Shah Rukh Khan to US President Barack Obama: Next time ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya’ for sure

Shah Rukh Khan said he was proud to get a mention in US President Barack Obama's speech on gender and religious equality.

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan today said he was proud to get a mention in US President Barack Obama’s speech on gender and religious equality.

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan today said he was proud to get a mention in US President Barack Obama’s speech on gender and religious equality. (Read: Barack Obama mentions SRK’s ‘senorita’ dialogue from DDLJ)

Barack Obama charmed the crowd while addressing a town hall event in Siri Fort on the third and final day of his visit to India by quoting Shah Rukh Khan‘s famous line ‘Senorita, bade bade deshon mein…’ from blockbuster ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’.

The actor’s name cropped up again in his address as the President Obama picked Shah Rukh Khan, sports icons like Milkha Singh and Mary Kom and Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi’s names to make a point about humanitarian values.

“Proud to be part of the gender and religion equality speech of President Obama. Sad he couldn’t do the Bhangra… next time Chaiyya Chaiyya for sure,” Shah Rukh Khan tweeted.

Proud 2 b part of the gender & religion equality speech of Pres. Obama. Sad he couldn’t do the Bhangra…next time Chaiyya Chaiyya for sure

— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) January 27, 2015

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