Shah
Rukh
Khan's
debut
film
Deewana
clocks
29
years
today
(June
24,
2021).
Last
evening,
his
fans
ensured
that
#29GoldenYearsOfSRK
remain
a
top
trend
on
social
media
and
showered
him
with
lots
of
love
and
appreciation.
Later,
when
King
Khan
took
out
some
time
from
his
busy
schedule
to
check
his
Twitter
feed,
he
was
overwhelmed
by
all
the
love
and
penned
a
gratitude
tweet.
He
also
looked
back
at
his
journey
in
films
and
reflected
on
how
he
has
spent
more
than
half
of
his
life
trying
to
entertain
the
audience.
The
Raees
actor
tweeted
in
the
wee
hours
of
Friday,
"Been
working.
Just
saw
the
'overwhelmed
ness'
of
the
love
of
nearly
30
yrs
u
r
showering
on
me
here.
Realised
it's
more
than
half
my
life
in
the
service
of
hoping
to
entertain
u
all.
Will
take
out
time
tomorrow
&
share
some
love
back
personally.
Thx
needed
to
feel
loved...."
Been
working.
Just
saw
the
’overwhelmed
ness’
of
the
lov
of
nearly
30
yrs
u
r
showering
on
me
here.
Realised
it’s
more
than
half
my
life
in
the
service
of
hoping
to
entertain
u
all.
Will
take
out
time
tomorrow
&
share
some
love
back
personally.
Thx
needed
to
feel
loved….
Speaking
about
Deewana,
the
1992
film
helmed
by
Raj
Kanwar
starred
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
Rishi
Kapoor
and
Divya
Bharti
in
leading
roles.
The
romantic
drama
revolves
around
a
newly-wed
Kajal
(Divya
Bharti)
gets
widowed
when
her
husband,
Ravi
(Rishi
Kapoor),
is
killed
by
his
enemies.
Later,
She
moves
to
another
city
and
gets
married
to
Raja
(Shah
Rukh
Khan),
but
her
life
takes
a
turn
when
Ravi
returns
from
the
dead.
Deewana
was
the
second
highest
grossing
film
of
that
year
and
the
soundtrack
album
of
the
film
was
a
hit
with
the
audience.
Recently,
in
a
chat
with
Pinkvilla,
producer
Guddu
Dhanoa
revealed
that
it
was
Shekhar
Kapur
who
recommended
Shah
Rukh
Khan's
name
for
Deewana
after
Armaan
Kohli
refused
the
role.
Dhanoa
told
the
entertainment
portal,
"I
remember,
Shekhar
(Kapur)
and
I
were
off
to
Madras
and
that's
when
he
asked
me
to
try
for
Shah
Rukh
Khan
in
Deewana.
I
wasn't
aware
of
him,
so
he
asked
me
to
watch
Fauji
and
Circus.
I
loved
it,
and
then
set
up
a
meeting
with
Shah
Rukh
Khan
in
Delhi.
We
met
at
a
hotel
called
Host
in
Connaught
Place.
The
minute
he
walked
into
the
restaurant,
I
knew
he
was
my
hero."
However,
Dhanoa
got
the
shock
of
his
life
when
SRK
told
him
that
he
didn't
have
dates
for
his
film
as
he
already
had
some
4
films
in
his
kitty.
"I
asked
him
to
just
hear
the
script
once
first
and
then
proceed
to
the
dates.
He
heard
it
and
loved
it.
Luckily,
a
35-day
schedule
of
Raju
Ban
Gaya
Gentleman
was
cancelled
and,
in
that
span,
he
completed
shooting
for
Deewana.
The
film
that
he
didn't
have
dates
for,
ended
up
being
his
acting
debut.
Such
is
destiny,"
the
producer
recalled
while
speaking
with
Pinkvilla.
He
further
revealed
that
the
superstar
was
paid
Rs
1.50
lakh
for
Deewana.
Cut
to
present,
Shah
Rukh
Khan
is
one
of
the
biggest
and
richest
superstars
in
Indian
cinema.
Talking
about
his
upoming
projects,
the
actor
will
next
be
seen
in
Siddharth
Anand's
Pathan
alongside
John
Abraham
and
Deepika
Padukone.