When Shah Rukh Khan got emotional talking about loneliness amid fame and superstardom: 'Mujhe dost banane nahi aate' - WATCH

Shah Rukh Khan's name and fame knows no bounds, but even as a global superstar, the actor has moments no amount of fame, fortune, and love is enough to fill a deep sense of loneliness.
In a resurfaced interview from 1997 on Rendezvous with Simi Garewal, Khan offered a rare and honest glimpse into his emotional struggles. At the time, the actor, who quickly rising into a Bollywood superstar, candidly opened up about his emotional side and the weight he often carried behind his charming public persona.
“I get very lonely with myself," he said and added, "I’m not romanticising loneliness, but I get very lonely at times." While reflecting about his life in spotlight, he mused, "I read somewhere—I have so much fame, so much money, I have so many people loving me—and why is it that I feel alone?”
Khan, who made his Bollywood debut in 1992 with Deewana and rose to superstardom with roles that earned him titles like King of Romance, noted that his feelings of loneliness were not a reflection on the love and support or the lack of it from his family and early childhood. Reflecting on the paradox of life and his personal search for meaning, he shared, “They say the most difficult thing about life is to get out of it alive. I just keep searching for this want for living.”

The star also shared about his need to have someone with him. He shared, ‘I need someone to be with me. So, when my wife leaves town and goes, then I pick up my dog and hold his paw and go to sleep.
Khan, who married Gauri Khan in 1991 and is a father to three—Aryan, Suhana, and AbRam, later addressed 'attachment issues' he faced. Speaking on Karan Johar's chat show, he nearly broke down in tears while candidly confessing, "I'm scared of attachments because I believe every attachment that I have will finally break my heart or leave me. And, the only time I cry is when I lose the people that I love, through life and death or just because they are not attached to me anymore."
Reflecting on this fear, he said, "I got scared of losing people because of my parents' deaths and I hate losing people. I hate losing friends."

He then went on to say, "I don't have any friends and I don't know how to make friends."
He confessed to KJo, "Mujhe dost banane nahi aate, aagar aate hai toh rakhne nahi aate , aur agar rakhne aate hai toh woh rehna nahi chahte."
A lot has changed in the actor's life since he made these statements, yet, his words from decades ago ring on through these flashback posts going viral on social media.