Shah Rukh Khan wore doctoral robes and sunglasses while receiving the degree. (Image by Khan_azwaSrkian)
Highlights
- SRK received an honorary doctorate from Maulana Azad National University
- This year, Shah Rukh Khan was seen in Fan and Dear Zindagi
- The actor paired shades with his doctoral robes for the event
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan was given an honorary doctorate by the Maulana Azad National Urdu University in Hyderabad on December 26, reported news agency ANI. The 51-year-old actor was dressed in doctoral robes and sunglasses (too much swag, SRK?) as he collected the the degree from university officials at a ceremony on Monday. In his acceptance speech, the
Chennai Express star said that his mother would have been very happy as, "I am getting this honour in Hyderabad, her birthplace." President Pranab Mukherjee was the chief guest at the sixth convocation of the university where nearly 48,000 students were awarded degrees.
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan was the guest of honour while the event was presided over by Chancellor Zafar Younus Sareshwala.
Shah Rukh Khan also collected his college degree from Delhi University in February, 28 years after he graduated from Hansraj College. SRK, who was in Delhi promoting his film
Fan, joked: "Since I had not collected my degree since 1988, they thought,
chalo dete hain." His
Fan director Maneesh Sharma is also a Hansraj alumnus. "They didn't find Maneesh's degree. So, we are not sure if he even passed college," quipped SRK.
Shah Rukh Khan was seen in this year's
Fan and Dear Zindagi. He also had a cameo in
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. The actor will be next seen in Rahul Dholakia's
Raees, co-starring Pakistani actress Mahira Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. The film releases with Hrithik Roshan's
Kaabil on January 25. SRK is
currently filming an Imtiaz Ali project and will also begin work on Aanand L Rai's film, in which he reportedly plays a dwarf.
(With inputs from PTI)