The Hindi film fraternity is all cheers for superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s real life ‘Chak De!’ moment after his Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the general match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Chennai.
KKR may be co-owned by Juhi Chawla and Jai Mehta.
Actors like Riteish Deshmukh, Arjun Rampal, Shabana Azmi, his closest friend Karan Johar and Kings XI Punjab co-owner Preity Zinta took to Twitter to congratulate the star and his victorius team that won the title Sunday night. Here’s what they'd to say:
Riteish Deshmukh: KKR IPL champs – congrats to @iamsrk and Gauri. Had top-of-the-line evenings – rollercoaster emotional ride, resulted in an ideal victory. We celebrated the KKR victory and ‘Rowdy Rathore’ party together -@iamsrk @akshaykumar at Prabhu Deva’s house.
Genelia D’souza: And KKR are the winners, yayyyy! Congrats @iamsrk and the team, you all gave us a perfect game. Well played CSK.
Karan Johar: Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!! More power to team KKR and@iamsrk!!!!!!!!!! And what a match!!!!!! KKROCKSSSSSSSS Congratulations @iam juhi!!!!!!!! The brand new victorious team KKR!!!!!!!! Quite a lot of love!!!!!!!
Shabana Azmi: I DO KNOW nothing about cricket but I watched the match and prayed really hard for KKR to win! Congrats to the team, SRK and Juhi. Mazaa aa gaya
Preity Zinta: Congrats @iamsrk, Gauri and KKR for winning IPL 5!
Farhan Akhtar: The wait is over. Well done KKR. Congratulations @iamsrk and all team owners, members and staff. Let the great times roll.
Ronit Roy: Congratulations @iamsrk for the fantastic #KKR victory. Very long time coming and actually deserved!!!
Kunal Kohli: Probably the most touching moment of the match was when @iamsrk’s daughter hugged him all tense and he comforted her.What a sweet moment that was.
Farah Khan (jewellery designer): Loving watching @iamsrk beam from ear to ear. May he always be this happy. Ameen. KKR thumbs up.
Bipasha Basu: Congrats @iamsrk! Great win for KKR!
Siddharth: Need to say… thoroughly enjoyed Bisla and the best all rounder within the modern game,kallis. Party hard Kolkata fans! What an achievement SRK!
Neha Dhupia: A match so worthy of being the final… Well played #csk and an enormous congratulations to #kkr and @iamsrk!
