Ahaan’s equation with Shah Rukh Khan goes beyond inspiration. (Photo: Instagram/Ahaan Panday, Shah Rukh Khan) For Ahaan Panday , admiration for Shah Rukh Khan goes beyond fandom, it’s shaped by years of growing up around the superstar and observing him up close. As a friend of Aryan and Suhana Khan, Ahaan had a front-row seat to the superstar’s life beyond the spotlight. The actor says his understanding of stardom and acting has been deeply influenced by what he witnessed off-screen as much as on it. In a recent conversation with Filmfare, Ahaan spoke about the actors who have influenced him over the years, placing Shah Rukh Khan at the very beginning of that list. “Growing up, my earliest inspiration was Shah Rukh Khan. Then came Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal, someone I admired even before he entered the mainstream, because great art is great art. Watching Masaan in theatres was a turning point. I was left speechless. I didn’t know a performance like that could exist.…