It is not only the common people of the country and leaders of various political parties that have become the admirers of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Shah Rukh Khan appears to be the latest entrant to the ever-growing list of admirers, followers and fans of Modi.
Shah Rukh, who was in the city on Thursday for the promotion of his upcoming movie Happy New Year, during his interactions with the media described Modi as India’s tallest leader and said that he had great respect for Modi.
Earlier, a sea of human crowd, including a large number of young college-goers had turned up at Devi Ahilyabai Holkar airport to catch a glimpse of Shah Rukh and other stars of the movie Happy New Year, including Abhishek Bachhan, Deepika Padukon and Sonu Sood.
Even before the chartered plane carrying all the stars and crew members of the film landed at the airport, thousands of fans of Shah Rukh Khan and other Bollywood stars had thronged there well in advance.
Bollywood buffs notwithstanding presence of large number of police jawans there apparently grew hysterical to catch a glimpse of their favorite stars. The security personnel and the bouncers present there had a trying time to control the unruly fans.
It was with great difficulty that Shah Rukh and other Bollywood stars were escorted to their respective cars to proceed directly to the Brilliant Convention Centre where the stars were supposed to interact with the media, besides taking part in the shooting of a dance reality show of Zee TV — Dil Se Nache Indiawaale which is already on air since October 11. At the Brilliant Convention Centre, all the stars of Happy New Year shot for the dance reality show.
Besides Shah Rukh, Deepika, Sonu Sood, Abhishek Bachhan, other supporting stars of the movie, including Boman Irani, Bivaan Shah as well as director of the move Farah Khan were also in the city for the promotion of their movie.