After making a phenomenal comeback last year, Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan was honoured with the prestigious 'Indian of the Year' title at the 13th edition of CNN-News18 awards ceremony. Upon receiving the accolade, the Jawan actor opened up about the tumultuous ordeal faced by his family following his son Aryan Khan's arrest in 2021. “The last 4-5 years have been a bit of a ride for me and my family,” Khan touched upon personal difficulties. “I’m sure for some of you also because of Covid. Most of my films flopped. Analysts started writing my death knells,” he said, likening critics to “idiots”. Khan furthered on, “On a personal level, a bit of bothersome and unpleasant things also happened to say the least, which made me learn a lesson.” The actor went on to share the wisdom he acquired courtesy of all the struggles: “Be quiet, be very quiet and work hard with dignity. When you think everything is good, suddenly out of nowhere, life will come and hit you.”
“But this is the time when you need to be the hopeful, honest storyteller,” he continued before concluding his speech by quoting a dialogue from his film Om Shanti Om. If this isn’t a happy ending yet, that only means that the story remains to be told, Khan reminded everyone.