King Khan takes Kochi by storm

KOCHI: The Bollywood Badshah came, saw and conquered. Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan magnetised Kochiites with his unique charm on Sunday. People went berserk with his song and dance.  With his punch dialogue in the upcoming movie Don 2 and cordial speech, Khan stole the hearts of thousands of fans who assembled at the Kaloor Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium. The actor was in Kochi to  inaugurate  the showroom of Emmanuval Silks at Edappally.   By 11.30 am the actor came to the special stage set up on the ground near the stadium, after inaugurating the showroom, to greet his fans. Cooperation Minister C N Balakrishnan, P Rajiv MP, MLAs Benny Behanan MLA and Anwar Sadath and Emmanuval Silks managing partner T O Byju were also present on the stage.“Good afternoon Kochi. Every time I come to Kochi, I can feel the love and warmth that  you people bestow upon me,” Khan said.Though the inaugural ceremony was scheduled for 11 am,  people started  flowing to the stadium from 9 am onwards. Tight security arrangements were made but that did not affect the mood of the spectators who waited patiently behind the barricades for nearly two hours to see their favourite star. “I bow my head down and say ‘thank you’ and wish you all a lot of happiness and prosperity. I request my friends here to teach me a little bit of Malayalam so that I can talk to you people in your mother tongue next time. And I promise that I will come to Kochi again to see you all,” he said.The cynosure of all eyes at the launch, SRK also delivered the dialogue from the film Don.  “Don ka intezaar to gyarah mulkon ki police kar rahi hai. Lekin ek baat samajh lo: Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi, namumkin hai,” to which the audience went wire. Finally, King Khan also amused the audience with a ‘Chammak Challo’ jig with foreign artists. He also sang a few lines of his ever-green hit ‘Tujhe dekha to yeh jaana sanam.’