It's the Bollywood Baadshah's 58th birthday. Let's look at 10 inspiring messages that we learned from Shah Rukh Khan's films over the years.
SRK's character in 'Om Shanti Om' highlights the power of destiny and how when you want something with passion and honesty, the universe conspires to make it happen for you.
Live your life to the fullest, 'kya pata, kal ho naa ho.’ In his blockbuster 'Kal Ho Na Ho', Shah Rukh's character Aman showed us how to live in the moment because all we have is the present and have no control over the future.
In 'Dear Zindagi', SRK's Dr Jehangir Khan taught Alia Bhatt's Kaira to love herself without caring about judgement and what others think of her.
When in 'Chak De India', SRK's Kabir Khan says, ‘Maine kaha tha na, team banane ke liye taakat nahi, niyat chahiye’ (you need intent not physical strength to build a team), it's a lesson for all of us. When there's intent, you can achieve anything.
“Mann se Raavan jo nikale, Ram uske mann mein hai…”, says SRK's Mohan Bhargava in 'Swades'. It highlights that goodness resides in all, we only have to chuck out the evil within us to find that goodness.
In 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi', SRK's character Surinder 'Suri' Sahni / Raj Kapoor is the epitome of selfless love. But he teaches us that if you love someone, you need to set them free. If they come back, it's yours or else it was never meant to be.
SRK's Raj Aryan Malhotra in 'Mohabbatein' shows us how, despite all the adversities and roadblocks, love will always triumph over hatred.
In 'Veer-Zaara', SRK's Veer Pratap Singh and Preity Zinta's Zaara Hayaat Khan show how love transcends religion, nation, and time and knows no boundaries.
In the blockbuster 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge', love is made immortal by Raj (Shah Rukh Khan) and Simran (Kajol) and they show that if you don't give up on true love, victory will be yours.
In one of his earlier films, 'Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman', Raju's character inspires us to chase our ambitions zealously and emphasises how thinking big can transform dreams into reality.