, ‘Nas kaat de (Cut your wrists)'. We are laughing talking all this.”

“And as anticipated, he did come to me before he left as I was also in the film. He said ‘okay, bye’ and I said, ‘It was so nice meeting you sir, my brother was suggesting I cut my wrist but obviously I won’t do that.’ Now, as soon as I told this to him, everyone went quiet, and SRK simply left. After he left, a person from the production came running to me and was like, ‘Did you just talk about cutting your wrist?’ My brother was shocked. I honestly thought SRK will get the humour, but he didn’t,” added an embarrassed Wamiqa.

Rajkummar Rao, who was also doing the interview with Wamiqa, also spoke about his last meeting with SRK, “I met Shah Rukh sir at Farah Khan’s birthday. We spoke a lot. We discussed his film, King, then we spoke about Aryan Khan’s new show. He also said he liked my film Stree 2.”

Rajkummar and Wamiqa will soon be seen together in Bhool Chuk Maaf.