Gauri
Shinde's
coming-of-age
film
Dear
Zindagi
starring
Shah
Rukh
Khan
and
Alia
Bhatt,
completes
4
years
today
(November
25,
2020).
The
film
revolves
around
Alia's
character
Kiara
who
suffers
from
insomnia
after
a
series
of
career
and
relationship
downturns.
Enter
Shah
Rukh
Khan
aka
Dr
Jehangir
Khan,
a
therapist
who
uses
unconventional
methods
to
offer
Kiara
a
different
perspective
on
love
and
life.
Dear
Zindagi
was
hailed
for
the
life
lessons
which
touched
many
hearts.
If
you
folks
have
watched
the
film
then
you
would
know
that
a
chair
plays
an
important
role
in
this
Shah
Rukh
Khan-Alia
Bhatt
starrer.
During
one
of
his
therapy
sessions,
Dr
Jug
(Shah
Rukh
Khan)
gives
Kaira
(Alia
Bhatt)
a
very
interesting
allegory
about
chairs.
When
Kiara
tries
to
sit
on
one
of
his
chairs,
it
creaks,
but
when
he
sits
on
the
same
it
doesn't.
Explaining
the
reason
behind
the
same,
he
tells
her
that
while
she
is
very
confused
about
love,
he
is
free
of
its
clutches.
However,
towards
the
end
of
the
film,
the
chair
creaks
for
Dr
Jug
for
the
first
time
after
Kiara
bids
him
farewell
post
their
last
therapy
session.
Many
assumed
that
this
scene
interpreted
that
Shah
Rukh
Khan's
character
Dr
Jug
had
also
fallen
for
Kiara.
On
the
4th
anniversary
of
Dear
Zindagi,
director
Gauri
Shinde
finally
let
the
cat
out
of
the
bag
while
speaking
with
ETimes.
Gauri
Khan
Finally
Reveals
Why
SRK
Aka
Shah
Rukh
Khan's
Chair
Creaked
In
The
End
Gauri
told
the
tabloid,
"Even
a
therapist
at
the
end
of
the
day
is
human.
He's
not
just
a
robot
who
is
doing
a
job
that
is
about
helping
someone
and
you
know,
who
you
consult
with
and
who
guides
you.
He
is
also
a
human,
he
has
feelings.
It
was
such
a
beautiful
relationship,
and
it's
not
about
always
about
a
man,
and
a
woman,
that
typical
relationship.
There
are
all
kinds
of
love,
which
is
what
is
also
explained
on
the
boat
to
her...there
are
all
kinds
of
soulmates.
Yeah,
so
that
is
the
kind
of
a
soul
relationship
that
they
both
had,
which
is
why
the
Kursi
creaks."
'It's
A
Very
Pure
Soul
Relationship,' Says
Gauri
Shinde
She
further
continued,
"Dr
Jug
acknowledges
the
fact,
‘Even
I'm
a
human',
so
it
was
a
human
angle
and
human
touch
to
a
therapist.
I
wanted
to
show
that
he
also
has
feelings
and
he
is
also
a
human
being
at
the
end
of
the
day.
And
there
could
be
a
whole
new
connection.
There
are
no
rules
to
not
feel
something
because
one
is
professional
about
it
and
not,
you
know.
So
he
maintains
the
professionalism
but
what
he
feels
for
him
to
feel
closer
was
bought
at
that
moment.
It's
not
an
affair
or
that
kind
of
a
relationship
but
a
very
pure
soul
relationship
and
that's
what
he
also
may
have
felt
with
Kaira."
Gauri
Shinde
Says
Dear
Zindagi
Is
About
Finding
Your
Own
Inner
Voice
"Dear
Zindagi
is
about
finding
your
own
inner
voice,
your
own
inner
strength
and
to
be
able
to
walk
alone.
And
yes,
there's
going
to
be
pain,
there's
going
to
be
turmoil
in
your
life,
but
you'll
eventually
find
a
way
to
handle
it
and
find
that
strength
inside
you.
And
it's
fine.
And
it's
okay
to
be
not
okay.
It's
not
like
we
reach
a
point
that
Oh,
now
we
are
supposed
to
be
okay,
no,
you're
still
in
order
for
life,
and
that's
fine.
So
just
to
accept
that,
I
think
it
takes
time.
It's
not
like
I've
also
reached
my
way,
through
my
own
film,
it
adds
to
my
learning.
You
know,
it's
almost
like
it's
been
therapeutic
for
me
to
make
it,"
the
filmmaker
said
on
the
completion
of
4
years
of
the
film.