Overview

• Sheeba Chaddha was eight years junior to Shah Rukh Khan at Delhi’s Hans Raj College before they later shared screen space.
• In 1998 she made her film debut as Manisha Koirala’s body double in Mani Ratnam’s Dil Se.
• She portrayed Khan’s mother in Raees (2017) and Zero (2018) despite their narrow age difference.
• Khan publicly praised her Raees performance and asked permission before their hugging scene in Zero.
• Chaddha highlighted her frequent casting as a mother to characters only 10–12 years younger and explained how she came to accept those roles.