‘Shah Rukh Khan ko bohot ghatiya chai banake pilayi’: Tigmanshu Dhulia recalls making tea in microwave for actor in 1994

Tigmanshu Dhulia was working as an assistant to Shekhar Kapur in 1994. He and Shekhar were working on a script at the latter's flat when Shah Rukh Khan visited.

Director Tigmanshu Dhulia recently shared a funny incident from over three decades ago when he served 'bohot ghatiya (very bad)' tea to actor Shah Rukh Khan. Speaking with news agency ANI, Tigmanshu shared that at the time, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur was staying in Mumbai and started working on a film featuring Shah Rukh Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, and Suniel Shetty. (Also Read | Tigmanshu Dhulia says he can't write complex characters, scenes after Irrfan Khan's death: Actors won't be able to do it)

When Tigmanshu met Shah Rukh in 1994

Shah Rukh Khan and Tigmanshu Dhulia were working on a project in the 1990s.

Tigmanshu Dhulia recalled the moment from 1994 when he worked as an assistant to Shekhar. He described how he ended up making tea for Shah Rukh during that time while they were working on the script at Shekhar's flat, where the actor had also visited. He shared that after making Bandit Queen, Shekhar was in Mumbai for about one and a half to two years before moving on to international projects.

Tigmanshu on making ‘horrible’ tea for Shah Rukh

"Many films were started but later shelved. One of them was Maut Se Jo Darte Nahin with Shah Rukh, Nasser Bhai, and Sunil Shetty...Toh humne script likhna shuru kiya. Shah Rukh Shekhar ji ke flat mein bhi aaye the. Mujhe yaad hai, maine Shah Rukh ko chai banake pilayi thi (We started writing the script. Shah Rukh also came to Shekhar's flat. I remember making tea for Shah Rukh)," he recalled.

Fans will see Shah Rukh in Siddharth Anand's King. Suhana Khan and Abhishek Bachchan are part of the film produced by Red Chillies Entertainment with Marflix. The movie will release globally in 2026. Reportedly, the film has been written by Sujoy Ghosh with Siddharth, Suresh Nair and Sagar Pandya.