MUMBAI: As Indian cinema celebrates its 100th birthday, its biggest modern-day star Shah Rukh Khan has no doubt about Bollywood's growing global popularity — nor of his own worldwide fame.
“With all humility, I would like to say I have been fortunate to be part of Indian cinema and films which have somehow opened up new territories,” the actor known in India as “King Khan”, told AFP in an interview.
“Humbly put, I am a global star. They like me all over the world.” In a career spanning three decades, the 47-year-old has made himself the biggest box office draw in Bollywood as the hero of romantic dramas and high-octane action movies.
'Humble' King Khan enjoys life as global star
It is a career that has coincided with increasing popularity for Bollywood movies outside of the Indian sub-continent.
Khan's latest movie, “Chennai Express”, which opens in India this weekend, will play to cinemas in countries such as Peru, Morocco, Israel and Germany as well as more established markets such as Britain and the Gulf states.
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