Shah Rukh Khan and Vishal Bhardwaj went to Delhi University around the same time. Shah Rukh was a student of Hansraj College, while Bhardwaj went to Hindu. Both of them were also born in the same year – 1965 - the filmmaker told Mid-day during our latest Sit With Hitlist episode.

Bhardwaj and Shah Rukh were to collaborate on a film on Chetan Bhagat’s 2 States. The film was later made with Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in the lead, with Abhishek Verman as the director.