Shah Rukh Khan Produced Ittefaq Without Reading Script, Said It Was ‘Haraam’ To Charge Interest: Renu Chopra

Renu Chopra recently opened up about how Shah Rukh Khan backed her son Abhay Chopra’s film...

Read More Late filmmaker Ravi Chopra’s wife Renu Chopra recently praised Shah Rukh Khan’s generosity, and revealed that he backed her son Abhay Chopra’s film ‘Ittefaq’ without even reading the script! The 2017 film, directed and written by Abhay Chopra, stars Akshaye Khanna, Sidharth Malhotra and Sonakshi Sinha. Renu Chopra recalled that SRK also refused to charge interest on the finances, saying that it is ‘haraam’. In a conversation with Pinkvilla, Renu said that a lot of people stood by her, and one of them is Shah Rukh Khan.



“Now, Shah Rukh had only done guest appearances for us. When we had to make Ittefaq..

. Shah Rukh’s office and our office – we share a wall. And we just decided to do it with him.

I asked him, ‘Main aa jaaoon?’. He said, ‘Nahi nahi. Aap nahi aaoge Renu ji, main aata hoon.

That respect, ki aap badi hain! Maine kaha, ‘ Shah Rukh, aate aate 3 hafte ho gaye hain, ab main hi aa jati hoon’. (I asked him, ‘Should I come?’ He said, ‘No, no. You won’t come, Renu ji, I will come’.

Out of respect, since you are senior! I said, ‘Shah Rukh, it’s been three weeks since you said that, now I will come myself’). Because he is such a busy man!" she said. She further added that King Khan welcomed them very warmly with love and respect.

“He called me and made me sit and asked what do I want. I said I do not have money to invest, and he said he will do it. I told him baaki mere bacche poori tarah se dil laga ke picture banayenge.

(I told him my children will put their hearts into making the movie). It was my younger son’s debut film Ittefaq. SRK said okay without reading the script.

His funda was, ‘I’ll never back the horse, I’ll back the jockey’. He said if your son is backing it, I’ll back it," she further said. Speaking about his generosity, she said that till date, the money has been 50-50 down the line.

“And when the picture wrapped up, like all other finances, there’s an interest rate. He said, ‘Nahi, ye haraam hai mere liye. Main nahi lunga.

’ That is the kind of people I’ve met," she concluded. Ittefaq released in theatres in November 2017. The film performed well at the box office and received good reviews from critics.

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