Shah Rukh Khan mourns the death of his ‘Fauji’ director Raj Kumar Kapoor with an emotional post

Colonel Raj Kumar Kapoor breathed his last on Wednesday night (April 10). He was the man who gave Shah Rukh Khan his first break on television with ‘Fauji’ in 1989. The show was aired on Doordarshan and SRK played the character of Abhimanyu in it. Shah Rukh took to his Twitter handle to pay condolences to the departed soul.

Here’s Shah Rukh’s tweet.

He loved me so much. Encouraged me. And today if I am used to being mollycoddled on sets it’s because of this man who made a ‘Fauji’ out of a boy, like his own. Will miss you Sir…always. May u find peace in ur new mission. pic.twitter.com/j6LKM2MJpV

— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) April 12, 2019

A few years back, Raj Kumar published a novel ‘When Shiva Smiles’ where he wrote about Shah Rukh Khan. He wrote, “I’ve been an actor, I’ve fought three wars, but all that anybody seems to remember is that I launched Shah Rukh 20 years ago. It amuses me to think that I’m given credit for something I played no part in. Shah Rukh’s parents made him, I didn’t. I didn’t make a superstar; I simply chose the right man for a job I had. What happened before or after that in his life has nothing to do with me.”

May his soul rest in peace.

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