Saina Nehwal just got lucky as her fangirl moment came to life when she met Shah Rukh Khan on the sets on 'Dilwale.'
The 49-year-old actor kept his promise and met the badminton champ in Hyderabad.
Posting a picture with Saina, wherein she is holding a string-less racquet, SRK tweeted, "Made sure @NSaina had no strings in her racquet..maybe the only way 2 beat her at badminton. U hav a lovely family."
Meanwhile, posting a picture with the 'Badshah' Khan, the 25-year-old player tweeted, "Oh my GOD Shahrukh sir ur such a nice person very happy to meet u . U made my day thank u so much."
Later, Saina posted a series of pictures from the sets of the Rohit Shetty directorial.
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