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In ode to 60 years of the man who, for over three decades, has been the very definition of romance - Shah Rukh Khan!

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Celebrating 30 years of a star who just turned 60, the man who made falling in love look like destiny. And in a poetic twist, his birthday this year coincided with the Indian women’s cricket team creating history! 

Some days just pass by quietly, and then there are days when history is written in bold letters. November 2, 2025, was one of those! The Indian women’s cricket team lifted the ICC Women'sWorld Cup2025 after 47 years of struggle and wait. Yet somehow, in its most poetic co-incidence it happened on Shah Rukh Khan’s birthday. And the internet couldn’t help but call it destiny, posting the last clips of Chak De! India where an emotional Kabir Khan is seen quietly breaking while saluting the flag. It was as if the script of life had come full circle. Because it’s not about taking the win away from the women who put in their all but about how no one turns life into cinema quite like SRK. The man who didn’t just teach us how to love but he became love itself. The kind that feels larger than life, maybe even unrealistic, but gives us something to believe in.

Every time he opens his arms wide on screen, the world feels a little safer, a little softer. And as Al Pacino said in Scent of a Woman, ‘It’s all in the eyes, chico’, a sentiment even Aditya Chopra seems to echo! There’s something about the way he looks at people, like he’s really seeing them for real, making them feel like that there is no one that exists in this world besides them. Maybe that’s why an orphan boy from Delhi who once dreamed of buying a house in Bandra ended up building Mannat, a place that, today, feels like a wish we all made together.

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And it’s not just his films that did it! Because it’s not that his characters were flawless, think Raj or Rahul, especially if seen through today’s lens; they had their red flags of stalkerish behaviour amongst other things. But SRK always brought something about them that made you forgive them. That twinkle, that mischief, that self-deprecating charm that turned what could’ve been toxic into something warm. Which is why when he says “Naam toh suna hi hoga”, it doesn’t sound cocky but more like a wink from someone who knows how absurd fame can be.

His magic beyond his emoting eyes lies in his conviction, in how he can pour the same emotion into confessing deep love as he does when he notices a poor boy selling water at a railway station. Exactly how he makes us fall for the feeling of being seen, not just being loved. And that’s what makes his films, especially love stories unforgettable because it’s not the romance itself but the reminder that someone, somewhere, could look at you like that. And maybe that’s also the problem. Because real life rarely lives up to the kind of love SRK made us believe in, right? The kind that waits patiently, self-sacrifices, seeks permission and even when breaks, it does so beautifully.

But the best part? He knows. Whether he’s playing a lover who crosses lines or a superstar who confronts his own fandom, SRK never hides from the complexity of love or fame. He plays with it, even questions it, and still makes us believe in it. That’s why, even after 30 years, people don’t just fall in love with his films, they fall in love with him. Because he’s not the King of Romance for showing us what love looks like, but for becoming what love feels like.

Maybe that’s why when theatres re-release his films, it doesn’t feel like nostalgia, it feels like a jubilation of a man who makes you believe in belief. Watching people dance in theatres, scream their hearts out, and melt all over again reminds you that this isn’t just about a superstar. It’s about the hope he carries, that love, in all its madness and contradictions, is still worth believing in. After all, "Kisi cheez ko shiddat se paane ki koshish karo, toh saari qaynat usse tumse milane ki saazish mein lag jaati hai." And somehow, at 60, he is still a reminder of that!

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