Shah Rukh Khan as Popular as Pope

As German fans drooled over Shah Rukh Khan, the national media shed its perceptions of "bullock cart India " and trained its attention on the Bollywood superstar when he landed here, with one journalist even saying "he is as popular as the Pope".

Shah Rukh was here for the screening of "Om Shanti Om" at the Berlin Film Festival. Some German television channels suddenly turned their cameras from the Hollywood glitterati to Khan as excited fans let out loud shrieks to greet him at the Berlinale Friday night. More>>>>