The Academy hails birthday boy Shah Rukh Khan's K3G entry scene as his greatest, Karan Johar & social media react

The megastar of the Indian film industry, Shah Rukh Khan aka SRK, who enjoys global stardom, is celebrating his 59th birthday today.

On the eve of his special day, The Academy paid tribute to the Jawan star by sharing his iconic entry from Karan Johar’s Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…, where the actor enters his Raichand mansion on Diwali. As soon as Rahul (SRK) lands in the black chopper and puts his feet on the ground his mother Nandini (Jaya Bachchan) feels his presence around.

Sharing the post, The Academy captioned it, “A mother’s intuition is always right. (sparkle emoji).” In a comment, The Academy also wrote, “Is this SRK’s best entry scene? (thinking emoji).”

Fans reacted to the clip as one user wrote, “One of his best entries… And it’s the whole scenario, basically! This scene is etched on our minds like… SRK is the king of romance due to dreamy movies like these (heart eyes and red heart emojis).”

“Unbelievable. This has reached even the Academys!!!!” another fan commented. While one netizen wrote, “This is one of the most ICONIC moments in Indian cinema ever!” another user said, “SRK face of Indian Cinema and his iconic Film KKKG featured in Official Page of the Accademy that too on one day before SRK’s birthday, what else do i need to cherish as a SRK fanboy and a Cinema lover from India? 😍. This GOATed Entry scene n film does deserve all the fame 🙌🏻 ( hope it aint a regional post)”

Karan Johar shared the clip on his Instagram story and wrote, “This post made me smile wide.” K3G also featured Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Kajol, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Johny Lever, Farida Jalal, Sushma Seth and others with cameos from Rani Mukerji and Jugal Hansraj.