posted on 2021-05-21, 11:38authored byVinita Srivastava
[para. 1]: "At a recent Toronto red carpet event, Bollywood megastar, Shahrukh Khan answered questions for an intimate crowd of awestruck fans. The questions, shouted out by audience members, came mostly from second generation South Asians who had grown up with Shahrukh Khan’s films. Questions took the form of gushing praise—as individuals from the South Asian Diaspora struggled with ways to express their gratitude: “You have meant so much to me—growing up here [in Canada]”, said one woman. “Will you please say a line, any line from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)? It’s a movie that has impacted me so much. I cannot even express how much: It changed my life”."