Shah Rukh Khan slays in black at Locarno Film Festival 2024 in Switzerland, leaves fans awestruck
Published on Aug 11, 2024 11:53 AM IST
- Shah Rukh Khan attended the 77th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. The festival also screened his 2002 hit Devdas, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
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Actor Shah Rukh Khan received the prestigious Pardo alla Carriera award-Locarno Tourism, or Career Leopard, at the 77th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland for his contribution to cinema. He is the first Indian personality to be felicitated with the honour. The actor was presented with the award at the jam-packed Piazza Grande square on Saturday evening.
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In his award acceptance speech, Shah Rukh Khan thanked the audience and Locarno Film Festival's artistic director, Giona A Nazzaro, for their warm welcome. "I want to thank you all for welcoming me with such wide arms, wider than the ones I do on screen, to this really pretty, very beautiful, cultural, artistic, and extremely hot city of Locarno. So many people stuffed up in a little square and so hot, it's just like being at home in India. Thank you so much for having me here; it's been a wonderful last two evenings, everybody, including Nazaro..." he said.
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Referring to several of his films in which he has played the roles of a "champ, a superhero, a zero, a dejected fan, and a very, very resilient lover". Shah Rukh Khan said he feels encouraged after being awarded the Pardo alla Carriera Ascona-Locarno Tourism at the film gala.
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"I normally don't go out for occasions like this, I don't know how to relate to people or how to talk to them, I just know how to act a little bit, not too much. But I'm here tonight, and I feel extremely encouraged by the Locarno Film Festival's 77th edition. I wish you all the best," said Shah Rukh Khan.
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Less than a minute into his address, Shah Rukh Khan was interrupted by an audience member's screaming declaration of love, to which he responded with an "I love you also". He quipped that all romantic interludes were welcome after the speech because, at the Locarno Film Festival, "we all need to sound intellectual".
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Lifting the trophy, Shah Rukh Khan admitted that he couldn't pronounce the award's name. After the host showed him how to pronounce the Pardo alla Carriera award-Locarno Tourism, he joked, "Which in English means the leopard award for being the most awesome in the world and the history of mankind."
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In recognition of his career, the festival also screened Shah Rukh Khan's 2002 hit Devdas, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
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Shah Rukh Khan said he accepted the award with humility, kindness, and goodness. "... and with the promise that awards like this encourage me to keep trying to embody all the facets of life, emotions, and to try to give that one more take, one more shot, one more emotion. Hopefully, a little bit of love so that all of you feel a little joyful in a square like this, 8,000 of you, watching the next film which you are going to watch tonight. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart and from India," he said before wrapping his speech with 'Namaskar', 'Dhanyawaad', and 'God bless you all'.
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Shah Rukh Khan has enjoyed stardom for over three decades in the Hindi film industry with hits such as Darr, Baazigar, Dil To Pagal Hai, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Devdas, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. He returned to the big screen after a five-year gap in 2023 with Pathaan. He followed up the blockbuster actioner with two back-to-back releases: another action hit, Jawan and Dunki, a social drama.
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