SRK, Mushtaq fall out

Close friends for years, Shah Rukh Khan and Mushtaq Sheikh have drifted apart

Best friends, Shah Rukh Khan and Mushtaq Sheikh have fallen out. The news comes as a shock since Mushtaq always maintained that ‘it is a blessing to have someone like Shah Rukh around you’. It may be recalled that Shah Rukh allowed Mushtaq to write two books on his life — Still Reading Khan (for which SRK shared some of his personal family photographs) and Shah Rukh Can. Mushtaq was even given the credit of being a co-writer with Farah Khan on Om Shanti Om — but reliable sources insist that the work was entirely Farah’s.

Mushtaq was also seen in Luck By Chance for a split second just before Shah Rukh Khan begins a chat with Farhan Akhtar.
Our source from Bollywood revealed, “There have been differences between Mushtaq and SRK for quite some time. The friction intensified when SRK’s Billu, which Mushtaq wrote, did very average business at the box-office."

What was the flashpoint? Our source explained, “Mushtaq was assigned to be one of the script writers on Ra.1, but after Billu proved to be a disappointment, SRK didn’t want Mushtaq to work on the film.”

Despite repeated attempts to get their side of the story, Shah Rukh and Mushtaq remained unavailable for comment. Though Bobby Chawla (CEO, Red Chillies) maintained, “There is no problem between SRK and Mushtaq,”; a source close to Red Chillies Entertainment confirmed and said, “Things are not the same between them.”