Shah Rukh Khan has been awarded the Indian of The Year 2023 Award at the CNN-News18 Indian of the Year 2023. The actor was present at the prestigious awards show, accepting the award from the esteemed jury. This marked Shah Rukh Khan’s first-ever media appearance since 2019.
The Bollywood superstar has had a spectacular 2023 with three big releases, two of which — Pathaan and Jawan — shattered several records. His third release, Dunki, was also a hit. Pathaan has turned out to be a landmark film for Yash Raj Films, earning a jaw-dropping lifetime collection of Rs 543.05 crore in India and Rs 1,050.3 crore worldwide, setting a new benchmark of Rs 1,000 crore collection at the box office.
Jawan opened to a massive collection of Rs 75 crore on its first day and ended its four-day opening weekend with a collection of Rs 286.16 cr. Spending a little over two months at the box office in India, Jawan recorded a lifetime collection of Rs 643.87 crore in the country and a whopping Rs 1,148.32 crore worldwide collection.
Dunki, too, made history by getting featured at Le Grand Rex, the largest cinema in Europe, on Christmas evening, becoming the first Bollywood Hindi film to be showcased there. At the time of reporting, the film reports a worldwide box office collection of well over Rs 400 crore.
The Indian of the Year winners were decided with 50% weightage from public votes and 50% weightage from the jury. The Indian of The Year Award has previously been conferred to eminent personalities such as Olympic champion Niraj Chopra and cricketer Virat Kohli.
Currently in its 13th edition, CNN-News18 Indian of the Year is an initiative that recognises Indians who have made significant contributions to various fields and have had a profound impact on the nation. Since its inception in 2006, CNN-News18 Indian of the Year has firmly positioned itself as the biggest awards in the world of news television, celebrated for its unassailable credibility.
Over the years, the Indian of the Year award recipients have included personalities such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, cricket star Virat Kohli, the Indian women’s cricket team, NGO Stop Acid Attacks, Chess Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand, music legend AR Rahman, former PM Manmohan Singh, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi, star boxer MC Mary Kom, actress Deepika Padukone and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, among others.
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