{"id":620313,"date":"2026-09-10T11:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T11:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/620313\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T11:38:11","slug":"shah-rukh-khans-school-days-palash-sen-reveals-the-one-flaw-of-bollywoods-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/620313\/","title":{"rendered":"Shah Rukh Khan\u2019s School Days: Palash Sen Reveals the One Flaw of Bollywood\u2019s King"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dubai: Long before Shah Rukh Khan<\/a> became one of Bollywood\u2019s biggest stars, he was already winning people over at school. Singer Palash Sen, who was a year senior to Khan at St Columba\u2019s School in Delhi, has recalled the actor\u2019s charm, ambition and all-round ability \u2014 while revealing one amusing weakness.<\/p>\n

\u2018Shah Rukh was a hit with the teachers\u2019<\/p>\n

Speaking to YouTube channel Kadak, Sen said Khan was popular with both students and teachers. He described his former schoolmate as exceptionally \u201ccharming, ambitious, and efficient\u201d, adding that teachers appeared to have a particular fondness for him.<\/p>\n

Sen said the two were close friends and took part in several co-curricular activities together, including sports, debating and quizzes.<\/p>\n

His one \u2018flaw\u2019 was singing<\/p>\n

Despite describing Khan as an all-rounder, Sen said there was one thing the future superstar could not do well \u2014 sing. During a school musical, Khan had a role but could not sing, so Sen provided the vocals from backstage.<\/p>\n

Sen has previously recalled the same school production, joking that he was singing for Khan long before Sonu Nigam.<\/p>\n

From school friends to Bollywood stars<\/p>\n

\"Devadasan<\/a><\/p>\n

Devadasan K P is the Chief Visual Editor at Gulf News, bringing more than 27 years of experience in photojournalism to the role. He leads the Visual desk with precision, speed, and a strong editorial instinct. <\/p>\n

Whether he\u2019s selecting images of royalty, chasing the biggest celebrity moments in Dubai, or covering live events himself, Devadasan is always a few steps ahead of the action. <\/p>\n

Over the years, he has covered a wide range of major assignments \u2014 including the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, feature reportage from Afghanistan, the IMF World Bank meetings, and wildlife series from Kenya. <\/p>\n

His work has been widely recognised with industry accolades, including the Minolta Photojournalist of the Year award in 2005, the Best Picture Award at the Dubai Shopping Festival in 2008, and a Silver Award from the Society for News Design in 2011. <\/p>\n

He handles the newsroom pressure with a calm attitude, a quick response time, and his signature brand of good-natured Malayali humour. There’s no fuss \u2014 just someone who gets the job done very well, every single time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dubai: Long before Shah Rukh Khan became one of Bollywood\u2019s biggest stars, he was already winning people over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,270],"class_list":["post-620313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}