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Before the Fame: Rare Pics Show Young Shah Rukh Khan on Train to Kolkata | Watch

Rare photos of Shah Rukh Khan from a 1980s train journey to Kolkata have resurfaced online, showing the superstar in his early days alongside late actor Rituraj Singh and other friends.

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Before the Fame: Rare Pics Show Young Shah Rukh Khan on Train to Kolkata | Watch

After making his Met Gala debut, actor Shah Rukh Khan appeared in a completely different light when his Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham co-star Amar Talwar recently posted pictures of him at a railway station, traveling to Kolkata to honor Rituraj Singh, who died of cardiac arrest in February.

“More from that train ride 35 years ago …Delhi to Kolkata…Divya and Dipika and Shahrukh and Sanjoy and Deepak and Rituraj and Benny and Mohit, and I behind the camera, and where the hell was Barry?” Talwar captioned the pictures.

 

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SRK’s Nostalgic Train Journey Resurfaces Online

The megastar held an old film camera, clicked pictures, and struck funny poses with friends. The pictures reflect the absolute 90s Bollywood era with their black and white color, evoking the feelings of nostalgia and true friendship with contemporaries, which is rare to find in the industry these days.

Highlighting the superstar’s humble beginning in these pictures allows his fans and the public to relate to the country’s biggest star.

They make them realize that hard work and passion for one’s craft, like Shah Rukh Khan has put in throughout the year to reach the global level of stardom he has now, is the only path to success.

SRK fans eagerly await his return to cinema halls with “King” alongside Siddharth Anand and feel enraptured by these rare pictures. One fan commented, “It’s nice to see actors’ beginnings…away from the glitz and the glamour.”

The fans have received the pictures with admiration and love for the actor, and some even swooning over young SRK. “SRK and trains: match made in heaven” A user on Reddit commented.