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{{Short description|2006 biographical book by Mushtaq Shiekh}}<br />
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| published = 11 October 2006<br />
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| pages = 458<br />
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'''''Still Reading Khan''''' is a 2006 biographical book that was written by the Indian author and journalist [[Mushtaq Shiekh]], chronicling the life of the actor [[Shah Rukh Khan]]. The book describes his birth in 1965 in [[New Delhi]], his marriage to [[Gauri Khan|Gauri Chibber]] in 1991, with whom he has two children, and his sixteen-year-long career as an actor, film producer, and television presenter.<br />
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== Development and writing ==<br />
[[Mushtaq Shiekh]] was a journalist for the ''[[Chitralekha (weekly)|Chitralekha]]'' magazine when he met [[Shah Rukh Khan]] at a festival in 1995 to interview him there. He became a friend of his, sharing ideas related to the cinema from which he later published a [[Aśoka (film)|film]] starring the actor, titled ''The Making of Aśoka'' in 2001 since when he left his journalistic career. When Shiekh told Khan that he would write a book on him, he initially take the idea as a joke. Announced in November 2005,<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 November 2005 |title=Shah Rukh Khans biography titled SRK Still Reading Khan |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/shah-rukh-khans-biography-titled-srk-still-reading-khan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608122506/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/shah-rukh-khans-biography-titled-srk-still-reading-khan/ |archive-date=8 June 2021 |access-date=8 June 2021 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref> the book was later titled ''Still Reading Khan''; according to Shiekh, the word ''still'' metaphorically means that Khan "was sitting for a portrait, and I was doing the reading. And it also sounded like I'm reading him, and I'm going to still continue." Research for the book took four years, with one year was used to interview Khan and his wife [[Gauri Khan]].<ref name="Rediff.com">{{Cite web |last=Kulkarni |first=Ronjita |date=10 October 2006 |title='The most watchable star finds himself unwatchable' |url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/oct/10sld1.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410134600/http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/oct/10sld1.htm |archive-date=10 April 2021 |access-date=8 June 2021 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref><br />
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== Release ==<br />
''Still Reading Khan'' was released by Om Books International in [[Mumbai]] on 11 October 2006 and in [[New Delhi]], [[London]], and the [[Middle East]] around the same time.<ref name="Rediff.com" /><ref name="The Hindu">{{Cite news |last=Siddiqui |first=Rana |date=17 November 2006 |title=Much ado about King Khan |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/much-ado-about-king-khan/article3231373.ece |url-status=live |access-date=8 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217134026/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/much-ado-about-king-khan/article3231373.ece |archive-date=17 February 2020}}</ref> Shiekh said that he had a total of 900-page information about Khan in his mind, but published the book with only around 450 pages as the editing would be harder for him and later planned for a sequel book.<ref name="Rediff.com" /> Shiekh hired several translator to translated it in [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi]], and [[Urdu language|Urdu]].<ref name="The Hindu" /><br />
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== Critical reception ==<br />
Kaveree Bamzai of ''[[India Today]]'' said, "Sheikh has done a lot of commendable work collecting rare photographs and unusual memories from practically every player in the actor's life. Pity he didn't have a good editor to say cut."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bamzai |first=Kaveree |date=6 November 2006 |title=Work in progress |work=[[India Today]] |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/20061106-book-review-of-srk-still-reading-khan-by-mushtaq-sheikh-782088-2006-11-06 |url-status=live |access-date=8 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121060214/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/20061106-book-review-of-srk-still-reading-khan-by-mushtaq-sheikh-782088-2006-11-06 |archive-date=21 January 2021}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=8q6VAAAACAAJ ''Still Reading Khan''] on [[Google Books]]<br />
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