Shreyas Talpade told Siddharth Kannan, “I remember how we all used to eat together in his vanity van. He would emphasise on all of us eating together. There were three production houses trying to acquire the film, he would discuss that too with us. He would share how a certain production house has offered this much money. The next day, he would tell us about another production house making an offer, and he would ask me, ‘What should we do?’ and I’d be like, ‘What do I say, you are Shah Rukh Khan!’”

Shreyas then shared how SRK accepted a less lucrative deal and explained that he doesn’t want the distributor to suffer because of him and his high costs, even though he could’ve made more money if he had gone with a rival deal.

Shreyas shared, “So I’d say go for whoever pays the most… Finally, he chose a production house that wasn’t paying the most. It was mid-way, so I asked, ‘Shah, why didn’t you pick the max offer?’, and he said, ‘Tomorrow if a distributor doesn’t end up earning from my film, then it is a loss for me. I want my distributor to earn from it. So it is ok that I’ll get this much now. It is very important for the distributor to earn. If I take everything, then what will the distributor get and it’ll be a big risk for them.’ Now all these things, when you are three years into the industry, make a huge difference when you produce a film, promote a film. It’s like a textbook you keep referring to.”

“I have learnt a lot from Shah Rukh. From the time I met him, he never made me feel that he is a superstar. He made me feel like a friend. In the film, he was my friend and we were friends even off screen. He doesn’t make you feel like a newcomer. He treats you as an equal, as a friend,” concluded Shreyas.