Political leader urges Shah Rukh Khan to visit his ailing mentor brother Eric D’Souza soon: ‘His health is really deteriorating…’ |

On June 15, Szarita Laitphlang posted a video on Twitter, providing updates on the health of Shah Rukh Khan’s former school mentor, Eric S. D’Souza. She shared that D’Souza’s condition is “worsening” and urged Shah Rukh Khan to visit him soon.

“It is a request that if you can kindly spare a few minutes to come and visit him.Mumbai is not very far from Goa. It is just an hour’s flight…His health is really deteriorating, and he can’t speak anymore,” she says in the clip.
“This feels like my final plea, my last attempt to reach out to @iamsrk to humbly request his presence by the side of Brother Eric S. D’Souza. Each day, Brother’s health weakens, his condition worsening with every passing moment,” an excerpt from her tweet reads.

Szarita Laitphlang clarified Shah Rukh Khan’s connection to Eric S. D’Souza, identifying him as SRK’s former mentor. She included an old video of Shah Rukh Khan and Eric from Farooq Shaikh's TV show, Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai, in her tweet.
Her second tweet emphasized the significance of the meeting, stating, “To those wondering why such a meeting matters, understand that Brother Eric was more than a stranger to him—he was a mentor, a guiding light.”

Shah Rukh Khan reunited with his former mentor, Brother Eric S. D’Souza, on the TV show Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai after 15 years. D’Souza, who was in charge at SRK’s school in Delhi and lived in Shillong, shared a deep bond with Shah Rukh. During the show, SRK expressed his admiration for his mentor, saying, “I speak for all of us, the C-gang (his childhood friends) and everyone educated at St. Columba’s School or elsewhere where he taught, that if there is anyone I look up to after my parents, it is Brother D’Souza.”