KIFF Inaugration: Shah Rukh Khan Learns Bengali As Rakhee Turns His Teacher

An abiding moment of the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival inauguration on Friday would remain the on-stage interactions between Bollywood ‘Badshah’ Shah Rukh Khan and yesteryear’s heroine Rakhee – the mother-son duo of the 1993 hit movie ‘Baazigar’ – which not only struck an emotional chord among the public but also gave some priceless moments of fun.

Rakhee, who is a Bengali, was seen teaching some Bengali words to Shah Rukh Khan. She chose Rabindranath Tagore’s evergreen song ‘O Amar Desher Mati, tomar pore thekai matha’ (o my country’s soil, I bow my head to you).

Rakhi was seen loudly pronouncing each of the words, and asking Shah Rukh Khan to repeat them. SRK duly obliged.

Once the lesson was over, Rakhee hugged Shah Rukh, turning highly emotional.