They were extremely fond of one another. Once at one of Lata Mangeshkar's live concerts Shah Rukh Khan had said, “I wish she could sing for me.”
Lataji had responded to SRK’s reverent affection with huge praise, “Dilip Kumar sahab, whom Shah Rukh is compared with, also expressed this humbling desire. Even I wish I could sing for Shah Rukh. His expressions are so correct in the songs.”
Lataji had then gone on to praise the actor’s work. “
Mujhe Shah Rukh ka kaam bahot pasand hai. Maine unki sari filmein dekhi hai (I really like Shah Rukh’s work. I’ve watched all his films). I first saw Shah Rukh in a serial called Fauji. There was something special about him. Then I saw him in a film called Chamatkar. Later I saw Deewaana and Baazigar in which he played a negative character. It was quite evident that Shah Rukh could play any kind of role.”
Lataji also enjoyed Shah Rukh’s dancing. “I remember him saying somewhere that he had no sense of rhythm and dance. But when I saw him in that song Ruk Ja O Dil Deewane in Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge.
Ussmein itna sahi acting kiya tha unhone (He acted so well in that song). Then I saw him dancing to Chaiyyan Chaiyyan in Dil Se. His popularity cuts across the religious divide. No one cares whether Dilip sahab and Shah Rukh are Muslim. Their reach is far beyond religion.”
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