The love language of South Asia

In 1997, a young actor hopefully crooned, “Saari duniya par main chhaaun/Bas itna sa khwaab hai” (To conquer the whole world, that is all I dream of). Was the star aware that by mouthing the lyrics, he would, inadvertently, be manifesting his destiny? Only Shah Rukh Khan can answer this query.

26 years later, riding high on the massive commercial successes of films like Pathaan and…