Shah Rukh Khan’s message to Indian soldiers on Diwali was the most beautiful thing

When the Pakistani actor controversy raged all across Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan kept a stoic silence on the matter. Being…

When the Pakistani actor controversy raged all across Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan kept a stoic silence on the matter. Being the only superstar who praised India’s surgical strikes across the border, perhaps Shah Rukh refrained from speaking against the Pakistani actors because some of his closest friends – Karan Johar – were not in support of the MNS-led call.

Yet why everyone unequivocally loves Shah Rukh is perhaps because of these reasons:

Shah Rukh Khan was among the few who condemned the attack at Uri –

He was the only superstar to applaud the surgical strikes –

And on Diwali night, the Bollywood Badshah won the hearts of a billion Indians (as if he had already not won it) with this tweet in which he recites a poem for our soldiers –

 

And that is not all. SRK was also among the prominent voices who joined the Centre’s call for #SandeshToSoldiers. A part of that poem is here  –

 

SRK proves every day that he is the most genuine superstar of the country. While he entertains us with his movies, he also reminds us that we are Indians first.