Before the box office, King Khan ruled his school ratings.

He was always a superstar. Like the hero who twirls his women while he fights off the baddies, Shah Rukh played an all-rounder at St Columba. But unlike Raj of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, SRK didn’t quite fail his finals
Bend it like Shah Rukh
King Khan’s soccer team was also the semi-finalist in the Youth Review International Soccer tournament of that year. Shah Rukh was vice-captain, but the goal of the tournament was a “brilliant solo effort” by Gene Morris.
The first tremors
At an inter-school competition titled Youthquake ’84, Shah Rukh was named best actor in the dramatics section. Rahul Dev has said, earlier, that SRK always had the central role in school plays and was the wizard in the school’s production of Wizard of Oz.
Superhit!
80.5 %
Shah Rukh’s ISC (he was in 12C) overall result
92 %
The score with which he topped Electronics
Cricket buddies
Guess who fielded beside Shah Rukh for the senior cricket team of 1984? Rahul Dev Kaushal, who later played Senapati in SRK’s home production Asoka. In an online interview, Rahul had said that Shah Rukh was his senior and kept wickets for his team.
Before Pepsi...
Shah Rukh played for the ‘Thums Up Team’. His school participated in a national-level cricket championship called The Thums Up All India Tournament. Shah Rukh’s team was the Thums Up Semi-Finalists.



Because Shah Rukh became an actor, it’s interesting that the student mugshots were laid out on a film reel