The actor-duo shot for a Diwali special with tennis ace Sania Mirza recently
Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; October 20, 2017)

Mirror had earlier reported (October 12) about Shah Rukh Khan, Sushant Singh Rajput and tennis ace Sania Mirza teaming up for the Diwali special episode of the singing reality show, Lip Sing Battle. SRK, who was shooting for Aanand L Rai’s dwarf film, took some hours off to make it to Farah Khan’s show on Tuesday.

A source from the sets reveals that Sushant danced on “Ruk Ja Ae Dil Deewane” from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, which was choreographed by Farah back in 1995. The performance also included all of Shah Rukh’s iconic dialogues and scenes. “The highlight was Sushant running behind a train, recreating the famous DDLJ climax, and SRK entering through a train. It was an unexpected moment and the crowd went crazy,” the source added.

Sushant, who has earned his stripes as a dancer, was so overwhelmed to have his icon dancing with him, that he forgot some of his steps mid-performance. Shah Rukh, who’d rehearsed his act for only a few hours, joked that he felt the pressure to match Sushant’s dancing skills. The duo rounded off their joint TV turns with the King Khan’s charttopper, “Chaiyya Chaiyya” from Dil Se.

Sania also gushed through her performance with the Khan. The actor serenaded her to the tunes of the romantic “Gerua” from Dilwale.

“Shah Rukh was shooting in Bandra for his film and hopped over to Andheri to shoot for my show. He returned to Mehboob Studio to film till the next morning. It reminded me of Om Shanti Om, when stars kept appearing from different places,” Farah says.