Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has received the BrandLaureate Legendary Award for his contribution to the Hindi film industry, and for being India's foremost brand ambassador in Malaysia.

The BrandLaureate Legendary Award has been earlier given to the likes of former South African president Nelson Mandela, Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus, Indian businessman Ratan Tata, late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Facebook CEO Marck Zuckerburg and F1 ace Michael Schumacher.

The 47-year-old was in Malaysia to attend the birthday party of Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohammad Thursday evening.

"It is an honour to be given the BrandLaureate Legendary Award. It is always a pleasure to be amongst friends and to be given so much love and motivation to do better, " Shah Rukh said in a statement.

The actor was honoured by the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation, and received the award from Robert Loh, founder of Lord's Tailor, KK Johan, president, The BrandLaureate, and Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohammad.