Indian actor and Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan will be honored with a Career Achievement Award at the upcoming Locarno Film Festival, according to Deadline report. The award is presented to recognise his extensive career with over 100 credits across various genres. According to reports, Khan will be honoured on 10th August in the festival’s Piazza Grande and will also participate in a public conversation the following day.
During the festival, one of Khan’s iconic Devdas will be screened. In the 2002 hit costume drama, Khan portrayed a character of a man whose life spirals out of control after being forbidden by his family to marry his childhood sweetheart.
Previous recipients of Locarno’s prestigious Pardo alla Carriera include notable figures such as Francesco Rosi, Bruno Ganz, Claudia Cardinale, Johnnie To, Harry Belafonte, Peter-Christian Fueter, Sergio Castellitto, Víctor Erice, Jane Birkin, Dante Spinotti, Costa-Gavras, and most recently in 2023, Tsai Ming-liang.
“To welcome a living legend like Shah Rukh Khan in Locarno is a dream come true. The wealth and breadth of his contribution to Indian cinema is unprecedented. Kahn is a king who has never lost touch with the audience that crowned him,” said Locarno Artistic Director Giona A. Nazzaro. “This brave and daring artist has always been willing to challenge himself while remaining true to what his fans all over the world eagerly expect from his films. A true ‘people’s hero’, sophisticated and down to earth, Shah Rukh Khan is a legend of our times.”
Reflecting on Khan’s illustrious career, Locarno highlighted his breakout role in the 1993 romantic thriller Baazigar, where he played a sympathetic anti-hero seeking vengeance. His performances in romantic dramas like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) solidified his superstar status.
The festival also acknowledged Khan’s versatility in choosing diverse roles, such as his portrayal of Rahul in the 1993 romantic psychological thriller Darr, directed by Yash Chopra, and his role as a journalist falling in love with a terrorist in Mani Ratnam’s 1998 epic Dil Se…
Additionally, Locarno highlighted Khan’s recent successes, including Pathaan, Dunki, and Jawan. The latter, produced by Khan’s production house Red Chillies Entertainment, made history last year as the highest-grossing Hindi film ever.
The Locarno Film Festival will run from 7th to 17th August.
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