Overview
- SRK answered Akshay Kumar’s birthday post by joking that the “Khiladi” should teach him to wake up early.
- He replied with warmth and wit to messages from Kajol, Juhi Chawla, Anupam Kher, Shilpa Shetty, Suniel Shetty, and Riteish and Genelia Deshmukh, including a promise to visit Kolkata in a note to Mamata Banerjee.
- He apologised on X for not stepping out to greet fans at his Mumbai home after authorities advised against it due to crowd-control concerns.
- Despite the restricted public greeting, he marked turning 60 with an intimate, closed-door fan meet in Mumbai reported at over 300 attendees.
- Coverage also notes his next film, King, which reports say is slated for a 2026 release under director Siddharth Anand.