Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who received an honorary doctorate degree in arts and culture from Britain’s University of Bedfordshire, will be receiving his second honorary doctorate from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
The Indian star will deliver a lecture at the University on October 15.
The same university had conferred an honorary degree of the doctor of science to ‘Bharat Ratna’ Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.
Some of the other film personalities to be conferred the honorary doctorate are Amitabh Bachchan, Lata Mangeshkar, Sharmila Tagore, Akshay Kumar and AR Rahman.
Statement from ‘The University of Edinburgh’
Shah Rukh Khan is one of the most influential actors in the world, having appeared in more than 80 Bollywood films.
He has received 14 Filmfare Awards, honouring excellence in the Hindi language film industry and has more than 15 million Twitter followers.
He was awarded one of India’s highest civilian awards, the Padma Shri, in 2005.
Edinburgh and India
The University has been linked with India for nearly 250 years. Professor William Robertson, Edinburgh’s Principal from 1762 to 1793 and a noted Enlightenment thinker, wrote one of the earliest European texts to focus on India – An Historical Disquisition concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India.
Edinburgh’s first Indian student graduated in 1876 and by the 1920s its Indian student population was greater than that of any other UK University.
The University of Edinburgh’s India Institute and its India Liaison Office in Mumbai seek to extend the University’s relationship with India by encouraging research collaborations and academic exchanges.
“The University of Edinburgh has very strong ties with India and I am delighted that we are able to welcome one of the most outstanding stars of world cinema.” said Professor Charlie Jeffery, University of Edinburgh Senior Vice-Principal.
That’s no big deal fellows that’s just a formality. My brother Ibrahim was a graduate ? of Edinburgh University with his masters and a Phd he studied for it. I am sure SRK paper doctorate has not been studied for and these paper doctorates are conferred
Amitabh BAchan, Akshay Kumar etc all have Doctorates conferred to them so SRK is just another one in a long list of people.
@bajanIndian, The university matters wrt Honorary doctorates. Akshay has one from Canada. Amitabh Bachchan has won several. Instead of being proud and getting inspired by these people, you have reduced the greatness of the achievement itself. So much cynicism.
@navin, Only reason Aamir is big in China is because MNIK opened that market. Devdas and such were popular earlier. After MNIK, they released 3I and PK with unprecedented number of prints. So it generated good money there.
Once again that @Navin has changed the topic from Bollywood to WWE , lol !
Either way , I will kick you dadaji !
The beating at SummerSlam was perhaps not enough for a bi**h like Brock , so get ready for Hell In A Cell … 25th Oct !!!
Wow!!! A big round of applause for king. He deserved it. Proud day for all of us!!!
No doubt there are three superstars who are leading the industry but srk is called king khan not for nothing. There must be a reason why he is called king khan. Proud day for all king admirers.
@phenomenal goof:
I dont know why but many times I have a feeling that you are not a guy but a wannabe psycho girl. I dont think srk has fans who comment like a wannabe boy but their comments are caught up as srk only has FA base among stupid bimbo women or some poor less educated girls. Please don’t lie and tell the world the truth…!
Can somebody tell me who is Salman khan? I never heard such name before I came to this article. As I live in Germany and in overseas only shahrukh khan and aamir khan are popular. But nobody knows Salman khan here. Who is he? Is he a director or writer or any background singer? Who is he? I never heard anything about him before. Maybe he is only known in India o guess…!
king always the king…..
@David : Which world you live in? Bakrapur ? Akshay Kumar has maximum number of flops and disasters among big heroes. If you do not know the fact then zip your mouth dont bark in blind hatred !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Read both analysis and accept the fact :
* http://www.indicine.com/boxoffice/india/salman-khan/
* http://www.indicine.com/boxoffice/india/akshay-kumar/
SRK fans can only make imaginary things and nothing related to FACTS !!!!!!!!!
@xrate & @Hafeez : It is better not to get Visa than getting Visa and stripped at foreign airports !!!!!!!!!!!!
Too much fun !!!!!!!!!!!
@Wutver : If SRK was the reason to open China Market then why HNY was an Epic Disaster there ?? Released in 5000 screens (per Indicine article) and earned only 1.5 crs INR ?? What an Epic shame !!!!!!!!!!!
KING KHAN WON—-2 DECADES(GIVING MAXIMUM BBS,SUCCESSES)
salmir won—-0 decades,though leading in this decade.
So KING KHAN>>>>>>salman+amir
And hgoty wise
KING KHAN has —-5 HGOTY(in 23 years only)
salman has—-5 hgoty(2 in side appearance/multistarrer,1 in cameo in long 26 years)
amir has—-6 hgoty(with brand dhoom in maximum 27 years long)
In hgotywise too KING KHAN(23 YEARS)>>>>>salmir(26-27 years)
ha ha ha ha @hrithik,chal beta burnol le le re,ROFL.and THIS GLORY can be only achieved by MEGALEGENDS not for English subject failed stars like your idol.
who talked about tiny HITS,kindly see the BLOCKBUSTER GIVEN BY KING KHAN
DARR
KA
DDLJ
DTPH
K2H2
K3G
MOHABBATEIN
VZ
CDI
OSO
RNBDJ
CE
TOTAL —-12 BLOCKBUSTERS,being the no.1 blockbuster KING of INDIA.
salman
mpk
hahk
ka
hssh
dabang
ready
bg
ett
dabang2
kick
bb
Total=11 blockbusters
all these verdicts are according to new boi.
@hrithik,now salman is behind KING KHAN in terms of BLOCKBUSTERS too,lol.now which excuse you’ll give or you’ll only keep blabbering about the same extra hgoty given by multiactors?????
Any further achievememt in Acting/Class that has gained your bhai?no na?then hen get the hell out of here ROFL.
@Aditya 11:26 pm : Thanks . :)
@Rew1/Dangal 8:04 pm : That’s Irony when a creditchormir fan talks abt stealing credits whereas there creditchormir khan is the most famous for stealing credits that’s also the reason even his so called close friend (Salman) called him a creditchor, as well as fake in recently & he cried.. ROFL .
Yashji kicked creditchormir from Darr as Creditchormir asked more screens play, role & difference climax & more punch than Sunny, just bec he was Insecure/Wanted to steal credits, Lol!
& pee-expressionmir is good actor than SRK only in Mars acc to out of mind people like you. SRK has highest filmfare for acting for positive roles as well as highest filmfare for villain roles but still Tingulal is the most versatile acc to Aliens? bec he has ZERO filmfare for for a villain role as he can’t play bec he is most versatile? recently did in D:3 & the result was he damaged the whole famous franchise through his shit performance/Pee Expressions & won ”Bawra Ho gaya hai Ke” award for it, (means, he bought acc to your logic ) . as well as has 6 less filmfare than SRK as a hero but still versatile/better than SRK? LMAO! or it’s bec he’s the most versatile as he gives the same Pee-expressions since holi till Mangal Pandey 2 ? & will keep giving till his last film ? LOL .
& now please stop trolling yourself & insulting your tingulal bec he had 2 filmfare awards which means he has bought filmfare awards through your logic, Khudi hi tingulal ki bezati karwadi. Lol.
@Dangal- Baap of disasters 9:48 pm : How funny!! Wrinklemir Khan started using botox since flop DCH (14 years ago) as he realized the he became a old Buddha Dadaji & is still using that’s the reason if you’ve seen his Bhoothnath 3 look you’ll realize if you compare any 90 years old Daduji with him, still that 90 years old Dadaji will look younger as well as smarter than Buddhamir Khan.
@Hrithik 9:35 pm : you don’t need to lie to cover your nanga body as everyone will laugh on u bec it was JS who started talking about it firstly on unrelated post in jealousy, not me.. i just reply .
@Hrithik 10:20 pm : Why would anyone try to change Domestic verdicts to Overseas/Worldwide or overseas verdicts to Domestic/Worldwide or Worldwide verdicts to Domestic/overseas ? ROFL. Kamse Kam koi reply nahi, koi auaat nahi hai toh aise bhojpuri logic toh mat diya karo.. I talked about India, Worldwide and overseas, not just about WW or OS… & if WW/OS verdicts doesn’t matter then tell your Bhojpuri lallu to not release his films in overseas anymore ? Samjhe!!!
@Ss 11:25 pm : firstly he should give lecture on 1st) that any Gorilla actor/criminal shouldn’t drive while driving being drunk. 2nd) a 50 years old Buddha virgin shouldn’t remain a virgin till 50 by enjoying life with Bodyguard otherwise his kartos expire & he’ll remain a virgin. 3rd) an non-actor should never be allowed to act since he is still award less & has 0 good performance after 27 years of career . 4th) a non-actor should never break his own fans mobiles just bec his fans are auto walas & 5th) Don’t troll yourself : https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQtRAs8WgAAAfOR.png
SRK- Doctorate from Univ. of Edinburgh
Hrithik- UNICEF Ambassador
Salman- Still the leader of All India Footpath Drivers’ Association
@Challa
In my comment where i said people brought Nobel Price.?
Nobel Price is not a filmfare.!
I said you cant judge success or work by awards.
What is your take on Malala & Mahatma Gandhi’s work for peace.?
Malala has Nobel of Peace.
Mahatma Gandhi not.
So is Malala’s work huge than Mahatma Gandhi..?
Satyarthi has Nobel Price.
Abdul Kalam not.
So is Satyarthi’s work huge than Kalam sir..?
If it is the case of Nobel Price then what is the value of a doctorate from an University..?
Akshay & Srk has Doctorate.
Salman & Aamir not.
Means Salman/Aamir whose films did 600crs business are small infront of Akshay/SRK who havent crossed even 400crs yet…because they have doctorate.
Do you know Lalu Prasad Yadav once offered Doctorate by Patna Unituersity..?
Even Atal Bihari Vajpeyi not got yet.
And i always comment with facts & on true data.so you can google what i said.
I am not from those who forcefully turns Hits like Darr,DTPH & Mohabatain into Blockbuster…for just increasing counts in their favorite stars.
Some guys have to research that Ankhen & Border are the HGOTY of 1993 & 1997 & not Darr & DTPH.
@Syed Ahmed khan 02:56 pm : Didn’t wanted to put this comment, but morons like you have degraded themselves till such an extent, where it’s almost compulsory to show them the real facts and not the imaginary one.
Do you know why SRK was detained? He was not carrying any arm or explosives, but he was detained because his surname was khan (in short, he was a Muslim). Post 9/11, there was a huge outrage towards Muslims in United states and SRK was just another target for those security personnel. So before blabbering, get all your facts clear. And at least, support him as a Muslim because this world has to understand that every Muslim is not a terrorist. But sadly, idiots like you are ready to degrade themselves till any extent just to prove their star is superior.
Salman’s HGOTY-
1.MPK(solo)
2.Sajan
3.HAHK(solo)
4.HSSH
5.No Entry
6.Dabangg(solo)
7.Bodyguard(solo)
8.ETT(solo)
9.Bajrangi Bhaijaan(solo)
6 solo & 3 multi starers.
SRK’s HGOTY:-
1.DDLJ(solo)
2.KKHH(Salman extended cameo)
3.Devdas(solo)
4.Veer Zara(Big B extended cameo)
5.OSO(solo but cameo of whole bollywood)
2 solo + 3 with extended cameos.
Note:-Its all according your logic.
You started it so i just extended it.
If HSSH is multistarer then all points i said are valid & SRK has only 2 solo HGOTY.
But in normal mode…SRK has 5 HGOTY & Salman has 8 & i agree No Entry is Salman’s extended cameo just like in KKHH.
And in case of Blockbusters check indicine’s post on both actors if you lost belief in BOI after HNY manipulation debacle…
SRK has 8 blockbusters in entire career from them Karan Arjun & K3G are Multistarres means 6 solo.
On the other hand Salman has 7 blockbusters in last 6 years all are solo & he has 4 previous blockbusters out of them Karan Arjun & HSSH are multi starers & MPK & HAHK are solo.
So Salman has 11 blockbusters & 9 are solo.
Here also Salman in lead.
Salman has 2 Highest Grossers of Decade MPK(1980-1989) & HAHK(1990-99)
Where as SRK has 0.
Note:-Its all from data got from BOI & Indicine.Nothing is fake in it & nothing added from planet plueto or anywhere from outside planet Earth.
Who want to argue on this please check articles created by indicine on careers of both actors & talk on facts & please dont talk rubbish & ilogical.
@rohitnene,what a great philosophy?????but this philosophy will not work here because salman can’t be compared with M K GANDHI/APJ ABDUL KALAM,ROFL.some dumb sallu’s fans(@hrithik,@ultron) also compared salman’s criminal spending nights in jail with MK GANDHI’S spending nights in jails because of his freedom fighting.so you can well differentiate your cheap comparison and our fare comparison.
Now comes to your stupidity which you think as a glory called hgoty all.people can remember God her KING KHAN’S EPIC ACTED FILMS for WHICH HE WON FILMFARE and films like CDI,MNIK ,even small hits lagaan too remembered for lifetime even flops like SWADES too will be remembered by in people’s heart.but no one will give damn to your so called hgoty /your bhai’s so called c grade blockbusters,why?????because the answers lies within.better you try to find out.
For an ACTOR,more than an HGOTY ,ACTING is far important.that WE KING KHAN’S FANS always thinks of.while you shameless creatures are exactly opposite,you lives for money and WE for GLORY.and the day a when you’ll realise about it then you can really try to find out the reasons behind achieving any Glory but it’s completely useless at this time to make you understand about this as you and your star is living for money.
and BTW EVERGREEN CLASSIC LIKE DARR,DTPH remembered forever in the hearts of people that’s actually what our achievement.but who is even asking about aankhein /border anymore?????,ROFL.
take the example of amir khan,he’ll be remembered more for lagaan,tzp rather than crapfest like dhoom3,pk.so think about before you speak.because with unknowing you’re insulting LEGENDS and tries to ignore GLORY.
You’re waiting one crap movie after another hence you’ll not find something
unique to differentiate.so please don’t think yourself so smart which you’re not.
So don’t compare a star(sallu) with an ACTING LEGEND,the day when sallu will start to act,come that day to give this philosophy,lol.
@hrithik,when you’re taking blockbuster topic then you’re eagerly comparing salman with KING SRK.but when flop/disasters topic starts then you suddenly starts to compare salman akshay Kumar ,why?????and please don’t degrade akshay Kumar status ,because even koyla devgan like shameless creature also presents in this industry who has more flops+disaster than akshay kumar,take that also into account.
Do whichever comparison
Salman’s flops+disaster—–30+5-6
KING KHAN’S flop/disaster—-18-20+0
salman’s blockbuster—-11
KING KHAN’S BLOCKBUSTERS—-11-12
ha ha ha ha try whichever you at,you and your stars are the big losers.
KIMG SRK RULES BOLLYWOOD.
@hrithik i am living on planet earth. But it seems you have come to earth only since your star started giving hits since 2010. So better you zip your mouth you jobless nutt. At least akshay never gave 2 historic disasters like marigold or nishchay unlike your idol. Shame shame . Your star’s limit is only 5 hits in a row and than comes a flop as we had seen with jai ho last year. Shame on you bhojpuri. Learn to respect self made superstars like srk or akshay who have made their position in Bollywood without any god father or any filmy background unlike your papa’s boy who had no talent and just got a free ticket by his papa’s grace and rajashree banner’s support. Whatever you bark, Salman is nit only the most flops giving actor but also lowest grosser giving actor as well. You cant deny the truth. Understand this bhojpuri… And come back with some logical argument which has meaning otherwise dont reply me back you mug…!
@hrithik one more thing, even if aamir, ajay and hrithik got in the industry from filmy background still they have much more talent so they have achieved all on their talent unlike your useless talentless idol who neither has talent, nor he is self made star. Talent wise aamir, srk, hrithik, akshay and ajay all are far ahead of your useless talentless most flops giving star. Now be happy in your Bhojpuri world.
@Rohit Noble prices and honors conferred on film personalities are completely different things.I didn’t demean the works of Aamir or Salman who have been highly successful but my point is if you are conferred with any prestigious award in any field it simply implies you have done something which has inspired a legion of people.
It would be foolish to compare a University in Patna with Edinburgh University.Rather than going on a rant against somebody whom you hate it would be better if you acknowledge Srk’s contribution on occasions like this
superb reply @sss bhai.
@hrithik & others srk’s hatter I analysis all of yours comments on this post and amazed to show your’s height of cheapness you guys are such a real ganwar how can u even comment on this post this is not about golden kela award and ghanta award this topic about doctorate degree and ha everybody knows that other two khans not even completed their schooling properly so how can they and you even dare to talk about this honour srk is a person who proud our nation with his work continuously from beginning he remain consistant through out his whole career got highest no of award and share first spot with dilip Kumar for highest Filmfare award also did every types of movies not like others south remake king so how people like you whose star not even got 1 award talking about srk
@hrithik a2010 born star fan talking about bb remake bana k paise kamane aur mehnat kar k naam kamane m bhut fark h aur tumhe pata h naa kamana h toh naam kamao paise toh ……wali v kamati h ;)
aur ha naam aur paise instant nhi milte kaam karna pdata h aur srk is reachest celebrity too so in term of award and money he is number one
don’t waste your time here go and do ale ly lye…lye….lye…
@sss : Yes in Bakrapur Darr and Mohabbatein are Blockbuster. Include YLJK as well and make the count increase !!!!!!!!! Lol on your stupidity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@I am AKN : You have been christened on Indicine as “Asad Nanga Khan'” who failed to get even a Transmitter to cover your mojo !!!!!!!!! Do not give your crown so easily as your earned it by doing various nangaa naachs on many Salman and Aamir articles !!!!!!!!!!!
@xrate : Likewise Salman also have many justifications, you moron think whatever happens with SRK is genuine and justified and what happens with Salman is his fate ?? Double standard hypocrite, chal make PRDP as Hit with your hate and negativity instead of BB/ATBB if you have any guts ??? hai dumm ?? So called Global King is harrased at airport, Had he really a Global star securities wudnt have dare to touch him !!!!!!!!!!!!! Trolled !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-p
Shahrukh… You have got lots of great awerds till now. Now it’s time for you to think for yourself a great carrier & some great works for entire familly (bollywood).
@complan boy 5:55pm
Couldnt be bothered to read that crap essay rant of yours but just wanted to know if you lungiwales do not care much for highest grossers of the year or opening day records then why did you n afew others start this chant of Charlie 300cr storm’ last Diwali…???? If acting is your only criteria of judging a films success then why didnt we hear chants like ‘hail King Charlies great acting’ instead…?
PS try to keep the answer to a short paragraph okay…!
@5:18pm
Wrong facts again- queen getting stopped at US airports was not even an issue as I know someone who got stopped at an American airport post 9/11 n subsequently many muslims got stopped. Some gracefully accept it as it was seen as understandable that Americans would be extra cautious n security was paramount after the horrific events of 9/11.
The issue with SRK’s detention was that he wanted to grab afew cheap headlines for himself n blow the whole thing out of proportion. He simply cannot tolerate security officials whether it be at US airports or Wankhede simply doing their job. Its almost as if security officials that dare to question him are seen as the enemy according to our overactor Sarook. He loves to make a mountain out of a mole abit like your cell mate complan boy who loves to write long boring essays instead of short sweet 1 sentence answers…!
@4:00pm asad kaun…? The nanga khan…!
Dear God- seems you have taken complan boy as your Guru as writing long irrelevant essays was his trademark but looks like he has given you license to plagiarise his style of waffling on for hrs about nothing significant…!
@SS I have seen you commenting very great against haters for last few weeks Keepp Commenting Bro and Soon the Haters will Dissapear You are King of trolling for me
SRK King Of The World