For over two decades, Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan had a spot-boy named Subhash who served him with great diligence, earning the actor’s implicit trust.

Some months back it was discovered that Subash had cancer. SRK and his wife did all they could to save his life, but the disease had reached its last stages. On July 12, Subhash passed away. SRK was not in Mumbai at the time and was shooting Rohit Shetty’s film Dilwale in Bulgaria when he heard the sad news. Reports suggest the actor was devastated to know his spot boy’s death. Our condolences.

Published in Dawn, Sunday Magazine, July 26th, 2015

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