This Article is From Oct 24, 2014

20 Times Shah Rukh Khan Went by a Name Other Than 'Rahul'

20 Times Shah Rukh Khan Went by a Name Other Than 'Rahul'

Shah Rukh Khan in a still from Happy New Year, Duplicate and Om Shanti Om.

New Delhi:

Rahul, naam toh suna hi hoga - but actor Shah Rukh Khan has more ammunition in his arsenal. He's built a career out of playing characters named Rahul, from the loverboy of Dil Toh Pagal Hai to the murderous obsessive of Darr. However, SRK does not fire on a single cylinder. His earliest successes were, including Baazigar and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (the movies that started it all), featured SRK in roles that did not involve the name Rahul.

Here are 20 times that SRK did not play a character named Rahul on-screen.

In the just-released Happy New Year, SRK plays one of a gang of diamond thieves named Charlie.
 


Next to Rahul, SRK's most popular screen name has been Raj. He's been so named in films such as Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman, Mohabbatein, Chalte Chalte and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.
 


In Baazigar, SRK assumed the double identity of Ajay and Vicky.
 


Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa starred SRK as the lovestruck Sunil.




In the reincarnation-themed Karan Arjun, SRK starred as Arjun and his reborn version, Vijay.
 


Duplicate starred SRK as aspiring chef Bablu and lookalike criminal Manu Dada.




In Dil Se, SRK played All Indi Radio staffer Amar Kant Verma.
 


SRK played Aishwarya Rai's twin Max in Josh, the desi version of West Side Story.
 


Devdas starred SRK as the eponymous hero, dying of love and drink.




In Kal Ho Naa Ho, SRK also played a doomed romantic. This time, he was called Aman.
 


Main Hoon Na starred SRK as Major Ram Prasad Sharma, working undercover as a student.




In the cross-border tale of Veer-Zaara, SRK starred as Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh.
 


SRK's Mohan Bhargav quit his NASA job to return to his village home in India in Swades.
 


Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna starred SRK as Dev Saran, embittered by a football career cut short by injury.




In the Don film, SRK filled very Big shoes as the criminal Don and his lookalike Vijay.
 


In Chak De! India, SRK plays hockey star-turned-coach Kabir Khan.
 


Om Shanti Om starred SRK as Om Prakash Makhija and the reborn Om Kapoor.




In My Name is Khan, SRK played a young man with Asperger's Syndrome called Rizwan Khan.
 


Superhero film RA.One starred SRK in the double role of video game designer Shekhar Subramanium and character-come-to-life G.One.
 


SRK played armyman Major Samar Anand in Jab Tak Hai Jaan.
 


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