The National Award winners were announced, and all the SRK fans were in for a very big surprise. Shah Rukh Khan won the Best Actor award for his film Jawan directed by Atlee. Congratulations poured in from all sides. Even Shashi Tharoor extended his heartfelt congratulations to the star on this big win. In response, SRK had the most witty response and some big English words too, which, BTW, has left us impressed. Read on to know more about it.
What Did Shah Rukh Khan Say?
Shashi Tharoor addressed Shah Rukh Khan as the ‘National Treasure’ who won the National Award, and congratulated him on this big win. Well, for a change, Shashi Tharoor did not use any elaborate words for the congratulatory text, however, it was not the same for Shah Rukh Khan. In response, SRK gave a very witty answer, and thanked him for a simple praise instead of anything difficult. SRK wrote that he would not have understood anything “magniloquent and sesquipedalian”, and ended the message with “ha-ha”.
For the unversed, magniloquent means “bombastic language” as per the dictionary, and sesquipedalian means long words. Well, we are also glad that Shashi Tharoor kept it simple.
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Shah Rukh Khan shared the National Award with Vikrant Massey, who the Best Actor title for Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s directorial 12th Fail.
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Many fans of SRK were thrilled to see him get the award, however, many were of the opinion that he has done much better work in the past to win National Award. People started recalling his films like Swades and Chak De India which were apt for a National Award.