Kirron Kher played Bela Makhija, actor Shah Rukh Khan’s character, Om’s mother in Om Shanti Om (2007). The actor says everyone on the set knew the film was going to be a hit.

She explains, “Though shooting for the movie was fun, a lot of hard work went into it. From Om’s character, a supporting actor with big dreams in his eyes and his wrong pronunciations to my character of an extra (background actor) in the film industry, who imagined herself as Anarkali — it was all so well scripted and shot that even today, it is so much fun to watch the film.”

The 70-year-old goes on to address Khan as “the most generous actor I have ever met”.

Sharing memories from the set, she adds, “I remember, I would come to the set two hours early and leave an hour late only to get the makeup right. But Shah Rukh, who was also the producer of the film, was always considerate of the fact that we do not reach the set early for no reason. He would tell us, ‘Kal main 11 baje tak aa raha hoon, toh aap sab bhi jaldi nahin aaiyega’.”