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50 free Shah Rukh Khan trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Shah Rukh Khan went from television serials in the late 1980s to become one of the most recognised film stars on the planet. Over more than three decades he has played stalkers and sweethearts, coaches and scientists, soldiers and spies, and built a following that stretches far beyond India. This quiz covers the whole story: the early villain roles, the romances that defined 1990s Hindi cinema, the directors and co-stars he keeps returning to, and the action comeback that broke box-office records. It also looks off screen, at his family, his production work, his cricket franchise and the honours he has collected along the way. It opens with questions most Bollywood fans can answer and builds to deep cuts for anyone who thinks they know SRK inside out. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you pick up a story or two even when you miss.
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Q 01Which Mumbai cinema has screened Shah Rukh Khan's Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge for more than a thousand weeks?
Maratha Mandir
Maratha Mandir tried to end the run after 1,009 weeks in 2015, citing low attendance, then reinstated the film after an outpouring of support from audiences.
Q 02Which character did Shah Rukh Khan voice in the Hindi dub of Disney's The Lion King (2019)?
Mufasa
Mufasa was a family affair: his son Aryan voiced the cub who grows up to be king, and the star had to re-dub lines because their voices sounded too alike.
Q 03What is the name of Shah Rukh Khan's famous family bungalow in the Bandra neighbourhood of Mumbai?
Mannat
Mannat is a protected heritage building and a tourist spot, and renovating it gave the actor's wife the hobby that became her interior-design career.
Q 04In Swades (2004), Shah Rukh Khan's Mohan Bhargava quits a job at which organisation to return to India?
NASA
NASA opened its doors to the crew: Swades became the first Indian film shot inside the agency's research centre at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Q 05Shah Rukh Khan's 2006 thriller Don remade a 1978 film starring which actor as the title criminal?
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan cast a long shadow: director Farhan Akhtar first weighed Hrithik Roshan for the remake, then decided the part needed a more mature face.
Q 06Which Indian Premier League cricket team has Shah Rukh Khan co-owned since the franchise was bought in 2008?
Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders played poorly for three seasons under the film star's ownership before winning a first IPL title in 2012.
Q 07Which sport does Shah Rukh Khan's disgraced former captain coach for India's women in Chak De! India (2007)?
Hockey
Hockey was the actor's own game: he excelled at it in school and hoped for a sports career until a shoulder injury ended that plan.
Q 08Which condition does Shah Rukh Khan's title character have in My Name Is Khan (2010), set in post-9/11 America?
Asperger syndrome
Asperger syndrome took months of homework: the actor read books, watched videos and talked to people affected by the condition before filming.
Q 09Which actress made her Hindi film debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in the reincarnation drama Om Shanti Om (2007)?
Deepika Padukone
Deepika Padukone won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for it, after the film first planned as her Hindi launch, Happy New Year, was shelved for eight years.
Q 10In which 1989 Doordarshan series did Shah Rukh Khan make his television debut, playing Abhimanyu Rai?
Fauji
Fauji first had him as the second lead, but the director rewrote the script to build the series around him after seeing how well he came across on camera.
Q 11In which Indian city was Shah Rukh Khan born in 1965, later attending St. Columba's School there?
New Delhi
New Delhi became home only after he turned five: he spent his first years in Mangalore, where his grandfather was chief engineer of the port.
Q 12Whom did Shah Rukh Khan marry in a Hindu ceremony in 1991 after a six-year courtship?
Gauri Chibber
Gauri Chibber is Hindu and he is Muslim, and their children follow both religions: at home the Qur'an sits beside images of Hindu deities.
Q 13Which 1992 romance, co-starring Rishi Kapoor and Divya Bharti, was Shah Rukh Khan's first released film?
Deewana
Deewana reached cinemas first and won him the Filmfare Best Male Debut award, though his first film offer had been for Hema Malini's directorial debut.
Q 21Which civilian honour did the Government of India award Shah Rukh Khan in 2005?
Padma Shri
Padma Shri was only the start of his official honours: in 2011 he became the first Indian to receive UNESCO's Pyramide con Marni award for backing children's education.
Q 22Which Shah Rukh Khan film, directed by Atlee, earned him his first National Film Award for Best Actor?
Jawan
Jawan had him play father and son lookalikes, and it broke the box-office records that his previous release had set only months earlier.
Q 23Which director of 3 Idiots and PK made the 2023 Shah Rukh Khan immigration drama Dunki?
Rajkumar Hirani
Rajkumar Hirani had been turned down by the star twice, for Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. and 3 Idiots, so this story of illegal migration was their first film together.
Q 14Which filmmaker made his directorial debut with the Shah Rukh Khan college romance Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)?
Karan Johar
Karan Johar had already shared the screen with the star, playing a friend of his character in a 1995 romance on which he also worked as an assistant director.
Q 15Which actress, a frequent Shah Rukh Khan co-star since 1993, plays Mandira in My Name Is Khan (2010)?
Kajol
Kajol outshone him in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai by his own account: he won Best Actor for it, yet he and several critics felt her performance overshadowed his.
Q 16Which fellow superstar plays SRK's brother in the 1995 reincarnation thriller Karan Arjun?
Salman Khan
Salman Khan plays Karan to his Arjun: the two are killed by the greedy uncle who murdered their father, then reincarnated to complete their revenge.
Q 17In which 2002 Sanjay Leela Bhansali film does Shah Rukh Khan play an alcoholic torn between Paro and Chandramukhi?
Devdas
Devdas was the most expensive Bollywood film made up to that time and earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Film Not in the English Language.
Q 18Which 2023 spy thriller ended Shah Rukh Khan's four-year break from leading roles and launched his comeback?
Pathaan
Pathaan cast him as an exiled field agent sent to stop a terrorist attack, and it broke several box-office records, re-establishing his stardom.
Q 19Which first name do Shah Rukh Khan's characters share in Darr, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham?
Rahul
Rahul covers both extremes of his career: an obsessive stalker in the 1993 thriller, then the romantic lead of the two later family blockbusters.
Q 20Which production company, with its own visual effects division, did Shah Rukh Khan found with his wife?
Red Chillies Entertainment
Red Chillies Entertainment once retitled a film to spare feelings: Billu Barber became Billu after hairdressers complained that the word barber was derogatory.
Q 24Which actress plays Kaira, the cinematographer counselled by Shah Rukh Khan's therapist in Dear Zindagi?
Alia Bhatt
Alia Bhatt's Kaira seeks him out for her insomnia after overhearing him speak at a mental health conference, and the superstar settles for the supporting part.
Q 25Which actress plays Zaara, the Pakistani woman loved by Shah Rukh Khan's Air Force officer, in Veer-Zaara (2004)?
Preity Zinta
Preity Zinta plays Zaara, a Pakistani politician's daughter, while Rani Mukerji is the young lawyer who fights to free him after 22 years in a Pakistani jail.
Q 26In which 2003 New York-set film does Shah Rukh Khan play Aman Mathur, a man hiding a fatal heart condition?
Kal Ho Naa Ho
Kal Ho Naa Ho has his character keep the illness secret and steer the woman who loves him towards her best friend instead.
Q 27Which 2013 Rohit Shetty comedy sends Shah Rukh Khan off to scatter his grandfather's ashes?
Chennai Express
Chennai Express was criticised for its portrayal of South Indian culture, yet it briefly became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time.
Q 28For which 1998 Mani Ratnam film did Shah Rukh Khan dance on top of a moving train to Chaiyya Chaiyya?
Dil Se
Dil Se cast him as a radio journalist infatuated with a mysterious woman, and its famous song was shot in the Nilgiri hills, on the line heading up to Ooty.
Q 29Which ancient Indian emperor does Shah Rukh Khan play in a 2001 historical epic directed by Santosh Sivan?
Ashoka
Ashoka's story drew a warm response at the Venice and Toronto film festivals, but the film did poorly in India and deepened his production company's losses.
Q 30Which hit Indian television show did Shah Rukh Khan host for its third season in 2007?
Kaun Banega Crorepati
Kaun Banega Crorepati turned to him for a single season when its regular presenter declined, and a year later he fronted India's Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader.