Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Google me & come back’ remark at Locarno Film Festival gets a response from Google India

Shah Rukh Khan recently became the first Indian to be honoured with the Pardo alla Carriera at the 77th Locarno International Film Festival. While delivering his speech in Switzerland, SRK enamoured his Italian fans, where he received a career achievement honour, with a heartwarming speech and wit.

Closely following the award ceremony, SRK, who presented his 2002 film Devdas at the festival, joked, “For those who don’t know me, leave, Google me and then come back.” The actor later introduced himself by saying, “I am Shah Rukh Khan, I work in Indian films, mostly Hindi.”

Google India responds to Shah Rukh Khan’s remark

Google India has now responded to the star’s remark and shared the quote on their X account. In their response, they tagged SRK and added a crown emoticon.

Reacting to this special shoutout, a fan commented, “King Khan for a reason!” A second fan said, “King of the industry!” Another added, “Even Google India knows he is the King.”

During the interaction, Shah Rukh talked about his decades-long career and spoke of working with directors like Yash Chopra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and Farah Khan. He also said, “Some of the best storytelling comes from the South of India. Some of the greatest superstars of Indian cinema are from Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, etc… Of course, we know of them in India, but with films like Jawan, Baahubali, and RRR, everybody is noticing it… After working with Mani Ratnam sir in Dil Se, I wanted to work in the ‘South’ genre film. It wasn’t enough that I worked with a South Indian director.”

After receiving the award, the Jawan actor began his speech by thanking the warm reception he received, even comparing Locarno to India. “Thank you all for welcoming me with such wide arms – wider than the ones I do on screen. It’s a very beautiful, very cultural, very artistic, and extremely hot city of Locarno. So many people stuffed up in a little square and so hot. It’s just like being home in India,” he said.

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