Charmed, by SRK

Whether talking about each other or otherwise chatting, the two had a lot of fun. And so did the audience and SRK’s fans. But why does King Khan always wear black and white ensembles? “I love black and white.

I don’t like experimenting much. I’m perfectly fine with this,” he replied. Perhaps he thinks he’s reached an age where one should only wear subdued colours, because he certainly was rather grandfatherly towards almost everyone he met. “How are you? Take care of yourself. You should watch your health,” he told many of the people he handed out golf awards to. And each of them loved it so much that they all wanted to stand on stage and chat with him, even after they’d received their prize and the next awardee’s name had been announced!

But it wasn’t just the awardees – people like Simar Duggal, Charu Sharma and Rajiv Bal were charmed by SRK too. His fans had heard he was coming, and they were at the venue six hours before he arrived – little kids clutching their autograph books, asking the menacing-looking bouncers, “Shah Rukh uncle aayenge. He’ll give us autographs. Hamare saath photo bhi karenge?” The bouncers, of course, remained stone-faced and silent.

During the stage announcements, SRK turned to Karun, who was standing next to him, and said, “He’s done the country proud, and he will continue to do so. Because convincing a cricket-crazy audience to watch another sport is tough. He will be much more famous one day than Schumacher... and that’s the only name I know from motorsports!” To which Karun said, “I’m a little conscious endorsing brands because brands are usually endorsed by good-looking people like SRK, who know how to do it perfectly and they don’t have to do or say much. I’m very conscious.”

Times Of India