I would like to put some vital and unavoidable data & infos regarding One of India's Biggest, Cult and Most Celebrated Cinematic Stars, Shah Rukh Khan.
Do you know, he is the :
1.Only Indian to have a Statue in Grevin Museum, after Gandhiji.
2.Only Indian to win UNESCO award for charity/Social work.
3.Only Indian Actor to be among100 most influential Muslims in the world.
4.Only Indian to be at No.1 at Top Ten Greatest Actors Worldwide.
5.Only Indian to be the 2nd Richest Actor in the world, more richer than Hollywood giants like Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise (after doing all his Charity).
6.Only Indian to have a residential palace in Palm Jumeira alongside Bill Clinton.
7.Only Indian to have a name on a moon crator.
8.Only Indian whose name has been given to a special flower in Singapore.
9.Only Indian who is honoured with the prestigious Brand Laureate Legendary Award for his unmatched contribution to the world cinema by Malaysian government.
10.Only Indian after Amitabh Bachchan to be crowned by Moroccan king.
11. Only Indian to be invited at Yale University, USA.
12. In 2010 he was invited to ring the opening bell of NASDAQ stock exchange, USA (world's biggest stock exchange) in New York
13. Only Indian actor to have name in Guinness book of world records as the highest earning superstar of India.
14. Only Actor along with Dilip Kumar to win most no of Filmfare 'Best Actor' Awards.
15. He is the only actor to register his name as a brand having value of 6550 crore rupees .
16. James Cameron : I only want to come to Mumbai for an autograph of SRK.
17. He is the most popular superstar in those places where Indian movies don't even release.
18. He has the most expensive house cum palace named Mannat in Mumbai, coming from a middle-class family with no parents or godfathers to support him.
19. He currently holds the record of giving the longest running movie of Indian Cinema, i.e, DDLJ
20. He Donated 2.5 million Indian rupees to the then PM, Manmohan Singh for Tsunami Relief camp.,In NDTV's Greenathon event of 2009, he adopted 5 villages and adopted further 12 villages in 2012 event.
21. Government of France awarded him both the Ordre desArts et des Lettres and the Légion d'honneur. The greatest honour of France like Bharat Ratna in India.
22. He was honoured with UNESCO's Pyramide con Marni award in 2011 for his support of children's education.
23. He was honoured with Rajiv Gandhi Award for "Excellence in the Field of Entertainment" in 2002.
24.He was conferred the honorific Datuk title by the head of state of Malacca in Malaysia in 2007.
25.He was also honoured with an honorary doctorate in arts and culture from Britain's University of Bedfordshire in 2009.
26. in 2008, SRK named by Newsweek as one of the 50 most powerful people in the world.
27. In 2015 He became the 2nd Indian who got awarded with an honorary doctorate by the University of Edinburgh after DR. APJ ABDUL KALAM
28.In 2013 SRK Appointed as goodwill ambassador by the government of South Korea
29. In 2014 He was Honoured with Global Diversity Award at the State Room of Britain’s House of Commons. Britain’s Parliament honoured the king khan
30. He was awarded the Best Indian Citizen Award in 1997 by the government of India
31. And also the PadmaShri,India's fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India in 2005
32. In 2007 – His lifelike wax statue was installed in London's Madame Tussauds wax museum. Due to high demand Additional versions were installed at Madame Tussauds museums in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and New York in 2010.
33. In 2009 He was given a BlackBelt Honorary in taekwondo by the South Korean government.
34. Also in the same year 2009 He was awarded with an honorary doctorate in arts and culture by the University of Bedfordshire.
35. In 2010 He became the first Indian actor to be given the rare honour of signing the guest book at Berlin's Town Hall.
36. In 2011 He became the first Bollywood actor to be featured on the cover page of Los Angeles times he has also been featured on time Magazine's cover page twice.
37.He was also invited to Harvard university for giving a lecture to its students. He is also world's "first" actor to be invited at Google and Twitter headquarters.
38. He donated all the prize money KKR won in 2014, 15 crs rupees to the children hospital in Kolkata and Mumbai.
39. In 2009, he adopted five villages in Bhitarkarnika National Park, Kendrapara (Odisha) to provide them with electricity.
40. US President Obama hailed him as the Pride of India in 2015.
Many other incredible facts can be stated about Shah Rukh Khan sir. He makes our country proud worldwide. He has inspired us since two decades now. And his iconic stature is indelible which will be lauded forever.
Yet despite all these glorious aspects, some section of people, politicians n others target, abuse and bully this most loved superstar. Some even try to sabotage his movies. Some ironically, question his patriotism.
So to those i just request, before lashing out at or badmouthing SRK (just because he's a Muslim or not your favorite actor), please go through all the above mentioned facts and get in your mind what he actually has done for our cinemas n most importantly for our nation. A fan of his or not, no issues, but give him respect and adulation. He deserves all this to the core. If still you disrespect him, sadly you don't deserve to be called as a man.
Thanks!!! :)
By - A True Indian & Proud SRK Fan
