Academy hails Shah Rukh Khan’s birthday boy’s performance scene on K3G as his greatest, Karan Johar and social media react – Firstpost

Indian film industry’s megastar Shah Rukh Khan aka SRK, who enjoys worldwide fame, celebrates his 59th birthday today.

Ahead of his special day, the Academy paid tribute to the Jawan star by sharing his iconic entry from Karan Johar’s book. Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham…where the actor enters his Raichand mansion on Diwali. As soon as Rahul (SRK) lands in the black helicopter and puts his feet on the ground, his mother Nandini (Jaya Bachchan) senses his presence around.

Sharing the post, the Academy captioned it: “A mother’s intuition is always right. (shiny emoji).” In the commentary, the Academy also wrote, “Is this SRK’s best opening scene? (thinking emoticon).”

Fans reacted to the clip, with one user writing: “One of his best records… And that’s basically the whole scenario! This scene is etched in our memory as… SRK is the king of romance with such dreamy films (heart eyes and red heart emoji).”

“Incredible. It even reached the Academies!!!!” another fan commented, while one netizen wrote, “This is one of the most SIGNIFICANT moments in Indian cinema ever!” another user said, “SRK’s face in Indian cinema and his iconic movie KKKG was featured on the official page of the Academy a day before SRK’s birthday, what else do I need to appreciate as an SRK fan and a movie lover from India . GOATS really deserve all the glory (hope this isn’t a regional post)”

Karan Johar shared the clip on his Instagram story and wrote, “This post made me smile big.” K3G also featured Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Kajol, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Johnny Lever, Farida Jalal, Sushma Seth and others with cameos by Rani Mukerji and Jugal Hansraj.