How Shah Rukh Khan came to be 'spirit of post-liberalisation, feelgood, ambitious, assertive India'

Shah Rukh Khan is Bollywood's most popular star and, at 57, still its biggest sex symbol, whose silver-screen repertoire of dance, romance and shoot-em-up heroics made him the cinematic avatar of a changing India.

"King Khan" - whose moniker reflects decades of box office dominance - is a rare unifying figure across India's multiple geographic, linguistic and religious faultlines.