Shah Rukh Khan was bestowed with the prestigious Pardo Alla Carriera Award at the Locarno Film Festival. To accept the award, Shah Rukh flew down to Switzerland on Saturday. The honour was presented to the Bollywood star in recognition of his contributions to the film industry.
Many pictures and videos of the actor from the event surfaced on social media. While accepting the award, Shah Rukh confessed that he had trouble pronouncing the award's name.
Shah Rukh Khan receives Pardo Alla Carriera Award
After being given the award, Shah Rukh said, “I want to thank you all for welcoming me with such wide arms, wider than the ones I do on screen in this really pretty, very beautiful, very cultural, very artistic, and extremely hot city of Locarno.
He went on to say, "So many people stuffed up in a little square and so hot, it's just like being home in India. So thank you so much for having me here. It's been a wonderful last two evenings."
“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. Art and cinema only need to say what it feels from the heart, to express its own truth. And that, to me, is the biggest creativity, honestly,” SRK added.
At the end of his speech, he promised to go above and beyond to cater to his fans. “With the promise that awards like this encourage me to keep on trying to embody all the facets of life, to embody all the emotions, and to try to give that one more take, one more shot, one more emotion, and hopefully a little bit of love, so that all of you feel a little joyful,” Shah Rukh said.
Shah Rukh Khan's speech at Locarno Film Festival
The festival presented Shah Rukh with the Lifetime Achievement Award. This is the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter reports that he will also take part in a Q&A session on August 11.
On the work front, Shah Rukh Khan will start shooting for his upcoming film King. Reportedly, the film will also star his daughter and actor, Suhana Khan.