The year was 1992 when SRK made his debut in Deewana starring Divya Bharati and Rishi Kapoor. Incidentally, his debut film was to be Dil Aashna Hai also with Divya, but Deewana released earlier. Touted as the Sridevi lookalike, Divya was already an established actress. Shahrukh was yet to become the superstar. And then a year later came the news of her tragic death.
Reminiscing about the talented Divya, SRK says, “I was dubbing in Sea Rock hotel where Ratan Jain had come to sign me for Baazigar. We were sitting in a coffee shop, and this girl Divya walked up to me and said, ‘You are an institution of acting.’ Until then I did not even know the meaning of what she had said.” He continued, “I worked with her in two films. I remember I was in Delhi when l heard the sad news of her passing on. God bless her.”
