Shah Rukh Khan on Thursday
evening attended his friend and the 4th
Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohammad's birthday and he was
also awarded the prestigious Brand Laureate Legendary Award.
The superstar was given this
honour by the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation for his contributions to the
Bollywood film industry and as India's foremost brand ambassador.
Shah Rukh was modested by the honour given to him by Founder of
Lord's Tailor Mr Robert Loh, President of The Brand Laureate Dr KK Johan, and
Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohammad.
"It is an honour to be agreed
the Brandlaureate Legendary Award. It is always a pleasure to be amongst
friends and to be given so much love and motivation to do better," said
Shah Rukh.
The BrandLaureate Legendary Award has been earlier given to the
likes of Dr Nelson Mandela, Nobel Laureate recipient Mohammad Yunus, Ratan
Tata, late Steve Jobs, Marck Zuckerburg, Michael Schumacher and more.
In 2008 Shah Rukh had become the
first Indian actor to be conferred with the prestigious Malaysian title of
Datuk (equivalent of the British Knighthood) by the governor of Malaysia's
southern state of Malacca for promoting tourism through his movies in that
region.
Earlier this year, Shah Rukh
became the first Indian film industry's personality to be honoured with the
prestigious Chubb fellowship at Yale University and very recently he was
honoured with L�toile d'Or by Mohammaed VI, the King of Morocco during 12th
International Film Festival of Marrakech twice in a row.
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