For this Aditya Chopra film, Shah Rukh's standard-issue romantic name was added to with a heavier middle. Also, it happened to be SRK's son's name, as he was christened Raj Aryan Malhotra.

This Dead Poets Society remake featured Khan in the tortured teacher role, fiddling with a violin at every given opportunity. That is, when he wasn't reminiscing about his dead lady love.

This film saw Khan trying to look scholarly in spectacles, while discarding his Tommy Hilfiger jackets for subdued grey and beige cardigans.