Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Neelam Kothari Says Her Films Helped Bring Shah Rukh and Gauri Together
Actor Neelam Kothari shared a story about Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan.
She said Shah Rukh told her that she was one reason he and Gauri got married.
Kothari said both of them liked her films.
They used to watch those films together.
She told the story while appearing on Indian Idol.
Shah Rukh and Gauri married in 1991.
Kothari described her role as something she had not realized at the time.
Neelam Kothari said Shah Rukh Khan told her she was one reason he and Gauri Khan married.
Kothari shared the story during an appearance on the singing reality show Indian Idol.
She said both Shah Rukh and Gauri were fans of her films.
According to Kothari, the couple watched her films together.
Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan married in 1991.
- Who
- Neelam Kothari, Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan
- What
- Kothari said Shah Rukh told her that her films played a part in his and Gauri's relationship and marriage.
- When
- Kothari recounted the conversation during an earlier appearance on Indian Idol; Shah Rukh had told her about it a few months before she shared the story.
- Where
- On the singing reality show Indian Idol.
- Why
- Shah Rukh and Gauri were fans of Kothari's films and watched them together.
- Person sharing the story
- Actor Neelam Kothari
- Couple
- Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan
- Marriage year
- 1991
- Show
- Indian Idol
- Connection described
- Kothari said both Shah Rukh and Gauri were fans of her films and watched them together.