There have been enough anecdotes, water cooler conversations, articles and even the odd book or two that have underlined the many reasons why Shah Rukh Khan — the villain, the lover, the action hero and the interviewee — appeals to so many women across generations. He is charming and a charmer. He has played the lover in all its shades, from obsessive and dangerous to the man so conservative that he refuses to ‘run away’ with the girl, through the sarson ke khet of the Punjab countryside to the NRI dream. He can be broody and depressive, a la Devdas for the woman of a certain vintage, chocolate boy par excellence for Gen X and millennials. And the Gen Z lot can marvel at his abs, even as he becomes a senior citizen.

There is, however, another reason to look up to Shah Rukh Khan from a

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