Angered, Aarfa decides to leave Sultan and reside with her father. The baby had a rare O- blood type, identical to Sultan's, whose absence deprived the child of a donor. Upon returning, he finds that his newborn son had died due to severe anemia. He also leaves Aarfa nearing her due date to win a gold at Turkey. To her surprise, Sultan's accomplishment makes him arrogant, and he slaps a reporter at an event. She gives up her childhood dream of winning an Olympic gold medal for India, which Sultan then fulfills. When the two are selected for the Olympic contingent, Aarfa discovers that she's pregnant. The two get married and become recognized wrestlers, representing India in various international games. Determined to win her respect, Sultan dedicates himself to intense training and ultimately wins a state-level wrestling tournament, as well as Aarfa. When he claims that they are committed, she insults him, saying she would only marry a well-trained wrestler. Although she is initially cold towards him, she accepts Sultan as a friend. In 2008, Sultan fell in love at the sight of Aarfa Hussain, a state-level wrestler and the daughter of a local wrestling coach. In search of the reason behind his retirement, Aakash confronts Sultan's close friend Govind, who narrates how Sultan's career began. After traveling to Haryana, he gives the recruitment offer to Sultan, who bluntly refuses and says that he has completely retired from wrestling. Patel, is encouraged by his father to recruit Sultan to salvage its popularity.
Aakash Oberoi, the founder of a private mixed martial arts league backed by Mr. Unfortunately, he said that since looked similar to Manisha Koirala, who was also in the film and hence he couldn’t cast here.ĥ years, after this incident, Shah Rukh Khan and Divya Dutta shared screen space in Yash Chopra’s Veer-Zaara.Sultan Ali Khan is a middle-aged local wrestler and ex-wrestling champion living a lonely life in a small town of Rewari, Haryana. He was warm enough to make me feel special.” Shah Rukh kept his word and Divya got a chance to meet Ratnam. But he was patient enough to hear me out. Post that, he chivalrously escorted her out as they were surrounded by fans.ĭivya wrote in the book at this point, “I was just another newcomer. When she expressed her desire to be the second heroine in Dil Se (and hence meeting him) Shah Rukh promised that he’ll convey her message to the director, Mani Ratnam. She wrote that he gave his famous dimpled smile, apologized for meeting in a chaotic environment and offered her tea. Talking about the incident, Dutta recalled Khan seated in a car when she met him. Stating that when she was just to give up a member from SRK’s team met her and took her to meet the actor as per her scheduled appointment. Sadly, that film, which probably was Baadshah (1999), didn’t star Divya.ĭivya Dutta, in her book, recalled another incident with the superstar that saw her meeting Shah Rukh Khan on the sets of Dil Se at Connaught Place for a part in the film. That incident made her day as she learnt that Shah Rukh knows her by her name and cared enough to remember her.
She also added that he said he hoped that they could work together and wished her the best. A stunned Divya then witnessed the superstar’s sweetness first hand as the actor sweetly picked up her scattered photographs and asked her if she is Divya. Recalling the incident, she said that after meeting the director duo Abbas-Mustan she bumped into SRK while walking down the steps and all her photographs fell out of her bag. After joining the industry, Divya visited Venus’ office to audition for a film co-starring Shah Rukh Khan. But that wasn’t Divya Dutta’s only fond memory with Shah Rukh Khan.