Best Of Shah Rukh Khan
#1 Dilwale Dulhania Le Jaayenge
Plot: Raj (Shah Rukh Khan) and Simran meet during a trip to Europe and fall in love, but they must overcome traditional family expectations to be together.
Review: DDLJ is considered an evergreen classic love story. Even today, you can see this romantic saga of Raj and Simran play at the Maratha Mandir with an almost packed audience. With DDLJ, SRK earned a permanent place among family audiences. Kajol and Shah Rukh were hailed as an evergreen on-screen pair, and Amrish Puri’s performance as Simran’s father too received applause.
#2 Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Plot: Rahul and Anjali’s friendship evolves into love, but fate intervenes. Rahul’s daughter reunites him with his college friend Tina, leading to emotional revelations.
Review: Being known as the King of love stories, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai yet againored SRK deep into the hearts of youngsters and family audiences alike. This campus love story, where Raj and Anjali throw tantrums at each other, eventually falls for each other, and what fate has in store for them literally won all the hearts and love. Along with Kajol, Rani Mukherjee’s performance too got appreciation, and Salman Khan’s cameo was icing on the cake!
#3 Veer-Zaara
Plot: Veer, an Indian Airforce officer happens to meet Zaara, a Pakistani girl who came to India to perform the last rites of her grandma. He accompanies her after saving her from an accident, all the way back to the railway station for her return. There, he learns Zaara is engaged and confesses his love to her. Knowing fate is not fair to them, he leaves. But Zaara learns gradually that she too is in love with Veer. Both of them should battle the fate and their nationalities to let their love flourish.
Review: Veer-Zaara is one of the timeless love story ever to be made and a milestone in Shah Rukh Khan’s career. Yash Chopra was able to bring the best performances out of Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta in this movie that also portrayed the communal tension between India and Pakistan effectively. The movie grabbed four Filmfare awards including one for the best actor.
#4 Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham
Plot: Rahul is an adopted son of a wealthy family. Everyone in that family knows this except for his brother Rohan. Rahul falls for Anjali and desires to marry her. But Yash, Rahul’s dad opposes the marriage as Anjali belongs to a financially deprived family. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Rahul marries Anjali and Yash disowns him. Rohan will be in a boarding school all this time. Ten years later, Rohan returns to the family. On knowing everything that happened, he starts a mission to reunite his family.
Review: Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham boasted an ensembled star cast of Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Amitabh Bachchan, Kajol, Kareena Kapoor, etc coming together. This itself made people interested in the movie. Karan Johar being a master of showing movies with all its grandeur, masterfully captured the complexity of relationships, along with setting up a reference template for upcoming Bollywood movies. The movie ended up bagging five Filmfare awards in total.
#5 Kal Ho Naa Ho
Plot: Naina is an MBA student, who lives in New York and runs an Indian restaurant. She is hated by her mother’s mother in law as she believes adopting Gia, Jennifer’s sister is the reason for her son’s death. Aman and his family comes to live as Naina’s neighbors. He slowly transforms Naina’s family into a positive state, even transforming her business to a successful one. Naina falls for Aman. Naina’s friend Rohit is in love with Naina and seeks Aman’s help. Naina will be shocked to discover Aman’s marriage photo and she slowly learns a big, dreadful mystery about Aman.
Review: With soulful songs and a beautiful plot, Kal Ho Naa Ho is a movie with zero haters. Shah Rukh Khan’s extraordinary performance made this movie a favorite for his fans. The movie was a complete package with romance, comedy, friendship and heartbreak. The movie bagged 9 Filmfare awards, out of which Shah Rukh Khan won the award for best supporting role.
#6 Chennai Express
Plot: Rahul is on his way to immerse his grandfather’s ashes to Rameshwaram. On the way in a train, he meets Meenakshi who’s eloping from her dad. His meeting with Meenakshi throws him to a world of Chaos, ending up in Chennai where he also finds love along with a lot of trouble.
Review: Chennai Express is considered one of the best comedy entertainers ever to be made in Indian Cinema. As Rohit Shetty joined hands with Shah Rukh Khan, one of the most successful blockbuster was born with Chennai Express. A beautiful yet hilarious portrayal of two diverse cultures coming together presented in a love story made Chennai Express a favourite stressbuster for everyone. The movie bagged three Filmfare awards in total, along with widespread positive reviews from both critics and audience.
#7 My Name Is Khan
Plot: Rizwan Khan, a person with Asperger’s syndrome encounters a horrific fate during the 9/11 attacks in USA. An unfortunate accident shatters Khan’s family and since then he starts to demand justice from the president. Rizwan Khan sets up on a mission to convey a message to the president in person: ‘My Name Is Khan, and I am not a terrorist.’
Review: My Name Is Khan was a hard-hitting tale of a man who was targeted wrongly just because of the community he belonged to. Karan Johar, who is known for making grand, rom-coms, took a different approach in writing and filmmaking with MNIK. Shah Rukh Khan’s performance as an autistic man received positive criticism from people. The movie that delivered a strong message against terrorism received a Filmfare award for best actor.
#8 Swades
Plot: Mohan is an NRI working for NASA. He travels back to India in search of Kaveriyamma, his Nanny who took care of him as he was a young boy. He ends up in a remote village of India. As he travels and understand the roots of India through the lives of villagers, Mohan realizes that almost all villages are in a bad state due to lack of basic facilities. He slowly starts to take steps to bring electricity to a village he is sent to by Kaveri Amma. As Mohan gets to know the beauty of his nation, he is frequently contacted by NASA for the completion of the project he is working on. His Nanny as well as his childhood love, Geeta repeats they cant move away from their country. Mohan must make a choice between his country or a different nation to lead his life.
Review: Swades boasts about patriotism and the importance of responsibility of a person towards his motherland. Ashutosh Gowariker’s soul-stirring story of self-discovery and societal obligations had an impactful experience on viewers. Shahrukh’s excellent portrayal of a man stuck between conflicts received the best Filmfare award for an actor.
#9 Dil Se
Plot: Amar, a radio journalist is sent to North East for a mission. He encounters a mysterious women named Meghna during this assignment and falls for her. As their love-story unveils, Amar finds out about Meghna’s dark secrets. He is slowly pulled into a world of love and terrorism.
Review: The legendary director, Mani Ratnam was abled to perfectly capture an entangled story involving love, politics and terrorism. Shah Rukh Khan’s portrayal of Amar, a man who is torn between his duties as a person devoted to his nation and the forbidden love for Meghna received great appreciation. As AR Rahman joined in elevating this tale of love, terrorism and sacrifice with his amazing composition, Dil Se became one of the best movies ever to be made. The movie received National Award for best special effect and Filmfare award for best cinematography.
#10 Don
Plot: Vijay, a street-criminal is approached by the cops to take the place of a renowned Don who looks exactly like him. The mission is to make Vijay act like Don, making him mingle with the gangsters and bring down his underworld. Vijay gets mixed up in a dangerous game of deception and betrayal and he should somehow make himself safe from the gangsters, getting out of the maze of impersonation.
Review: Shah Rukh Khan’s Don was a remake of the movie with the same name starring Amitabh Bachchan. The reboot of the same story emerged as one of the most stylish gangster-action-flicks ever to be made. This action packed movie, directed by Farhan Akhter showcased Shahrukh in dual room, exploring the versatility of the actor. Don became a huge commercial success and received Filmfare award for best sound design.
