When it comes to nearly thirty years of Indian cinema, there is one person who can never be bypassed, and that is Shah Rukh Khan.
He is the most recognizable Indian star of our time and an iconic figure in Indian cinema.
However, because Shah Rukh Khan's works are not widely known to Chinese audiences, they are far less well-known in China than amir Khan, who is his age.
In the past three decades, Shah Rukh Khan has starred in more than 80 Bollywood films, won 14 Indian Oscars, created a number of Indian film history records, won the Lotus Medal issued by the Indian government, and was also selected by the American "Newsweek" as one of the fifty most influential people in the world, even his mansion is also a popular attraction, absolutely worthy of the king of Bollywood.
Shah Rukh Khan was born in 1965 to an ordinary family in New Delhi, India.
In the late 1980s, he began to star in some TV series.
The family monopoly phenomenon in the Indian film industry is very serious, most of the actors are star n generations, but Shah Rukh Khan is only a small grassroots. So, it wasn't until he was 27 that he had the opportunity to make his first Bollywood movie, Madness.
At that time, the mainstream of the Indian film industry was tough guys, good and evil competitions, fights and kills, and the representative figure was Amit Ba qiang. Perhaps because I started to feel bored after watching more, the crepe love triangle story of "Madness" unexpectedly won the favor of the audience, and although Shah Ruk Khan only played a supporting role, his Sven, elegant, romantic youth image was eye-catching, so it became a hit.
"Madness"
In 1995, Shah Rukh Khan partnered with the jade girl Kazor and starred in the romantic romantic comedy "Courage to Win the Heart".
This love story that celebrates free love and takes into account the respect for tradition has caused a sensational market effect, which has been loved by Indian audiences at home and abroad, and can be called one of the most classic Indian romance films in contemporary times.
Not only has the global box office accumulated to exceed Rs 1 billion, but also set a world record for the longest continuous release of the film.
In the film, Shah Rukh Khan is gentle, romantic, family-oriented, and has both traditional and modern qualities, and is immediately enshrined as a "new Indian man", and he has become a recognized public lover in India, girls are eager to marry men like him, and boys dream of becoming men like him.
"Courage to Win hearts"
Since then, Shah Rukh Khan has starred in a large number of love movies, such as "Heartbeat", "Bollywood Life and Death Love", "Born a Couple", "Love Without Borders" and so on, all of which have received good responses.
Bollywood Life and Death Love
When "Born pair" was released, it was only two weeks after the Mumbai terrorist attack at that time, and it still received a super high box office.
"Born a Pair"
Since then, Shah Rukh Khan has been synonymous with the perfect lover in India. In many Indian movies, the line often appears, "I am your Shah Rukh Khan!" "Don't you want to find a Shah Rukh Khan?" And so on.
Someone once joked that as long as he stood in the flowers and showed a sunny smile, the box office would roll in.
Personally, I believe that Shah Rukh Khan is so popular not only because of his charming appearance, but because of the implicit sense of gender equality in his works.
In the past, many Indian films were based on men. When the male protagonist exudes charm, or casually teases the female protagonist, she falls irresistibly into his arms, lacking a self-distinct personality.
But in The work of Shah Ruk Khan, no matter what kind of male he plays, such as the naughty boy in "Courage to Win the Heart", or the invincible king in "Ashoka", he needs to actively fight for the feelings of the heroine, give women full respect, and the story is no longer the core of the man, often the perspective of both men and women is narrated in parallel, and the heroine has her own personality characteristics like men.
Ashoka
His love movies have a real sense of sexual interaction and become extremely romantic.
It can be said that he won over a large group of women who were originally overlooked, and his success has its own specific characteristics of the times, accompanied by the awakening of the consciousness of Indian women.
In addition to romance films, he has also acted in other types of films, such as "Homeland", which promotes rational patriotism, "Brain Dead Fans", which opposes excessive star-chasing, and "My Name is Khan", which calls for religious peace, and other works with considerable connotations.
"My Name Is Khan"
At the same time, Shah Rukh Khan, who is popular in the Indian film industry, is also making a lot of money.
From Pepsi Cola to TAG Heuer watches, he has endorsed all kinds of world famous brands, the streets of India are full of billboards with his charming smile and dancing posture, he has hosted the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", and also joined the Indian Cricket Super League team Calcutta Cavalier... His various incomes, combined with successful business operations, made him one of the richest movie stars in the world.
According to a survey by Health X magazine, his net worth is as high as $600 million, equivalent to nearly 4.2 billion yuan.
Handsome and charming, and golden, Shah Rukh Khan, who looks like a woman, lives a simple love life.
At the age of eighteen, he fell in love with his current wife, Goryeo, at first sight.
Although this relationship was strongly opposed by the woman's parents due to different religious beliefs and the unstable work of Shah Rukh Khan, in the end, the faith of love brought them together.
Over the next twenty-seven years, the two fell in love and gave birth to two sons and a daughter, and Shah Rukh Khan's career gradually reached its peak, but there was never any scandal.
In my opinion, perhaps Shah Rukh Khan himself is the embodiment of love and romance!