Shah Rukh Khan’s doppelganger charges Rs 5 lakh per event, but doesn’t want to meet the actor

What began as an amusing resemblance eventually became his profession. Ibrahim Qadri's likeness to Shah Rukh Khan takes him across the world, where he charges up to Rs 5 lakh for a show.

Around the same time, an unexpected incident changed the course of his life. Ibrahim had gone to Rajkot to watch an IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Lions. As soon as he entered the stadium, the crowd went berserk. People began hooting, shouting and approaching him with their phones, eager to take selfies. It was then that Ibrahim realised why he was attracting so much attention — people had mistaken him for Shah Rukh Khan.

At 40, Ibrahim initially enjoyed the attention. But what began as an amusing resemblance eventually became his profession. Today, his likeness to Shah Rukh Khan takes him across the world, where he charges up to Rs 5 lakh for a show. His resemblance has also helped him feature in Vogue.

‘I changed my look because I was tired of being compared to SRK’

Ibrahim’s resemblance to Shah Rukh Khan was noticed long before he became a professional doppelganger. When he was 14-15, his friends and family would often tell him that he looked like the actor. But Ibrahim never took the comparisons seriously.

Speaking to Vogue, he said, “But I never took it seriously because family members always say things like that, don’t they?”

Ibrahim Qadri as SRK. (Photo: Ibrahim Qadri/Instagram)

In fact, Ibrahim grew tired of the comparisons and deliberately changed his appearance. Speaking to Lallantop, he recalled, “I changed my look, gained weight. I started to keep a beard, because SRK would always stay clean shaved until then.”

Interestingly, Ibrahim’s transformation later coincided with Shah Rukh Khan sporting a beard himself.

“In 2017, when his film Raees released, he kept beard in that and since then people went crazy, calling me SRK,” Ibrahim said.

The turning point came during that IPL match in Rajkot.

“This one time, I went to watch an IPL match in Rajkot. It was between the KKR and Gujarat Lions. As soon as I entered, the crowd went crazy. I enjoyed the attention for a while because I was surprised that even strangers think I look like the actor,” he recalled.

However, the situation soon became overwhelming.