Vintage diaries: When Shah Rukh Khan asked Gauri to wear a burkha and change her name

When Gauri’s family were scared of SRK’s religion

Shah Rukh Khan narrated this incident about how Gauri's relatives were pretty scared on the wedding day about his culture and religion. He said, "I remember, when their whole family, old fashioned people, I respect them all and respect their beliefs but at that time, in that old-fashioned reception, all of them were sitting there when I came in at 1:15, whispering "Hmmm.. He's a Muslim boy. Hmm.. Will he change the girl's name? Will she (Gauri) become a Muslim?"

When SRK pulled a prank on them by asking Gauri to wear ‘burkha’

Well, SRK was clearly in the mood to pull a fast one on her already scared relatives. So he quickly told Gauri at the time, "OK Gauri, put on your ‘burkha' and let's read the namaaz now." The whole family stared at us wondering if I had already changed her religion already. So I told them, "From now on she will wear a burkha all the time, she won't ever leave the house and her name will be changed to Ayesha and she will be like this." Haha!

SRK’s words of wisdom on religion and love

He clearly had a fun time doing what he did, but at the end of the day, here's what he rightly believes in. He said, "I had a lot of fun, but the lesson in all of this was that one should respect religion but it should not come in the way of love. But, it was a great wedding and it's still going on strong."

When SRK’s fears of Gauri bidding him goodbye were unleashed

When Farida Jalal asked SRK as to what would he do if one day Gauri decides to bid him goodbye and leave him. His worst fears were unleashed and he replied in a true filmy style by saying, "Not just one morning, she says it every morning. If she does something like that, which she shouldn't because I'm so henpecked but if she does, the I'll tear my clothes and stand on the streets and I think I'll sing that song ‘Oh Gori, Oh banke chori, kabhi mere gali aaya karo', I am sure she'll come back."

When SRK reasoned why he clicked pictures only with Gauri and not his heroines

"No, that's not the case. Actually, what happens in our film industry is that heroes take pictures with heroines and then marry them. Then the next week, they take picture with some other heroine and marry her. I did opposite. I got married first and now, I'm taking pictures. So, it's not that I don't like heroines, but since I'm already married, instead of going through this... getting married every week can be very tiring and it's hard to get dates for it. So I've decided, I will take pictures with the person, I'm married to." Hmm, smart huh!

When SRK’s culinary skills were discussed

"My cooking is very limited. I can boil water very well. That I am expert at. And the best thing about my boiling water is that people can drink it and bathe in it. So there are two advantages to it. On top of that, if you add an egg in it, I don’t know if it will get half boiled or fully cooked but I can make that too. And if you add tea leaves to it, I can make tea too. So, basically I'm a chef of many cuisines. My wife married me because I cook well." Now, that was in good jest!