Watch: Shah Rukh Khan receives lifetime achievement award at 77th Locarno Film Festival
Shah Rukh Khan
Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was honoured with the Pardo Alla Carriera award at the Locarno Film Festival 2024 on Saturday evening (Aug 10). Dressed in an all-black ensemble, the actor gave an impactful acceptance speech while accepting the award. Videos of the same havegone viral online.
SRK started by saying that the trophy was "very heavy" and kept it aside. He then went on to thank the audience for their warm welcome. "I want to thank you all for welcoming me with such wide arms, wider than the ones I do on screen in this really pretty, very beautiful, very cultural, very artistic, and extremely hot city of Locarno," SRK said.
He continued, "So many people stuffed up in a little square and so hot, it's just like being home in India. So thank you so much for having me here. It's been a wonderful last two evenings."
During the speech, a fan shouted "I love you", to which SRK replied, "I love you also. All dramatics continue after the serious speech. It's the Locarno Film Festival, we all need to sound intellectual, ok?"
He added, "My day has been wonderful, the food has been nice, my Italian is improving, so has been my cooking." To flaunt his linguistic skills, he said in Italian, "I can cook pasta and pizza also. I'm learning here in Locarno."
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"I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart and from India. Namashkaar and dhanyawaad (Hello, thank you). God bless you all," SRK concluded.
Watch the full acceptance speech below!
Pardo alla Carriera's previous winners include Peter-Christian Fueter, Sergio Castellitto, Víctor Erice, Jane Birkin, Dante Spinotti, Francesco Rosi, Bruno Ganz, Claudia Cardinale, Johnnie To, Harry Belafonte, Costa-Gavras, and, most recently in 2023, Tsai Ming-liang.
The Locarno Film Festival, renowned for its celebration of global cinema, will take place from August 7 to 17.