As
Shah
Rukh
Khan
turned
a
year
older
today,
his
producer-friend
Viveck
Vaswani
reminisced
about
the
superstar's
initial
days
in
the
film
industry.
While
speaking
to
an
entertainment
portal,
he
recalled
how
Juhi
Chawla
had
reacted
when
he
told
her
that
Shah
Rukh
was
better
looking
than
Aamir
Khan.
Viveck
told
Pinkvilla
that
he
first
met
Shah
Rukh
during
the
time
he
was
making
Patthar
Ke
Phool
(1991).
At
that
time,
Shah
Rukh
was
doing
television,
but
eventually,
they
became
friends.
"Those
days,
he
was
staying
in
filmmaker's
Saeed
Mirza's
office
in
the
suburbs.
Gradually,
he
moved
into
my
home
(Dalamal
Park)
in
South
Mumbai.
Call
it
friendship,
call
it
caring,
he
stayed
with
me
for
two
years.
He
was
going
through
a
bad
phase
those
days.
His
mother
(the
late
Lateef
Fatima
Khan)
was
unwell.
She
wanted
him
to
act
in
films.
That's
how
Raju
Ban
Gaya
Gentleman
(1992)
was
born," recalled
Viveck.
He
further
revealed
that
Shah
Rukh
didn't
leave
a
good
impression
on
Juhi
when
she
saw
him
for
the
first
time,
but
when
she
started
working
with
him,
she
realised
that
he's
a
special
actor.
"I
have
known
Juhi
Chawla
since
school.
I
spoke
about
Raju
Ban
Gaya
Gentleman
to
her
and
said
the
new
boy,
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
was
better
looking
than
Aamir
Khan.
When
she
first
saw
him,
she
turned
around
and
said,
"Are
you
mad?
Are
you
blind?"
The
truth
is
that
she
loved
the
script.
She
realized
it
was
something
solid.
Juhi's
a
sincere
and
good-natured
girl.
Soon,
she
warmed
up
towards
director
Aziz
Mirza
and
the
cast
including
Nana
Patekar,
Amrita
Singh
and
Navin
Nischol.
On
the
first
day
after
watching
Shah
Rukh
shoot,
she
remarked,
"You
were
right,
he's
special."
Then
it
became
a
picnic,"
revealed
Vaswani.