SRK Recalls 'Tough Time' During Aryan Khan's Arrest at IIFA, Makes Special Request To Sandeep Vanga

Shah Rukh Khan won the Best Actor award at IIFA 2024 for his performance in Jawan. During his acceptance speech, Shah Rukh revisited the ‘tough time’ he tackled while making Jawan, seemingly referring to Aryan Khan’s arrest. The soon-to-debut director was arrested in connection with a drug case. However, he was given a clean chit later. In his speech, Shah Rukh also thanked Gauri, joking that she is the one investing money in his acting career as a producer.

“I want to thank all other nominees – Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor, Vikrant Massey – he was great in the film – Vicky Kaushal, Sunny Paji. I think all of them were great, but I got an edge because people were happy that I worked after so long,” Shah Rukh Khan said.

“Somebody reminded me that money needs to be out into a film. So I want to thank Gauri. She may be the only wife who’s spending more on the husband than the other way round. We were going through a tough time while making Jawan (referring to the Aryan Khan case),” he added.

Watch his speech below:

Aryan was arrested in October 2021. He was arrested after a raid on the Cordelia cruise in Mumbai. He was jailed for almost a month before he got bail. NCB formed a special investigation team (SIT) to look into the case and after extensive investigation, gave Aryan a clean chit in May 2023.

Shah Rukh was on stage not just to accept his award but was also on stage to host. He was co-hosting the show with Vicky Kaushal and Karan Johar. Hindustan Times reported that during his hosting duties, Shah Rukh brought up the success of Pushpa and reached out to Sandeep Reddy Vanga from the stage. He asked the Animal director to bring him a film like Pushpa.

He also gave the film a shoutout by performing to the song, Oo Antava with Vicky. The actors had a ball dancing on the song. The video of the same has gone viral.