Mumbai: Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s admiration and respect for women is widely known. Whether it is a young girl or an elderly woman, he has always shown his support for women.
Even in his latest film 'Jawan,' this sentiment shines through as well.
The movie celebrates the strength of its female characters, with the army of women taking on villains in action sequences and ruling the screen with their emotional performances, one of the many factors that have contributed to the film’s success.
Recently, a fan of Shah Rukh took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a heartfelt painting created by his daughter, using pink to symbolise girl power in Jawan.
“After coming from our second Jawan show, my 11-year-old daughter went straight to her room and started painting. After a couple of hours, she came up with this. She says she loved Vikram Rathore. What about pink? She says Jawan is about girl power. anything to say senior @iamsrk,” he wrote.
Shah Rukh, who has a 23-year-old daughter, Suhana, took notice of the tweet and lauded the efforts of his fan’s daughter.
“She has got it right… #Jawan is indeed about girl power. Vikram Rathore agrees too. Our daughters are our future… give my love to her with a big hug!!!”, he tweeted in response.
Jawan directed by Atlee released in theatres last week in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. The movie features Nayanthara, Deepika Padukone, Priyamani, Sanya Malhotra, Ridhi Dogra, Lehar Khan, Girija Oak and Sanjeeta Bhattacharya in pivotal roles that add depth and strength to the characters.
Actor Sanjay Dutt also made a surprise cameo in the film.
The film has become the fastest Hindi movie to cross the Rs 500 crore mark at the global box office, taking just four days to reach this milestone.