Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan says 'it's good to be back' after award win

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has told fans "it's bully to beryllium back" aft winning the champion histrion grant astatine the International Indian Film Academy Awards.

Khan was referring to his instrumentality to movies successful 2023 aft a hiatus lasting 4 years.

"I deliberation I person a small happiness from the assemblage this twelvemonth due to the fact that I worked (again) aft a agelong time," helium declared to crowds astatine a star-studded amusement successful Abu Dhabi.

Khan, a household sanction successful India, is besides 1 of the country's astir fashionable stars with millions of fans domestically and abroad.

He not lone won the prize for his relation successful enactment thriller Jawan but besides co-hosted the lawsuit successful in the superior of the United Arab Emirates, a metropolis with a large Indian population.

Fireworks greeted his accomplishment connected stage, and the full event was peppered with tributes to him.

"I emotion awards, I'm greedy astir awards," helium announced. "I conscionable privation to archer you it's bully to beryllium back."

Khan's instrumentality to the large surface was Bollywood's biggest occurrence communicative past year. He besides starred successful the spy movie Pathaan.

The roles - successful which helium portrayed a rugged enactment leader - marked a departure for the 58-year-old, who, implicit 3 decades of his movie career, has been champion known for playing the tender romanticist hero.

His comeback connected the large surface comes aft a bid of setbacks successful his idiosyncratic and nonrecreational life. They see the apprehension of his lad Aryan Khan connected fake charges of cause possession - the charges were yet dropped - and a fig of films that didn't bash well.

But his interruption from the limelight is improbable to person dented his popularity. Charming and funny, the histrion is often described arsenic Bollywood's "most important taste export", with millions of fans who endearingly notation to him arsenic King Khan oregon the King of Bollywood.

Other Bollywood megastars besides attended the lawsuit connected Saturday, including Rani Mukerji, Anil Kapoor and Bobby Deol.

Mukerji won the champion histrion grant for the child-custody play Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway portion Vidhu Vinod Chopra won champion manager for 12th Fail.

Meanwhile, Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal scooped up six awards including champion picture, and champion supporting histrion for Anil Kapoor.

Bollywood, India's ascendant movie business, produces hundreds of films each twelvemonth and has a immense pursuing among Indians globally.

But similar others crossed the world, it has seen ups and downs since the coronavirus pandemic shuttered cinemas for months and led galore to crook to streaming services. It is yet to instrumentality to its erstwhile glory.

This twelvemonth has been peculiar difficult, acknowledgment to a lacklustre pipeline of caller releases.

In comparison, 2023 was a stellar year, helped successful portion by the instrumentality of "King Khan".

It is the 3rd clip Abu Dhabi has hosted the event, which is moving implicit 3 days this year.

Karan Johar co-hosted the ceremonial alongside Khan. The renowned filmmaker besides scooped up a peculiar grant marking his 25 years successful cinema.