After winning his first National Award, the Bollywood superstar’s thank-you note to the MP quickly went viral, with fans praising his clever use of complex vocabulary.
August 4, 2025: Shah Rukh Khan recent National Award win for his role in Jawan has become a major talking point, not just for the actor’s 33-year career milestone but for his now-viral social media exchange with Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.
After the awards were announced, Tharoor took to X to congratulate the superstar, writing, “A National Treasure wins a National Award! Congratulations @iamsrk!”
In a classic display of his wit, Khan responded in a way that humorously mimicked Tharoor’s famously verbose style. “Thank u for the simple praise Mr Tharoor… Would not have understood something more magniloquent and sesquipedalian…ha ha,” he wrote, using two of the politician’s well-known, complex words.
The internet quickly lauded the exchange, with fans praising SRK’s sense of humor. The win for Jawan follows a spectacular comeback for the actor, whose 2023 films Pathaan and Jawan both shattered box office records, with the latter grossing over ₹1000 crore globally.