Summary
- Shah Rukh Khan's movies have reached global audiences, making him a household name and one of the richest actors in the world.
- Main Hoon Na, Don 2, and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi are considered some of the best Shah Rukh Khan movies, blending genres and showcasing his versatility as an actor.
- Khan's performances in movies like Veer-Zaara, Dear Zindagi, and Dil Se.. have been highly praised, earning critical acclaim and recognition for his acting skills.
Shah Rukh Khan, or Shahrukh Khan, is a Bollywood name that is famous not just within the national borders of India, but far and wide, globally, with some of the best SRK movies to watch being known internationally. It is Khan who took commercial Bollywood cinema to audiences worldwide in the early 1990s and became a household name with his boy-next-door image and innate charisma and flamboyance.
Although typecast as the quintessential romantic hero, Khan started his career as an anti-hero, and a few of his earlier movies that gained him acclaim were those where he played a protagonist. It was the movie Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge that kicked off his journey as a romantic hero, earning the Bollywood star tags such as "The King of Romance," making him one of the richest actors in the world, bigger than some of his Hollywood counterparts, and undoubtedly the biggest Indian superstar of his generation. Here are the best SRK movies to watch.
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25 Om Shanti Om (2007)
A Bollywood Movie About Movies
Om Shanti Om is a 2007 movie with Shah Rukh Khan playing two different roles in the film. He plays Om Prakash Makhija, also known as Om, and he plays Om Kapoor, also known as O.K. The movie then follows two parallel timelines, one with Om dying in an on-set fire while working as an obscure 1970s actor. The other is when he is reincarnated in the present day as O.K., a major superstar actor, and he sets out to get revenge against the person responsible for his death in his previous life.
Om Shanti Om was a critical and commercial success, and it remains one of the best SRK movies to watch thanks to its joyful portrayal of the movie-making journey, with some elaborate song-and-dance numbers throughout. It went on to pick up 13 nominations at the 53rd Filmfare Awards and won Best Special Effects and Best Female Debut (Deepika Padukone), both well-deserved awards. It was also nominated for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor for Khan.
24 Paheli (2005)
A Ghost Impersonates A Woman's Husband
The best SRK movies to watch include Paheli, which is a supernatural romantic drama that is itself the reinterpretation of Mani Kaul’s haunting 1973 classic Duvidha. In this story, Khan plays a man named Kishan who marries a woman named Lachchi (Rani Mukerji) but is told that he has to leave for a five-year business trip the next day, leaving his bride home alone. However, a ghost falls in love with Lachchi after seeing her and takes the form of Kishan after he leaves. The ghost and Lachchi live and love for the next four years.
The movie is part supernatural folktale and part feminist fable, all set against the backdrop of Rajasthan. The film goes a long way in giving Lachchi more female agency in this movie, so she isn't just taken advantage of by a ghost when it reveals the truth to her and allows her to make her own decision about how to proceed. The movie earned two nominations at the 51st Filmfare Awards and nine at the 2006 Zee Cine Awards.