After 30 years in the industry, 2023 might be the most important year of Shah Rukh Khan’s career.For one thing, the beloved Indian actor — who won over audiences as a romantic lead in films from “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge,” to “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai,” to “Kal Ho Naa Ho” and so many more — finally has the action hero filmography he’s always craved.
For another, he’s back on the big screen after five whole years with not one, not two, but three films in 2023, two of which are out now and can comfortably be declared hits.
And those two movies — January’s “Pathaan” and this weekend’s “Jawan” (and probably December’s “Dunki”) — underscore how critical this man is, not only to Indian cinema, but to India itself.In 2021, narcotics agents arrested Khan’s son off the coast of Mumbai, imprisoning him for nearly a month, even though no…
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