Divya Dutta recently spoke about the superstar Shah Rukh Khan and recalled how the actor helped her to arrange a meeting with the filmmaker Mani Ratnam, with whom she desperately wanted to work. 

Recalling the incident she said, "I wanted to do the film, and Shah Rukh and I had the same manager at that time. He suggested that I show up on set and ask him to get Mani Ratnam's number. I didn't have a mobile phone then, so I landed up at Connaught Place exactly when I was told to, and watched from the side as they filmed a a chase scene. Thousands of people had gathered to get a glimpse of Shah Rukh, there wasn't an inch of space to stand on.”

She further added that the actor was very generous to her. She said, "He opened the 
 door for me and held my hand…… Such a ladies' man he is. He asked how he could help, and I told him that I really want to do the film. He asked if I'd like some coffee, and told me that he would convey my message to Mani Ratnam. 'That's all I can do,' he said. The crowd was right outside, screaming his name, rocking the car.”

The actress further shared that she did the filmmaker but he denied to cast her citing that the actress resembled Manisha Koirala. Divya and Shah Rukh later starred together in Veer-Zaara which also featured Preity Zinta and Rani Mukerji.

She concluded, "I was worried I
would be stereotyped as the best friend of all heroines in the industry. There is a herd mentality in our industry. Everyone runs after the one who looks good and leaves the rest behind."

On the work front, the actress most recently starred in Tahira Kashyap’s directorial ‘Sharmaji ki Beti’. Whereas Shah Rukh featured with Taapsee Pannu in Rajkumar Hirani’s ‘Dunki’. The film released during the month of December last year and got massive praise from the audience.