‘Shah Rukh Khan was very rude on my first day, it hurt my ego,' recalls Dipshikkha Nagppal: ‘I was in love with him, took it as a challenge'

Indian Express

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Shah Rukh Khan was the biggest movie star in India after Aditya Chopra's 1995 film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and an entire generation of women described themselves as his fans. So much so that they often believed that they were in love with him because of his on screen image, and same was the case with actor Dipshikkha Nagppal. In a recent interview, Dipshikkha shared that she was in love with his image as Raj from DDLJ so when she worked with him for the first time in Rakesh Roshan's Koyla, she found him to be a bit rude. His comment about her acting capabilities left her hurt and she saw it as a challenge to prove that she was actually good at her job.
In a chat with Instant Bollywood, Dipshikkha shared that when she was cast in Koyla, she was 'in love with Shah Rukh Khan.' She recalled that the first time she met him on the set of the film, she was nervous. 'My first scene was that I am dying in his arms. So I was nervous wondering how it will happen,' she recalled and added that when he arrived on set, Rakesh praised her in front of the star.
'When Shah Rukh came, he was smoking. So Rakesh ji came in and said, 'Do you know Dipshikkha?' He said, 'She is a fantastic actress.' Rakesh ji was very impressed with me. Shah Rukh said, 'Yeah, let's see.' It hurt my ego. He was so rude. I was like, 'This is Shah Rukh. I love him.' Then I took it as a challenge,' she shared. Dipshikkha said that she proceeded to do the scene, which was ultimately edited out of the film and shared, 'I remember the scene. I can still smell his aura.'
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Dipshikkha Nagppal shared that even though their start wasn't great, they later became friends, and he even recommended her name for the Abbas Mustan film, Baadshah. 'Ratan Jain (producer) told me after Baadshah that Shah Rukh recommended my name. Shah Rukh never revealed it. That's his greatness,' she said.
Dipshikkha shared that she worked with Shah Rukh Khan in other films as well but she always maintained a distance, even though they became friendly on set. 'Later, we became friends but I would only pay attention to my work. I would work with dedication and maybe, he noticed that but he recommended me for Baadshah. I didn't know that,' she said and added, 'I said, 'Thank you, Shah Rukh that you said let's see' because had he not said it, then maybe I wouldn't be in that film.'
Dipshikkha was last seen in the web series Raisinghani VS Raisinghani, and the television show Ishq Jabariya. She has appeared in films like Partner, Jaanam Samjha Karo, Dillagi among others.