When Shah Rukh Khan took the stage to share his life lessons at Edinburgh university, UK’s who’s who were in attendance. From Princess Anne, sister of Prince Charles, to celebrated crime writer Ian Rankin, everybody listened on as Bollywood’s badshah shared how “his biggest learning is Life is the only Miracle”.
The actor received an honorary doctorate from the United Kingdom’s University of Edinburgh on October 15 for his philanthropic work. After accepting the honour, SRK gave a speech which was a sum of his life and his film’s plots and dialogues.
“My speech today is about Life Lessons at the Edinburgh university and my biggest learning is Life is the only Miracle,” SRK tweeted alongside a black and white photograph of himself on Thursday. he also shared on social media, “I am a Doctor all over again…yay!!”
During his speech, the actor said, “ Madness (of the particularly nice/romantic kind) is an absolute prerequisite to a happy and successful life. Don’t ever treat your little insanities as if they are aberrations that ought to be hidden from the rest of the world. All the most beautiful people in the world, the most creative, the ones who led revolutions, who discovered and invented things, did so because they embraced their own idiosyncrasies.”
{{/usCountry}}During his speech, the actor said, “ Madness (of the particularly nice/romantic kind) is an absolute prerequisite to a happy and successful life. Don’t ever treat your little insanities as if they are aberrations that ought to be hidden from the rest of the world. All the most beautiful people in the world, the most creative, the ones who led revolutions, who discovered and invented things, did so because they embraced their own idiosyncrasies.”
{{/usCountry}}NDTV reported that the actor added, “Don’t let your fears become boxes that enclose you. Open them out, feel them and turn them into the greatest courage you are capable of. I promise you, nothing will go wrong. But if you live by your fears, everything that can possibly go wrong will go wrong and you wont even have done the Funky Chicken.”
He wrapped it all up with the oft-repeated quote from his film Om Shanti Om, “Hindi filmon ki tarah life mein bhi, anth mein sab kuch theek ho jaata hai. Aur agar na ho, toh woh anth nahi hai...picture abhi baaki hai mere dost.”
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And the entertainer that he is, he even did the lungi dance in the end. We are just wondering how the royal in the audience took it!
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