BAADSHAH NA SIRF DESH KA MAGAR BAHUT SARE DESHO KA OR DILO KA... BY - ALI PETER JOHN

One night when Shahrukh was still struggling to find a place and make a place for himself and was on the werge of giving up, he was sleeping outside the Lucky Restaurant near the Bandra Station, he looked up at the sky and screamed , "Bombay, I will conquer you one day " and look how his scream was heard that night and how he has not only conquered Bombay and Indian, but even more counties than Amitabh Bachchan or any other Indian or International star - ALI PETER JOHN

A recent incident in Egypt more than proves the infinite popularity of SRK. A lady professor who was an Indian desperately needed to take a flight to Bombay and the travel agency she was booking her flight on was taking time to get her a booking on the flight. When a senior official of the agency came to know that the professor was from India , he grew very interested and told the lady professor " you are from the land of Shah Rukh Khan, isn't it? You can rest assured that you will be put on the flight , on the because you are from India, the country of King Khan". The lady can never forget the magic the name Shah Rukh Khan had worked for her.

Some time ago, the villain Gulshan Grover was to take a flight and the airport staff acted difficult with him and told him that they heated him because he had beaten up their hero Shah Rukh Khan in a film and that is why they were not happy to cooperate with him.

Gulshan tired his best to make them understand that he was only playing a role as a bad man and had to beat up the hero as a part of his job. But , it took Gulshan a long time to make them understand his difficulties and it was only when they were satisfied with his explanation that they put him at ease and he could take the flight he wanted to.

In China little boys and girls and even grown up people celebrate the birthday of SRK like a festival and sing songs from his films, speaks his dialogues and dance in the streets , shouting "Shah Rukh Shah Rukh"
In Malaysia people offer namaaz for the welfare of Shah Rukh and his family and pray for his family.

In the entire United Emirates, Shah Rukh is almost treated like a God and even the Sheiks and Sultans feel honored when Shah Rukh greets them or has exclusive meetings with them. In Dubai where he has a palace like house ,he is considered to be on par with the ruler of Dubai, the kind of importance which even Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan could not get in their hey days.

In a country like Germany, where Hindi films were not even known some ten years ago Shah Rukh is a craze and his films are watched by thousands of people on every kind of media they can find films of Shah Rukh. Even in countries like Australia and Argentine, is much more popular than the local stars and even Hollywood stars.

In the UK ,is name is more popular then any of the political leaders and stars of India. The media makes it a point to carry stories about the latest happenings in the life and career of Shah Rukh who the media calls," the real King of India" and the King of great romance". The Indian population in all these countries know more about Shah Rukh and his family than they know anything about anyone else in India.

Shah Rukh has been having a rough time in recent times , especially after his films like " Zero" and "Fan" failed at the box office.

He has no new release for almost three years and then had signed YRF' Pathaan and when the film went on the floors, SRK got involved in the most dirty spot when his son, Aryan Khan was held in a major Drug controversy.

And it was during this time that the fan of Shah Rukh all over the world raised their hands in prayer and made every effort to show how much they loved and cared for SRK.

And when Aryan Khan was given a clean chit after sending a month in prison, there were celebrations in every big and small country which had an Indian population and even otherwise.

I have been seeing the rise and rise of Shah Rukh and have seen his popularity growing. But I was entirety surprised to see how his name mattered even in a local hospital in Mumbai.

I was admitted to the Nanavati hospital after my major accident and no one took me seriously even after I had two major operations in one night.

But, the next morning when SRK came to know about my accident, he had sent his manager, Ms karuna Badwal to the hospital to take responsibility of all the expenses incurred on my treatment.

I heaved a huge sigh of relief, what surprised me more was how the attitude and behavior of every member of the staff change towards me and I was known as "Shah Rukh Ka Adami".

Those four months at the Nanavati hospital were months of pain for me, but every time I thought of the goodness of the human being in Badshah Khan, my pain grew lesser or even vanished till I test thinking of how a superstar could also be so very human.

A new chapter has just begun far Shah Rukh at fifty four and he now enters the most crucial phase of his life and career. And I can see millions of his admirers hoping and praying for him to have a smooth and sweet and successful journey ahead.

AAGE BADO ,BADSHAH KHAN , DESH AUR VIDESH KE TUMHARE CHAAHNE WALE TUMHARE SATH HAI.