Actor Shah Rukh Khan married the love of his life, Gauri Khan, 33 years ago on October 25, 1991. The couple solemnised their union according to both Hindu and Muslim traditions, alongside a registered wedding on the same day.
Their wedding festivities were an intimate affair, attended by only close friends and family members.
Film producer Vivek Vaswani, who sheltered Shah Rukh at his home during the early years of his career, once spoke about being among the few guests at the wedding and shared intimate details of the ceremony.
“It was a fabulous wedding; everything was very nice. The food was great. It was so much fun,” Vaswani told YouTuber Siddharth Kannan in an earlier interview. He continued, “It happened as per three traditions: Hindu, Muslim, and registered. happened in one day.”
Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan during their Hindu wedding.Vaswani, who produced SRK’s 1992 film Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman, also recalled that he gifted Shah Rukh and Gauri a five-day stay at the Mumbai hotel Sun and Sand as a wedding gift.
“After the wedding, we took Gauri to Darjeeling because we had to shoot the title song of Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman. When they returned to Bombay, of course, they couldn’t stay at my house, so as a gift, I gave them five days at Sun n Sand. Then they moved to Aziz (Mirza)’s house,” Vaswani said.
Earlier, in an interview with the BBC, Shah Rukh shared that one of the reasons for keeping his wedding a low-key affair was opposition from a few people who learnt from the court that he had registered his marriage to Gauri. “There were some institutions that took offence to me marrying a girl who is from a different religion,” said SRK.
Shah Rukh Khan and wife Gauri Khan have been married for 33 years.He continued, “We had protests outside of the house. Fortunately, I didn’t have a house in my name, so I had given a friend’s address. Instead of throwing stones at me, they were throwing stones at him. My friend Sanjay was calling me, saying, ‘They are throwing stones at my house.’ That happened. So, we had to keep it (their marriage) a little under wraps and get it done.”
Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan have been married for 33 years now. They are parents to three children: Aryan Khan, Suhana Khan, and AbRam.