Highlights
Shah Rukh Khan’s fan base is global with fans fawning over his charm, style and talent as he is one of the most recognisable actors all over the world. His career as an outsider is incomparable with distinctive characters over the years that really cement him as a bankable actor of Bollywood.
SRK’s career spanning more than 100 movies leads to a tiring job of ranking a Top 5 highest rated movies but the list curated by IMDb includes most of the fan favourites and critically acclaimed movies that are convincing.
1) Swades
Released in 2004, Swades, although opened with acclaims from critics and rave reviews from the public for the performance of Shah Rukh Khan, Gayathri Joshi and the direction by Ashutosh Gowrikar, was a financial failure. A film about a successful scientist who has returned to take his childhood caretaker back with him to America with a generic opinion about India stays only to be the change instead of waiting for the change to happen.
A Film That Actually Deserves a re – release!!!
— RUKHSTER🌪 (@iSRKxFighterxx) November 1, 2024
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‘Swades’ is now considered a cult movie as it was ‘underrated’ during the time of its release, though, only financially the movie portrays Shah Rukh Khan in a different light, opposed to his usual charming, lover boy roles. Shah Rukh Khan’s seasoned acting performance and the strong opinions regarding pragmatic change in society made the fans revisit the film for the whole experience including the patriotic music, uplifting cinematography.
2) Chak De! India
The 2007 film inspired by the real achievement by the Indian Women’s Hockey Team’s win at the Commonwealth Games (2002) stars Shah Rukh Khan with a brilliant cast of actresses who were equally arresting with their performances in the film ‘Chak De! India’.
Sirf ek mulk ka naam sunai deta hai INDIA!
— Yash Raj Films (@yrf) August 10, 2015
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The movie about a derailed former hockey player Kabir Khan, also inspired by a real Indian hockey player was an absolute blockbuster both financially and critically. Kabir Khan joins as a new coach for the women’s hockey team with an unfortunate past that is partly political and religious, giving the space for a big star movie to talk about secularism and indifferences with gender, religion in the society.
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3) Baazigar
‘Baazigar’ released in 1993 with an uproaring response from fans who made the film an astounding blockbuster with Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Shilpa Shetty a household name after the release. Directed by the Mustan brothers who are well versed in delivering a gripping thriller, it is now a cult classic for its screenplay, performances and music.
Har ke jeetne walo ko baazigar khte hai #HappyBirthdaySRK
— AⓚH✝️@®️ (@srkianhun) November 2, 2024
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Shah Rukh Khan’s first Anti- hero role that was so clean in terms of flow and keeping the audience on toes, waiting for a plot twist while the screenplay swiftly unravels layers of twists is the perfect way of breaking through into the industry.
4) My Name is Khan
The 2010 ‘My Name is Khan’ was the highest grossing Indian film overseas for over a year deservedly so with the kind of story and the depth it discussed that is seamlessly carried by Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. The movie is in the Top 5 of highest-rated films because of two main reasons that are somehow missing in many top heroes’ equations recently.
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Shah Rukh Khan starred in the movie My Name is Khan, which highlights the racism n discrimination faced by muslims in western countries after the 9/11 attacks.the film was a major hit in NA n Europe. I'd like to know how many such films featuring Pakistani actors have been made. https://t.co/ddco31cScS pic.twitter.com/901a1WB9W0
— Don (@Dh33ra7) September 8, 2024
The first reason being the unexpected story from the direction of Bollywood’s favourite romantic filmmaker Karan Johar who set a benchmark for himself while the other reason being the striking story that is layered with the themes of terrorism, generic labelling and the profound ideology that is not confined to India but on a global scale.
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
A movie that spawned several imitations, spoofs, tributes to its name till date, the 1995 Aditya Chopra film, ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ is one of the most successful Indian films. The movie with Bollywood’s evergreen pair Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in their forte, the musical romantic movie is still popular for its unique approach to love.
Things YOU ALL KNOW about Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) but I want to REMIND you!
— MehrFar (@mehrfar_a) October 20, 2024
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Two Non- Indian immigrants having a very ‘Bollywood meet – cute’ while on a trip in Europe fall in love only to realise it later and separated not just geographically but by family hurdles too. A movie that taught the nation to follow one’s heart while also appealing to follow their traditions and norms.
