Shah Rukh Khan Told Sundar Pichai he Wanted to be a Software Engineer

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Posted: 10 years ago

When Shah Rukh Khan Told Sundar Pichai he Wanted to be a Software Engineer

Written By: Gitanjali Roy | August 11, 2015 17:08 IST (New Delhi)

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SRK in conversation with Sundar Pichai at the Google headquarters in California in October 2014

"I LOOK STUPID BUT I'M NOT, I'M REALLY INTELLIGENT. I DID ELECTRONICS AND GOT 98," SRK TOLD THE DISBELIEVING GOOGLE CROWD. HE TOOK THE IIT ENTRANCE EXAM, EVEN. "THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF DIODES AND TRIODES, NOT CHIPS AND THINGS."

Last October, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan told the hooting crowd at the Googleplex that he wanted to be a software engineer, not an actor. "No, really. I look stupid but I'm not, I'm really intelligent. I did electronics and got 98," SRK told the disbelieving Google crowd. He took the IIT entrance exam, even. "Those were the days of diodes and triodes, not chips and things."

SRK, now pushing 50, convinced at least one person at Google - Sundar Pichai, the new Google CEO, who told the actor to let him know if he wanted to switch careers.

SRK, who participated in a 30-minute chat with Sundar Pichai at Googleplex, was promoting his film Happy New Year. On his way to the chat, he was ambushed by a Google flash mob dancing to the song Indiawale from Happy New Year. As Mr Pichai tells it, SRK promptly joined the dancers.

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Posted: 10 years ago

i agree u look bad but u dnt look stupid ,no way 😆

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"I LOOK STUPID BUT I'M NOT, I'M REALLY INTELLIGENT. I DID ELECTRONICS AND GOT 98," SRK TOLD THE DISBELIEVING GOOGLE CROWD.

Yes, SRK, whenever there is an opportunity a person should strive to toot their own horn.

Not only does he look stupid, but his insecurity makes him look even more stupid.

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Posted: 10 years ago

blowing ones trumpet is the other name of srk...😆

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No, really. I look stupid but I'm not, I'm really intelligent. I did electronics and got 98

Yes you really do look stupid especially with 1000 lbs of foundation on your face. Show your real face Saggy.

98? More like 98 in age. 👍🏼

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Posted: 10 years ago

If u can get PHD then who can stop you from becoming software engineer.

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Posted: 10 years ago

OMG he has never ever shared this information in last 25yrs!😲

Is it true?? he got into IIT? But he was actually into media studies right?

Its ok to feel arrogant if u are as intelligent as him and especially while working in a crowd like BW where more than half the people are school dropouts/12th fail 😆

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Originally posted by: .Samaara.
OMG he has never ever shared this information in last 25yrs!😲

Is it true?? he got into IIT? But he was actually into media studies right?

Its ok to feel arrogant if u are as intelligent as him and especially while working in a crowd like BW where more than half the people are school dropouts/12th fail 😆

I had read in a very old article...Fauji times that he had got into IIT but didnt join as he couldnt bear the thought of leaving his mom. So joined Jamia Milia instead.

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Originally posted by: .Hajmola.

I had read in a very old article...Fauji times that he had got into IIT but didnt join as he couldnt bear the thought of leaving his mom. So joined Jamia Milia instead.

Oh! thank you for sharing..I had no idea..Its no mean feat..He actually switched to a completely different stream and came out as topper..Damn is there anything this man isnt good at? From literature to theater to sports to Science wow!..I will love to have his brain in my next birth 😆

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Originally posted by: .Samaara.

Oh! thank you for sharing..I had no idea..Its no mean feat..He actually switched to a completely different stream and came out as topper..Damn is there anything this man isnt good at? From literature to theater to sports to Science wow!..I will love to have his brain in my next birth 😆

Pretty sure he has high IQ. 😆

But acting wasnt completely new. He was always interested in it and used to do lots of plays etc right from his school days. It was a question of choosing what he wanted to do. Even wanted to get into the Army at one point but gave it up as he would have to cut his hair. 😆