Shahrukh Khan - The Undisputed King of Bollywood
Shahrukh Khan is a highly loved and celebrated actor of
Bollywood who has acted in several blockbuster movies. He is considered as the
most influential actor in present day Bollywood. If you will look at his
journey from beginning till now, you will be awe-inspired. You may love or hate
his films, but there is no denying the fact that he has been the role model for
the youth of India with his inspiring success story. Shahrukh Khan is one of
the world's biggest movie stars who has won several prestigious awards. His
name means 'face of a king' and truly so, he is the undisputed king of the
Indian film industry.
Shahrukh Khan has won 8 Film fare Best Actor Awards, Film
fare Best Male Debut Awards, 1 Film fare Best Villain Award, 17 Screen Awards,
Shahrukh Khan - The Undisputed King of Bollywood including four for Best Actor,
five for Best Actor (Popular Choice), seven Jodi No. 1 and Award for Best Jodi
of the Decade (along with Kajol). He has also won six IIFA awards, ten Zee Cine
Awards, and six Sansui Viewer's Choice Awards out of 8 nominations. He has also
won several national and international honors. In 1997, he won the Best Indian
Citizen Award, in 2002, the Rajeev Gandhi Award for excellence in the field of
entertainment. Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award from the
Government of India in 2005.In 2003, a rare species of orchid, Ascocenda Shah
Rukh Khan, was named after him in Singapore. In 2004, he won the British Asian
Guild Award for Best Actor of the Decade. In 2007, the French Government
awarded him the Order des Artes et des Letters for his exceptional career. His
lifelike wax statue was installed in London's Madame Tussauds' wax museum in
2007. Newsweek named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world in
2008. In 2015, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of
Edinburgh for his global reach as an actor. He has a never ending list of
achievements and awards to his credit.
Shahrukh Khan is the second richest actor in the world. He
is richer than most famous Hollywood actors like Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks. Not
only in his real life, is He also the King of Romance in his real life. He was
only 18 when he met his wife Gauri Khan for the first time. They have been
married for almost 23 years now. Shahrukh Khan is not only a great actor but
also witty, smart, intelligent and well-read. He has always been an achiever
and people eagerly wait for all his movies.
