Less than a minute into his address, Shah Rukh was interrupted by an audience member’s screaming declaration of love, to which he responded with an “I love you also”.He quipped that all romantic interludes were welcome after the speech because at the Locarno Film Festival “we all need to sound intellectual”.Lifting the trophy, the actor admitted that he can’t pronounce the name of the award.After the host showed how to pronounce the Pardo alla Carriera award-Locarno Tourism, Shah Rukh joked: “Which in English means the leopard award for being the most awesome in the world and the history of mankind.”According to the festival, the Pardo alla Carriera Ascona-Locarno Tourism pays tribute to one or more personalities whose artistic contributions have redefined cinema and the collective imagination.”Next year around, if you call me Nazzaro, can you keep a shorter name?” he told the artistic director of the festival.In recognition of his career, the festival also screened Shah Rukh’s 2002 hit “Devdas”, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.The actor said he accepted the award with “humility, kindness, and goodness and with the promise that awards like this encourage me to keep trying to embody all the facets of life, emotions, and to try to give that one more take, one more shot, one more emotion.””Hopefully, a little bit of love so that all of you feel a little joyful in a square like this, 8,000 of you, watching the next film which you are going to watch tonight. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart and from India,” he said, before wrapping his speech with ‘Namaskar’, ‘Dhanyawaad’, and ‘God bless you all’.Shah Rukh, who has enjoyed stardom for over three decades in the Hindi film industry with hits such as “Darr”, “Baazigar”, “Dil To Pagal Hai”, “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge”, “Devdas”, “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai”, returned to the big screen after a five-year gap in 2023 with “Pathaan”.He followed up the blockbuster actioner with back-to-back two releases: another action hit “Jawan”, and “Dunki”, a social drama.On Sunday, the actor will also participate in a public Q&A session at the Forum @ Spazio Cinema.Italian filmmaker Francesco Rosi, American singer-actor Harry Belafonte, and Malaysian director Tsai Ming-Liang have been the previous recipients of the award.
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