A picture of Shah Rukh Khan offering his prayers to the late singer Lata Mangeshkar went viral on the internet. In the picture, a woman was also seen standing next to him. Many on social media mistook her for Khan's wife Gauri Khan.
As per reports, the woman in the picture is not Gauri Khan but Shah Rukh Khan's manager Pooja Dadlani. Many social media users while sharing Shah Rukh Khan's picture called Dadlani his wife Gauri Khan. A user wrote, "This is India. Srk and his wife Gauri paying respects at Lata Mangeshkar’s funeral.” Khan's fans then corrected many on social media and said that the woman in the funeral pictures is Khan's manager Pooja Dadlani. In no time, Dadlani name started to trend on Twitter.
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Dadlani has been working for Shah Rukh Khan as his manger for a long time now. She was seen in many paparazzi pictures clicked outside of court when Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was being tried for his alleged involvement in a drug case. In one of the viral pictures for the time, Dadlani was seen sobbing in the car when Aryan Khan's bail plea got rejected. Dadlani was alleged to have paid ₹50 lakh to an independent witness of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to favour Aryan Khan. She was also called for interrogations which she skipped once by citing health reasons.
The manager seems in be close with Khan and his family. She often shares pictures with him and his wife Gauri Khan on her social media handles. Recently, Dadlani shared a picture with Farah Khan, Gauri Khan, Neelam Kothari Soni, Maheep Kapoor, Seema Khan among others from a lunch outing. In the caption, Dadlani wrote, "Brunch with my favourite bunch… the Bollywood wives are just as much fun off screen… great food, great conversation and no gossip whatsoever."
At Lata Mangeshkar's funeral Shah Rukh Khan were seen making a public appearance for the first time since Aryan Khan got bail from the court. A video of Khan offering his prayers and blowing air to protect Mangeshkar's remains ,as per Muslim customs, went viral on the internet and sparked. A BJP member Arun Yadav accused him of spitting on Mangeshkar.