Karan Tacker recalls being starstruck meeting Shah Rukh Khan at Yash Raj Studios

Karan Tacker recalls being starstruck meeting Shah Rukh Khan at Yash Raj Studios

Actor Karan Tacker is in talks for his back-to-back releases, making him busy for now,  but when it comes to Shah Rukh Khan, he still talks like a fanboy. In a recent chat, Karan recalled the very first time he met the superstar, and unsurprisingly, it happened at Yash Raj Studios.

Karan’s journey began with a small stint in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, starring superstar Shah Rukh Khan, produced under the Yash Raj Films banner.

In an  recent interview with Indian Express, Karan shared “That’s the first time that I met Shah Rukh Khan ever in person. It was at Yash Raj Studios again, where the awards were being held, and his make-up room was right opposite mine. YRF has this line of make-up rooms and his door was open. I was trying to peek in because, of course, you want to see him — he is your hero. I had a very small interaction, just a hello, and then I saw him straight on stage. Like anyone would, because of who he is, it was so intimidating but at the same time I was so happy to just be there.”

Years later, Karan hosted an award show where SRK joined him on stage. That clip—where a visibly smitten Karan can’t stop staring at Shah Rukh, still resurfaces online.

He added, “Sometimes when I look at that clip I find myself so embarrassed because you can see how smitten I am by him, just looking at him while he’s talking to me. I’m completely dumbfounded. But that’s the kind of person he is,  so cool and so charming. Even today, when I see his clips on Instagram, the little things he says, you just find yourself scrolling through his pages because he has so much to share and is such an intelligent person."

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"It was a brief encounter on stage, what you got to see, it was literally that long only. Of course, I have friends in the fraternity who are really close to him, so I end up meeting him now and then. I remember this Diwali, I even got to share a little dance with him at a private party, and that was really nice," Karan said.

On the work front, Karan is riding high with two releases, Special Ops 2, where he returned as RAW agent Farooq Ali, and Anupam Kher’s Tanvi The Great. Up next is Bhay: The Gaurav Tiwari Story, a psychological thriller where he plays the lead.