Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan was conferred the BrandLaureate Legendary Award for his contribution to the Hindi film industry on a recent visit to Malaysia.
The BrandLaureate Legendary Award has been earlier given to the likes of former South African president Nelson Mandela, Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus, Indian businessman Ratan Tata, late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Facebook CEO Marck Zuckerburg and F1 ace Michael Schumacher. Shahrukh Khan has received the BrandLaureate Legendary Award for his contribution to the Hindi film industry, and for being India's foremost brand ambassador in Malaysia. SRK was in Malaysia to attend the birthday party of Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohammad Thursday evening. "It is an honour to be given the BrandLaureate Legendary Award. It is always a pleasure to be amongst friends and to be given so much love and motivation to do better," Shahrukh Khan said in a statement. The actor was honoured by the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation, and received the award from Robert Loh, founder of Lord's Tailor, KK Johan, president, The BrandLaureate, and Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohammad. Source: ApunKaChoice.com