Chak de: Shah Rukh eggs India on against Pakistan

Johannesburg: Indian film super star Shah Rukh Khan reached here to watch the Twenty20 World Championships final between India and Pakistan here on Monday.

"I am here to back India, who have been playing really well in this tournament. They have already done us proud and I hope they prevail over another team that has been doing well," said Shahrukh.

"Chak de India," he signed off in a brief impromptu session with some mediamen.

Shahrukh's recent film Chak de India has been a big hit in India and is one of the few films made in Bollywood based on sport.

It is a fictional account of the Indian women's hockey team going on to win the world championship with Shahrukh playing the role of the coach, who inspires the players to raise their game several notches.

Incidentally, the title song of that movie has been played in South Africa whenever India has won a match.

Source: IBN-Live