Shah Rukh Khan’s remarkable career added yet another feather to his accomplishments. At the 77th Locarno Film Festival, on August 10, he became the first-ever Indian celebrity to receive the renowned Pardo alla Carriera, or Career Leopard, as a lifetime achievement award. The event took place in Switzerland.
King Khan enthralled the audience as usual with his enduring appeal. A number of photos from the event have made their way online, showing SRK electrifying the audience with his presence.
Shah Rukh’s stylish appearance for the festival, complete with a sleek black blazer and matching pants, was certainly a visual treat. His long hair gave him an incredibly alluring appearance.
The main highlight was surely his speech, which drew constant cheers and other ecstatic reactions. The Instagram handle of the Locarno Film Festival is flooded with pictures and videos of SRK from the festival.
As per Variety, SRK began by acknowledging the warm reception he received.
“Thank you all for welcoming me with such wide arms – wider than the ones I do on screen,” he quipped, referencing his famous open-armed pose. He went on to praise the festival’s location. “It’s a very beautiful, very cultural, very artistic, and extremely hot city of Locarno,” he remarked, adding with a grin, “So many people stuffed up in a little square and so hot. It’s just like being home in India.”
SRK then shared his thoughts on cinema. “I truly believe cinema has been the most profound and influential artistic medium of our age. I’ve had the privilege of being part of this for many years, and this journey has taught me a few lessons,” he added. The actor emphasized the universal nature of art and filmmaking, stating, “Art is the act of affirming life above all. It goes beyond every man-made boundary into a space of liberation. It need not be political. It need not be polemical. It need not sermonize. It need not intellectualize. It need not moralize.”
When SRK is there humour is guaranteed. As the crowd cheered, SRK made one last attempt at pronouncing the award’s name, before laughing and saying, “Can you keep a shorter name? Just like, ‘arrivederci.’”
As part of the Locarno tribute, the festival is also screening Khan’s 2002 hit Devdas from director Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
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Source: Deccan Chronicle
