WHAT SRK MEANS TO ME...

Every November 2, at the stroke of midnight, I write about everything that you make me feel through the year... and beyond. This year it’s no different. Only this time, it’s not just a Facebook post. I am really hoping someone will be able to take this t2 and show it to you so that you come to know of this crazy person who is head over heels in love with you. After all, fan hoon main aapki.

Happy Birthday, dear King Khan. You have been my inspiration for so many years that I have lost track of when I became such a huge SRK lover. Your wit and humour are just an added bonus to the entire package that is Brand SRK. From watching your films on the first day to going crazy seeing you at Eden Gardens to waiting outside ITC Sonar for a single glimpse, I’ve done it all.

On your special day, I’d just like to take the opportunity to thank you for what you have been to me for the last 16 years of my life. I was introduced to films with DDLJ and there has been no looking back since. Every time I was sad and lonely, it was you who said “main hoon na”.

Actors may come and go, but there can be only one King and that is you, Sir.

Best wishes for all your upcoming endeavours and may you excel in whatever you do
— From a 19-year-old who is in love with you...

Sulogna Ghosh, St Xavier’s College

Like Diwali every year, we wait for this day to come. So, wishing King Khan a very happy 51st birthday (My birthday wish for SRK @ 51 is… November 2)

Harsha Jaluka, St. Stephen’s School 

The man of my dreams was born today... Shah Rukh Khan! He came into the world of cinema singing Koi na koi chahiye, pyaar karnewaala! And today, hundreds of people have gathered in front of Mannat to wish him. From Deewana to Dilwale, Chamatkar to Chak De! India, Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman to Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, he has reached the pinnacle of glory. I stand beside his every success and every failure... though he sits there unaware of my existence. Happy birthday to my man!

Krittika Bhatta 

Happy b’day to the King Khan, the Badshah of Bollywood... SRK. A global icon, a humble person, a true gentleman, a person full of sense of humour, an epitome of sheer class and commitment to his work, a doting father, a great artiste....We all love you dearly and truly. Your smile, those dimples, that laugh, the witty talk... all just makes you so charismatic.

No other person can romance like you in the film industry. You are an inspiration of effort, hard work, determination and focus. The way you have grown over the years from your films to your lifestyle to your business decisions is worth praising. There can’t and won’t be any replacement for you. Just do more films and give us extra joy. Eagerly waiting for your upcoming films. I pray for your good health, beautiful life.

Rajveer Garodia, Techno India

Being one of your jabra fan, I’d like to wish you a very happy birthday. As you light one more candle this year, may it bring more happiness and prosperity to your life.

Aranee Ganguly

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SRK Sir... many many happy returns of the day. You are my hero... I admire  you a lot. You are the Badshah of Bollywood and the king of romance. Your success is larger than life, you are the greatest actor in the world and you are a living legend. I’m very excited to get a chance to write about you and wish you on this special day. Thanks t2 for giving me the opportunity to write about SRK Sir. And once again HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Sir.

Joyita Basak, Techno India, Salt Lake

Aankhon mein teri ajab si ajab si adaayein hain.... Happy Birthday King Khan! May you continue to shine and keep rocking. I loved you, I love you, I will keep loving you. For you, a thousand times over. #MyFirstLove #OnceASrkianAlwaysASrkian

Ittequa Turkan,Shri Shikshayatan College  

Bless you for that twinkle in your eyes and your wonderful wit! Your light has brightened so many lives in our world — a light I’ve seen just grow brighter and wiser with the years. You are truly a SUPERSTAR in my eyes. You are truly a person we can admire. May god pour all the love and warmth on you and keep giving us more and more reasons to fall in love with you again and again. Happy Birthday to you, KING!

Dishari Dey

To wish you on your b’day is a wish or dream for me. Just be the way you are... an inspiration for the common man. Long live the KING!

Sayantan

@iamsrk, you just got 51 years younger :) Happy birthday to my idol, my inspiration... Shah Rukh Khan #HappyBirthdaySRK 

Souradeep Mitra, Halisahar  

I wish you all the very best with long life, success and prosperity. Since the days of Circus you managed to catch the attention of viewers.You became a sensation in Bollywood. No one can forget your sublime act in films like Baazigar, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.... Your chemistry with Kajol is just mesmerising. Keep working, SRK. You have become the brand ambassador of our state and we look forward to many good films from you in the days to come. Stay blessed.

Indranil Sanyal, Dhakuria 

Writing something for you that has not been written is as tough as putting back toothpaste in its tube! @51 the only thing I can wish for you is immortality. Age has been only a ticking number for you...you have aged better than wine. I heard the loudest cheers when you came in for only a couple of minutes in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. For most of us sitting there, that was the moment. Though Ranbir tried his best to romance the women, your one dialogue was enough to prove your eternal class. I wish and hope that you do films that let your acting talent stretch its wings. Wish you a very happy birthday and keep entertaining us. A personality like you is born once in a millennium.

Siladitya Naskar Roy,
Bhawanipur Education Society College 

To the one and only Kiiing... SRKKKKK!!! Wishing a very, very happy birthday to the owner of these lines...
n Kehte hain agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaho... to poori kainaat usey tumse milane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai.
nDuniya mein kitni hai nafratein... phir bhi dilon mein hai chahatein... mar bhi jaaye pyaar waale... mitt bhi jaaye yaar waale... zinda rehti unki mohabbatein....
nKaun kambakht bardaasht karne ko peeta hai... hum toh peete hain ki yahan par baith sakein, tumhein dekh sakein, tumhe bardaasht kar sakein....
n Kabhi kabhi jeetne ke liye kuch haarna padta hai... aur haarkar jeetne waale ko baazigar kehte hain...
nAaj ek hansi aur baant lo... aaj ek dua aur maang lo... aaj ek ansoon aur pee lo... aaj ek zindagi aur jee lo... aaj ek sapna aur dekh lo... aaj... kya pata, kal ho naa ho....

Prince Sen

Happy birthday SRK (naam toh suna hai). Thank you for being the ‘dilwala’ who makes us smile and love Bollywood so much... and I know ‘picture abhi baaki hai!’

Chaitanya Srivastava, Birla High School

I wish that wherever you are, you get all the happiness in life.Whichever venture you get into, may success kiss your feet. I know you are a workaholic, but do take care of your health. Keep smiling, loving and living life kingsize and inspire us forever like you always do. Do come to Calcutta more, the eyes always seek the King and the path of love is filled with the fragrance of anticipation. Keep giving us beautiful movies, cult dialogues and lovely tweets on social media. Lots of love...

Arshi Hazra  

Happy birthday, Shah! There was nobody like him, there is nobody like him and there can’t be anybody like him. He is magic. We love you sir!

Deeba Parween 

Those dimples. That smile. Those eyes. That look. The Khan! Happy Birthday, SRK. Even at 51, his mesmerising eyes create magic on screen and his carefree attitude makes him a class performer. I’m looking forward to Dear Zindagi and I hope it will become a memorable film of the year. His amazing look in the trailer has already created ripples. Wish him a wonderful year ahead!

Prachi Gadit,
Mahadevi Birla World Academy

It gives me immense pleasure to wish you a very happy 51st birthday. Like every year, I too am celebrating your b’day like my own with new clothes and cakes and a small portrait. I will be waiting outside my paradise Mannat to wish you on the auspicious day. Apart from being a handsome hunk, you are my inspiration to aim higher and think bigger. Tum jiyo hazaron saal, Yahi hai iss Shan ki dua, Happywaala birthday, To my King Khan!

Shanti Krishnan

You are a megastar who is born to create history with your love and talent. Happy birthday, King Khan.

Taqi Zeeshan, Ripon Street

Happy birthday, Love! Like every year, this year too I would like to convey my heartfelt wishes to you through t2 and hope that you read it. It has been two decades since I fell in love with you and the importance that you hold in my life is inexplicable. You spread a smile on my face when I am sad, you teach me to dream big through all the hard work that you do, you bring in motivation through all the inspirational messages that you post on social media, your constant love towards your parents makes me love and respect my parents more! You have no idea how much your positivity and humble nature inspires me. The kind of relation that I have with you in my own world is something that no one will ever understand. I have a 20-year-old wish of meeting you someday and letting you know that you mean everything to me. May you remain as humble as you are and may you keep inspiring more people like me. Sending you loads of flying kisses. Love you loads!

Debdatta Mitra, Triangular Park 

To the most iconic personality worldwide, to the biggest inspiration of my life, to the man whose films made me believe that ‘Haarkar jeetne waale ko baazigar kehte hain’, to the man who makes every admirer of his feel special, to the global superstar we take pride in, to the man whose stellar performance in Kal Ho Naa Ho still makes me weep, to the man whose every release is no less than a festival for us, to the man whose journey makes us believe that dreams do come true if one is hard-working and dedicated like him — may you be showered with long life, good health, loads of happiness, success and more amazing ventures.

Payal Prasad

My birthday wish for SRK @ 51 is that he should have lunch with my family soon.

CA Rakesh Singhi
You are my love, my inspiration, my role model and my LIFE. Your dedication and hard work is incredible. #51IsJustANumberForYou.

Ayesha Sadique (a die-hard fan)

Many many happy returns of the day, Mr King. I request you to continue the good work because we all watch your movies. If being romantic is an art, then truly SRK is the Picasso of it.

Anukrit Agarwal  

Happy Birthday SRK, the ultimate King of romance, the man who makes anti-hero look cool, the man who carries off a beard better than anyone else, the man who seems to grow only in numbers, the man who sways us with his charm and makes us go weak in the knees. King Khan, the greatest superstar of the world, the man. Continue to bowl us over with those deep dimples, that smile, that wink and those witty tweets, that naughty grin, those brooding intense eyes, those open arms, those inspirational quotes, those oh-so-cute moments you share with your children, that crazily infectious energy that you rub off on all, that admirable attitude, that hero quality....

Anwesha Sensarma,
Gokhale Memorial Girl’s College 

You are truly a King Khan who has won millions of hearts. You make people laugh and cry with your films. Your hard work, intelligence and dedication inspires. The way you treat your loved ones and your fans matters a lot. Even if I get a chance to see you after 50-60 years, I will still love you the same way I do now. You made my childhood and teenage years fantastic.

Soumyata Panja 

You are not 51, you are just 26 with 25 years of cinema experience. From Deewana to Dear Zindagi, this man named Shah Rukh Khan has come a long way. A man of excellent personality, humour, and true talent began his journey by making the audience Deewana and continued to Don Bollywood with Mohabbatein and like normal people faced Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. He then told the world one fine day My Name Is Khan, riding on the Chennai Express he celebrated Happy New Year and kept on making the audience his Fan, sometimes with Kal Ho Naa Ho, sometimes with Swades, sometimes with Dilwale and finally when he began writing Dil Se, Dear Zindagi became the first line and like this, the significant journey of this Dilwale person continues in the world of cinema. He just impresses his audience with his films, words, personality and intellect and so on and will be doing so Jab Tak Hai Jaan. Om Shanti Om!

Anuvab Deb Sinha, St. Xavier’s College

My birthday wish for SRK is to continue rulling Bollywood as long as he can. He went from nothing to a global star. Though he has no godfather in Bollywood, he has established himself as one of its finest actors. I am really looking forward to Dear Zindagi. I wanna finish by saying thank you SRK... for being you! I know Dear Zindagi will definitely be a hit. 

Kaushikee Bhattacharya, 
Adamas International School

May your undauntable spirit get you all the success in life and keep charming us with your aura. All of us look up to you for inspiration.... ‘Woh sirf star nahin hai, duniya hai meri’.

Sushmita Sadhukhan

Happy birthday SRK! I wish you grow more popular and have a flourishing and successful year ahead. Stay blessed, fit, handsome and the King Of Bollywood! Love you infinite times. 
Ahona Ghosh, Shaw Public School

Coming from a non-filmi family, you have conquered Bollywood and created istory. Wish you a happy 51st birthday. Hope you make more movies and entertain us.

B.N. Das, South City

I’m a big fan of the Badshah’s films. Be it Devdas or Chak De! India or Fan, most of them are very heart-touching and also very entertaining. I love Swades. I want to wish him a very happy birthday. And also good wishes for Dear Zindagi. We are waiting to learn more life lessons.... I’m a fan of his tweets. Thanks t2 for publishing this wonderful collection. 

Joydeep Das, Gurudas College

Happy Birthday Shah Rukh! Keep on...
1. Entertaining us
2. Making us fall in love over and over again
3. Showing your dimples
4. Melting our hearts with just a glimpse
5. Adorning our walls, cupboards, diaries as pictures and posters
6. Being amazing, witty, funny and charismatic.

Sreemoyee Bandyopadhyay

51 is just the beginning.... you are still young ‘on’ and ‘off’ screen.... Shubho jonmodin, Sir. Happy 51!
Sankhadip Bhadra, New Raipur Road

Baar baar din ye aaye... baar baar dil ye gaaye... Tu jiye hazaaron saal.... I am one of those crores of fans who is thankful to t2 for giving a chance to wish the superstar, King Khan on his 51st birthday. You have always been wooing girls, ladies, mothers with your charm, charisma and killer looks. On such a big day I wish you loads of good luck, success, prosperity, health, love and happiness. May you get younger day by day. May you always stay blessed. Muah muah muah.... 

Dimple Periwal

Thank you for teaching us patience, hard work, determination, grit and acting. Thank you for taking out time for us. Thank you for making us learn what kindness means. Thank you for always being with us. May you reign as the King of Bollywood for eons to come.

Ahana Mukhopadhyay,  St. Thomas’ Girls’ School

My birthday wish for SRK @51 is endless happy wishes and congrats to you. You are special to every Indian and you are praised by every Bollywood lover for your personality, passion and attitude. Your dignity has always been encouraging. Each and every little thing you do becomes a moment for every fan like me.
t2, thank you for giving such a ‘Shahrukhtastic’ topic. We love you like a cupcake, and we read you every day.

Deveshi Bose, Pratt Memorial School

My b’day wish for SRK @51 is a fresh start. A time to look back with gratitude at the blessings of another year. It is also a time to look forward with renewed hope for bigger blessings. May you find true bliss as you face your next milestones and many years to entertain us. Much love... happy birthday!

Barnita Dutta

I wish that he still rules the box-office and is always King Khan. He will always be the Rahul of every girls’ heart. Happy b’day, SRK.

Ekta Agarwal

Happy birthday Mr Khan... from the epiglottis. I hope Dear Zindagi smiles on you and makes you a Raees at the box-office.

Imon Sarkar, Sonarpur

He is a legend who has taught us lessons in love, romance and friendship. His ’90s movies are immortal and memorable even today. Though I was not born then, I still cherish those films whenever I watch them. His elegant and flawless acting, the intensity in his eyes and his dedication is an inspiration. On his 51st birthday, may he receive love, appreciation and open arms from his audience, and soar higher and higher. Who can forget the words, ‘Pyaar dosti hai’? The emotional dialogue  — ‘Babuji ne kahaa gaon chhod do... sab ne kahaa Paro ko chhod do... Paro ne kahaa sharaab chhod do... aaj tumne keh diya haveli chhod do... ek din aayega jab woh kahenge duniya hi chhod do’ — still moistens my eyes. May you keep achieving and winning over your obstacles.

Madhurima Roy, 
St Thomas’ Girls’ School

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Letter of the month

Team t2 says — 

Congratulations Shubharthini Saha! Of all the letters we carried in October, your letter was extra special. Here’s what you wrote on ‘What does your grandparent mean to you?’, on October 28. 

Having spent a long span of my childhood at my maternal grandparents’, I do have a special bond with them. The memories are uncountable, be it listening to fables from Dida, solving sums with Dadu, going for early morning swimming or playing cards accompanied with evening chai and snacks. As a child I was attached to my Dadu more than to my parents. A teacher of my playschool actually remembered me since I was the only child who said, “I want to go to my Dadu”, whereas others screamed for their mom-dad. Dadu is my first friend. He has taught me some really important lessons of life. He has cried a little more than me in my failures and celebrated a little more than me in my successes.

No matter how old I become, he will always remain my very special friend. There was a time when I didn’t go to bed without wishing him “goodnight” and today I hardly talk to him for days. The fault has been on my part completely. :( Sorry Dadu and Dida, for not giving you the time you deserve. You must be thinking I am a college girl now, enjoying life surrounded by friends... but trust me, the days I have spent with you were the best. I LOVE YOU LOADS. Thank you for making me feel special all these years and pampering me like no one else did.

PS: I know this little paragraph is not enough to express all my emotions, it’s just a small try.

Know this t2 reader

Shubharthini is...

A first-year undergraduate student of chemical engineering at Jadavpur University; lives in New Alipore. 

She has been a t2 reader since...

“I was in Class VII, and I have been writing to t2 since Class X. My first letter was on Virat Kohli!”

First reaction on winning the t2 mug: “When I saw the Letter of the Month mail from t2, I called up my Dadu first. He was so happy, he was smiling and that was my wow moment. I am really happy to get an autographed mug. Though I am not very good at flaunting, this time I am going to put up my picture with the t2 mug on Facebook!”

Her t2 connect: “The first thing I do after waking up is read t2. I love everything about t2, specially the birthday page, the movie reviews, the campus pages, and the food pages informing us about new restaurants. And, of course, the Feedback pages… I read others’ letters as well, and not just mine. And I must mention that I love those interviews when celebs come to the t2 office!”

She is a die-hard fan of: Virat Kohli! “I’ve been his admirer and fan since the time I saw him in the 2011 World Cup final. I wasn’t a cricket fan then... but there was some kind of attraction. Thank you t2 for letting me express my love for Virat.”

Favourite singer: Arijit Singh. “Three of my favourite songs by him are Tum hi ho, Samjhawan and Sooraj dooba hai.”
Favourite actor: Shah Rukh Khan.

Favourite actress: Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt. 

A special word: “My birthday is on November 13. It was one November when t2 published my first letter on Virat Kohli. Next November, t2 included me in its list of Virat Kohli fans. And then this November, t2 surprised me with the Letter of the Month mug!”