Shah Rukh Khan has played double roles in several movies over his career. Some notable films where he played dual characters include:
- Duplicate (1998) : Shah Rukh Khan plays Bablu, an aspiring chef, and Manu, a notorious gangster
- Karan Arjun (1995) : He plays the titular brothers who are reincarnated to avenge their father's murder
- Paheli (2005) : He plays Kishanlal and a ghost who takes his form to romance his wife
- Don: The Chase Begins Again (2006) : He plays Vijay, a common man, and Don, a feared gangster
- Om Shanti Om (2007) : He plays Om Prakash Makhija, a junior film artist, and Om Kapoor, a superstar reincarnation
- Ra.One (2011) : He plays Shekhar Subramanium, a game designer, and G.One, a game character modeled after him
- Fan (2016) : He plays Aryan Khanna, a superstar, and Gaurav Chandna, his obsessive fan
- Jawan (2023) : His latest film where he plays a double role of Vikram Rathore and his son Azaad
Among these, Duplicate is one of the early and popular examples where Shah Rukh Khan distinctly portrayed two very different characters in one film
