Gangtok, March 11: Shah Rukh Khan has kept his promise to 12-year-old Deepraj Rai.
The superstar had said he would to gift the first runner-up of India’s Got Talent a car when the boy said he wanted to buy one for his father, a state government driver.
“I heard from
Kirron Kher (one of the judges on the show) about your desire to buy a
car for your father. If you don’t mind, I would like to step in and gift
a vehicle to you,” said Shah Rukh, just after Deepraj’s performance in
the grand finale in Mumbai on November 25 last year.
That car, a
Hyundai Eon, Deepraj got today. The local Hyundai showroom called the
Rais up yesterday and told Dilip, the boy’s father, that the car was
ready for delivery.
Deepraj, who
without any formal training in music had become the first runner-up, was
studying. On hearing the news, Dilip said, his son threw his books and
started jumping in joy. Deepraj, who studies in Class V at the Sai
Gurukul Academy in Gangtok, ran out to tell his friends: “Shah Rukh
uncle has kept his promise.”
The boy had sung Tu na jaane aas paas hai khuda (film Anjaana Anjaani) in the grand finale of India’s Got Talent and won Rs 5 lakh.
Deepraj had said on the show “I want my father to have his own car”, when asked by one of the anchors what his dream was.
Today, when the
car arrived and Deepraj was given the keys — it is a white D Lite — the
boy thanked Shah Rukh “uncle”. “My father drives a government vehicle
and runs a family. I always wanted to become a good singer and buy a
good car for him. I am very happy that my dream has been fulfiled so
early. It is all because of Shah Rukh uncle.”
Dilip, who is a driver for
the department of urban development and housing, said: “There are no
words to describe how we feel right now. In our wildest dreams we had
not thought that Deepraj’s car would come so soon. Shah Rukh Khan has
kept his promise. He is a superstar above all and he has proved that he
is a man who never breaks his promise.”
Asked which Shah Rukh film was his favourite, Deepraj named Chak De India.
Dilip said Shah Rukh’s office had called from Mumbai last month to tell him that the car would reach them soon.
Karma Bhutia, the
sales manager of the Hyundai showroom in Gangtok, said: “We had received
a mail from the head office in Mumbai in the mid-week of February to
deliver the car to Deepraj. We could not deliver the car earlier as the
model which Shah Rukh had requested for was not available at that time.”
The finalist’s
14-year-old sister, Dipika Rai, said: “I am very happy for my brother
and I am looking forward to taking a family drive in the car.”
The Telegraph
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