Shah Rukh Khan has long been celebrated not just for his superstardom, but for the inner strength that has carried him through some of life’s most difficult chapters be it the demise of his parents to most recently his films not working which made him take a four year sabbatical before returning with films like Pathaan, Jawan and Dunki. In a clip that is now doing the rounds of the internet, the actor reveals what made him so resilient, be it his life or his career. In a candid reflection during the time he was hosting “TED Talks India: Nayi Soch, Shah Rukh shared, “ When life gives you a lot more than you think you deserve. It humbles you. It makes you believe that there are so many other people who are better than me, are more talented than me. or perhaps even ten times more hardworking than me. But some of us, sometimes, through good or bad things happening in our lives, and I don’t want to romanticize the fact that I was young, I was an orphan, my parents died, no, that’s gone and behind now,they happened to us, for a reason. And you have to accept both with humility, not with victimhood. So to me, everything that happens to me is a chance to do things better with all the humility I have, and thank God and Allah and Bhagwan and everyone, for the fact that I got the strength through my weaknesses to keep going on and on and on.”
Shah Rukh Khan recently turned 60 and he brought in his birthday with his friends and family at his Alibaug bungalow as his Bandra bungalow is under renovation. He is now gearing up for his next release King which will be his first film with his daughter Suhana Khan. He and director Siddharth Anand has put together a great ensemble for the film with names like Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Rani Mukerji, Raghav Juyal, Abhay Verma, Arshad Warsi and many more.
