SRK regales audiences at World Cup Kabaddi inauguration

The actor said he had great attachment to the sport and he used to play it during his childhood days.

“I still love the sport and I feel proud to see the heights it has reached. Now,I smoke a bit and cannot say ‘Kabaddi Kabaddi’ with same vigour as I used to say during my childhood,” he said.

Shahrukh,who was dressed in blue jeans,a black coat and a light-coloured T-shirt and wearing dark glasses,enthralled the audiences with dialogues from his hit films — ‘Don’,’Devdas’ and ‘Baazigar’.

The actor,who had come here in a chartered flight and spent nearly 90 minutes here before leaving,also danced on numbers — ‘Chamak Chalo’,’Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya’ and ‘Chak De India’.

Chief Minister Badal expressed his gratitude to Shahrukh,saying that despite the actor celebrating his birthday on Wednesday,he made it a point to fly down here to make the occasion memorable.

“Some things in life are important like one’s mother tongue. Likewise,Kabaddi is Punjab’s sport and Shahrukh came down here on the eve of his birthday made the event all the more memorable,” Badal said.