At the 77th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland on Saturday, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan created history by becoming the first Indian celebrity to to win the prestigious Pardo alla Carriera award-Locarno Tourism or Career Leopard, for his contribution to cinema.
However, this achievement was overshadowed on social media by the controversy surrounding a video in which he could be seen "pushing" an "old man" while posing for pictures. An X user posted a video of the actor where Khan seemingly "pushed" a person so that he did not come in the frame. Several netizens slammed his action.
The Pardo alla Carriera Ascona-Locarno Tourism is a tribute to the people whose artistic contributions have redefined cinema and the collective imagination. This award was earlier given to Italian filmmaker Francesco Rosi, American singer-actor Harry Belafonte, and Malaysian director Tsai Ming-Liang.