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  Shah Rukh Khan: Indian heartthrob and King of Bollywood

  Shah Rukh Khan is Bollywood's most popular star and at 57 still its biggest sex symbol, whose silver-screen repertoire of dance, romance and shoot-em-up heroics made him the cinematic avatar of a changing India.The book "Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh", published in 2021, discusses the intimate desires of modern Indian women through their shared fandom for Khan and the sensitive masculinity he represented.

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  Pathaan: How Shah Rukh Khan’s comeback hit is taking India by storm

  The spy thriller is currently being shown across 8,000 screens worldwide

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  India's 'King Khan' faces right-wing ire on return to big screen

  Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan returned to the silver screen Wednesday for the first time in four years with a big-budget action movie that has sparked ire from Hindu right-wingers.Also popularly known as "King Khan" and "Badshah", he has been ruling Bollywood for more than 30 years.

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  Shake a leg: India fetes 'RRR' Golden Globes win

  India celebrated a rare Hollywood triumph Wednesday after movie "RRR" won a Golden Globe for best song, seeing off competition from superstars Taylor Swift and Rihanna. "Sir just woke up and started dancing to Naatu Naatu celebrating your win at Golden Globes," Khan told Rajamouli on Twitter.

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  RRR: India celebrates first Golden Globe for Tollywood song shot in front of Zelensky’s residence

  RRR wins Best Song award for hit single ‘Naatu Naatu’

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  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's old speech clipped and shared out of context

  A clip of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving a speech has been viewed tens of thousands of times in social media posts that falsely claim he called himself a "son of a Pathan", a phrase seen as sympathetic to Muslims in Hindu-majority India. The video is in fact from a 2019 speech where Modi quoted former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan.The video was shared here on Twitter on December 20, 2022. It has been viewed more than 190,000 times.A Hindi-language caption with the video says: "

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  Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan speaks out in rare moment for freedom of speech in India

  ‘...questions are being raised on civil liberties and freedom of expression’

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  Pathaan: Deepika Padukone’s bikini in Bollywood film song sparks outrage in India

  BJP state minister demands ‘rectification’ of song and threatens to ban the film

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  Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan spotted in Mecca for pilgrimage

  Umrah is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that can be undertaken at any time of the year

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  Hindu right targets Bollywood actor Aamir Khan yet again for ‘hurting religious sentiments’

  ‘The sentiments of a particular religion are hurt by such acts,’ says an Indian state minister

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