Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has won his first acting gong for eight years, taking home the best actor award at the International Indian Film Academy Awards. Khan won the award for his double role as Captain Vikram Rathore and Azad in the 2023 Hindi-language action-thriller Jawan . Khan starred in three films that were released in 2023 – Pathaan , Jawan , and Dunki – upon his return to cinemas after a four-year hiatus.
“I think I have a little happiness from the audience this year because I worked (again) after a long time,” Khan said, while receiving his award at the ceremony, which took place in Abu Dhabi. “I love awards, I’m greedy about awards. I just want to tell you it’s good to be back.
” “Somebody reminded me that money needs to be put into a film. So I want to thank Gauri,” he said, referring to his wife Gauri Khan, who is also a film producer in the production company Red Chillies Entertainment which they co-founded in 2002. “She may be the only wife who’s spending more on the husband than the other way round,” he said.
Khan also revealed that the couple “were going through a tough time while making Jawan ”, an apparent reference to the arrest of his son Aryan , 26, on charges of drug possession in October 2021. Aryan spent 25 days in prison, and was finally released on bail at the fifth request after his applications were denied four times . In May 2022, Aryan was cleared of all charges , and one of the officers leading the invest.