Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- Shah Rukh Khan once wanted nothing to do with the film industry. But after losing his mother, he changed his mind, hoping to fulfil her wish to see him on the silver screen.

Long before becoming one of Bollywood's biggest stars, Shah Rukh spoke candidly about his reluctance to enter films in a 1991 interview with the Deccan Herald, revisited by NDTV.

"I've never been fascinated by films. In fact, I have felt quite sick whenever I've heard of the film industry and its ways. The last thing I wanted to be was part of it," he said.

The death of his mother, Lateef Fatima Khan, changed his outlook.

"But after my mother died early this year, I changed my mind. I loved her immensely, and she always wanted to see me up there ...