He is one of the few actors who didn't have any godfather right from his first film, with Deewana he landed the debuted Filmfare award for his first movie for playing a psychotic lover, along with already established superstar Rishi Kapoor. Ever since, Shah Rukh Khan's was known more for playing dark, intense roles in movies like 'Darr', 'Baazigar' and 'Anjaam'. But with the roles in movies like 'Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman', 'Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa', 'Yes Boss', 'Duplicate', he proved that he can also play lighter, loveable roles.
His one movie that is still running in theatres even today is Aditya Chopra debuted directed movie, 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'. Who can forget his role as Raj, the audience still remembers his duo with Kajol. Shah Rukh Khan eternal romance with actresses like Kajol, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit and Sushmita Sen eventually made him the 'King of Romance'.
With Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Devdas' he gave such a strong performance and bagged many awards in that year. Whether his role of Veer Pratap Singh in 'Veer-Zaara' or playing a cancer patient Amar Mathur in 'Kal Ho Naa Ho', Shah Rukh Khan every time leaves a strong impression on the audience. He also worked in a fun movie like 'Main Hoon Na' and at the same time, inspired the audience with his role in 'Swades'.
He was the first Hindi movie star who acted in the computer-designed superhero film 'Ra. One' and played a dwarf in his last released film 'Zero' in which Red Chillies Entertainment's VFX quality was not less than any Hollywood movie. In the year 2003 Red Chillies Entertainment was established by Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan in 2003. The studio's activities span across creative development, production, marketing, distribution, licensing, merchandising and syndication of films in India and worldwide. Now Red Chilies has become one of the leading visual effects company in India. So he is not only a successful movie star but also a great businessman.
Khan is one of the most decorated Bollywood actors who received 14 Filmfare Awards and awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2005.
With his long film journey of 28 years, his fans have flooded the social media with love and admiration for their iconic actor with a trend of #28GoldenYearsOfSRK which is now all over Instagram, Twitter and other platforms. Meanwhile, on the work front, SRK's fans have been eagerly waiting for the actor to announce his next.