After a long time, Bollywood produced India’s top-earning film. Bollywood is a huge market and has been the leader of Indian cinema since the beginning. But lately, South Cinema began to make movies for the whole country and challenged the Hindi film industry. Bollywood produced India’s top-earning film after a long time.
After a long time, Bollywood produced India’s top-earning film. Bollywood is a huge market and has been the leader of Indian cinema since the beginning. But lately, South Cinema began to make movies for the whole country and challenged the Hindi film industry. Bollywood produced India’s top-earning film after a long time.
With the Baahubali Series, South Indian films took over Bollywood. Bollywood failed to make India’s highest-grossing film for a year in recent times. At last, the industry succeeded with Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan this year.
Shah Rukh Khan proved his dominance at box office as he became the first actor to achieve 525 cr nett domestic and 1050 cr worldwide grossers consecutively at box office in a single year. He broke all the records of his previous film Pathaan in just 7 months with Jawan! As if those hits were not enough, SRK completed a hattrick with Dunki in December as the film crossed 445 cr worldwide gross in only 18 days.
Shah Rukh Khan received the prestigious award for CNN-News18 ‘Indian of the Year’ (IOTY) awards. The 13th edition of India’s top television award was held on January 10, 2024, to honour the outstanding achievements of remarkable individuals across seven categories – Business, Entertainment, Sports, Youth Icon, Rising Sports Star, Social Change, and Climate Warriors.
The awards night saw the presence of famous filmmaker Mani Ratman along with Khan and others.
This year, the contenders for ‘Indian of the Year 2023’ were entertainment stars such as Deepika Padukone, Mani Ratnam, sports stars such as Neeraj Chopra, Shubman Gill, rising sports stars such as R Praggnanandhaa, Shafali Verma, business leaders such as Dinesh Kumar Khara, environmental heroes like Arun Krishnamurthy, and social change agents such as Dr R Ravi Kannan, Menaka Guruswamy & Arundhati Katju, who represent the diverse excellence of India.
Shah Rukh said, “”It’s been a long time since I’ve won an award; meri picture abhi baki hai,” says #ShahRukhKhan (@iamsrk) upon winning the CNN-News18 #IndianOfTheYear2023 award🏆🎉”
“I don’t just feel like Indian of the year, I am an Indian of all the ages gone by. I will be the Indian of all the years to come. I am an Indian of all ages.”
CNN-News18 Indian of the Year’ has a long history of recognising outstanding individuals across various domains. The 2023 winners were announced at the glamorous grand awards night.
A novel aspect of this year’s event was the unique mix of professional opinion and public vote, where 50% of the decision-making authority rests with the judicious audience, and the other 50% is given to a eminent jury.
The respected jury consisted of eminent personalities, such as Former Solicitor General of India Harish Salve, Screenwriter and Lyricist Javed Akhtar, Retd Supreme Court Juge Indu Malhotra, Former Indian Athlete and Vice-President of Athletics Federation of India Anju Bobby George, Chairperson of RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, Sanjiv Goenka, and Environmental Activist and Lawyer, Afroz Shah. Their combined expertise ensures a fair selection of the most worthy recipients.
