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Shah Rukh Khan first ever arrival in Mumbai from Delhi was an eventful one. The actor, who shifted to Mumbai in the late 90s to try his luck in films, had a not-so-happy encounter with a woman passenger in the train that he was travelling in.

Recollecting how he was slapped by a lady, Shah Rukh Khan told reporters at the Fan trailer launch: “I first came to Mumbai from Delhi in train. And I had no idea that the moment it entered Mumbai it would become a local train. We didn’t have local trains in Delhi. So, I had no idea that an interstate train would become a local one here. As soon as we entered Mumbai, people started coming in to sit. We shooed them away saying this is our berth. Then a lady came along with another person. I told the lady that she could sit but not the person along with her. She gave me a tight slap and said she will sit and every else will also sit on the berth.” SRK in and as FAN

While replying to a fan's question of whether he came to Mumbai by flight or by train, the actor admitted that he, in fact, travelled to Mumbai by train and was even slapped by a woman on that very journey. Narrating the incident, King Khan said, "I came by train for the first time when I came to Mumbai. The train would turn into a local after entering Mumbai which I was not aware of. So I did not let a few people sit on my berth saying that it is mine, 'I paid for it.' I did offer it to a lady, though, saying, 'you can sit but I won't let the men with you sit on my berth. And that lady slapped me real hard saying that 'it isn't yours, it is everybody's.'

Well, that's quite a harsh welcome to the city! No wonder Khan remembers it even after so many years.

While Fan is a story of a look-alike fan who thinks he looks like the superstar he adores, SRK also joked that he once thought he looked like Al Pacino. But the biggest cheer from the audience came when a fan from the crowd asked Shah Rukh, "Sir, did you travel by train or plane the first time you came to Mumbai?"

While the question sounded weird, SRK had an interesting story to tell. And he did. "The first time I came to Mumbai, I came by train," he continued. "But there's this funny thing which happened and I don't think I ever told this to anyone. I was travelling by train which was supposedly one of those inter-city expresses. Now, I had no clue that once those trains reach Maharashtra, they quickly switch to becoming local trains. So even after the train reached Maharashtra, my friends and I were still enjoying, sitting and sleeping on our berths, not knowing that anyone could come and sit on them. So one man came and we shooed him away saying that it's our seat. Then a lady came with another man and we clearly told her that we will allow her to sir on our seat but we won't allow the man with her to sit. Then she gave me a tight slap and told me that the seats were for everyone," he added.