4 min learnNew DelhiAug 20, 2026 05:00 PM IST
Actor Niki Aneja Walia, who has featured in TV exhibits akin to Gharwali Baharwali and Astitva, met with a near-fatal automotive accident on the units of a serial within the 12 months 2000. In a current interview, she recalled how celebrity Shah Rukh Khan helped her throughout that tough interval in her life. Niki additionally revealed that it was due to SRK that she was in a position to uncover the reality behind the present’s manufacturing supervisor’s “carelessness” that led to the accident.
Throughout a chat with Buzzzooka Prime, the host referred to Shah Rukh as Niki’s shut buddy, however the actor clarified that they had been merely acquaintances. “He has been my buddy, my colleague. However, you all have to please cease pondering that he’s my greatest buddy,” she mentioned.
Niki Walia and Shah Rukh Khan have labored collectively on a number of dwell exhibits. She was additionally presupposed to play the feminine lead in Shah Rukh’s Sure Boss (1997), however needed to step down as a result of private causes.
Recalling the horrific incident the place she was run over by a automotive, Niki shared how Shah Rukh Khan realised the crash was attributable to an untrained driver. She mentioned, “I used to be in such a foul state. I used to be within the hospital for over a month. He was taking pictures in Movie Metropolis at the moment, and he had witnessed sure issues, so he needed to satisfy me personally and know the way I used to be doing.”
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The actor added, “He additionally needed to ask me if this was really an accident or somebody’s carelessness. He gave me some data. It was his goodness that he didn’t come until 12:30 am as a result of there was paparazzi exterior the hospital. There have been rumours that I wasn’t properly. Some even mentioned that I used to be lifeless, and that was very disturbing. So, Shah Rukh needed to see the reality along with his personal eyes.”
Whereas taking pictures for Devdas in Movie Metropolis across the time Niki Walia was hospitalised, Shah Rukh Khan occurred to witness the precise automobile concerned within the incident. “He additionally needed to inform me the fact – he noticed a person studying tips on how to drive on Khandala bridge. He was taking pictures for Devdas at the moment and his automotive bought blocked for a second as a result of that man was studying tips on how to drive a automotive,” she mentioned.
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The veteran actor continued, “When he heard about my accident and realised it was the identical crimson Maruti van, he knew it wasn’t a easy accident. After he gave me the information, I requested round and bought to know that it occurred due to the carelessness of a manufacturing supervisor. He picked a non-driving widespread man for the scene as a result of the per day artiste couldn’t come. He considered instructing driving to that man then and there, proper earlier than the shoot. As an alternative of a brake, that individual pressed the accelerator, so the automotive didn’t cease and it ran over me.”
Shah Rukh Khan’s intervention additionally helped Niki Walia search monetary compensation for the accident. “Shah Rukh got here to provide that information to me. I used to do dwell exhibits on world excursions with him, so I used to be buddies with him. And, he has an enormous coronary heart and he felt that I ought to know this. It helped me declare cash from the producers. All my 5 TV exhibits throughout that interval had gone off air. Paying these payments for over a month grew to become simpler for me due to SRK,” she concluded.
On the skilled entrance, Niki was final seen in Bhai Tera Star Hai, starring Raghav Juyal and Niharika NM in lead roles.
