Shah Rukh Khan Takes Just 10 Minutes To Understand A Show Script: Tanmay Bhatt

Tanmay Bhat, a popular YouTuber, comedian, and actor recalled his first meeting with Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on the podcast ‘All About Movies’, hosted by film critic Anupama Chopra on Spotify original podcast. He talked about the moments he spent backstage at film awards and changes in the film industry.

Reminding his first meet with Shah Rukh Khan, Tanmay said: “Before Filmfare happened, Rohan (Joshi) and I were writing a show for ICICI Awards, which Shah Rukh was hosting. He was going to come by 5, the show was at 6 and he was delayed by 15 minutes. He came, and we were like, there’s no way he is doing this in 20 minutes.”

“We went to his room and quickly run him through the script. It took him 10 minutes and he then comes up to us and he is like, first this happens, then this happens and we were like. how does he know everything?”

“Shah Rukh looks at his phone and says that this player scored a goal and Rohan was like, ‘I haven’t even kept up with the football match’,” he added.

Tanmay then talked about the changing strategies of marketing in film industry. He said: “Earlier, the layer of marketing was IIMs but now it’s going to be flooded by creators.”