France´s `Order of Arts et Lettres’ Overwhelms Shah Rukh Khan

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King Khan, who had a great run year in 2007, with runaway hits 'Chak De! India' and 'Om Shanti Om', was presented the award in recognition of his 15year career in the Hindi film industry, one of the biggest in the world.

The title was conferred to Shah Rukh Khan by French Ambassador in India, Jerome Bonnafont, at the inaugural ceremony of a four-day French film festival held at a suburban hotel in Bombay.

The `Order of Arts et Lettres’, created in 1957, is one of the four Ministerial Honours of the French republic and was established to reward artists who have gained fame for their works in the field of arts and literature and have promoted these fields.

Khan is now in the august company of other recepients which include Indian director Adoor Gopalakrishnan, author Arundhati Roy, singer David Bowie and Bob Dylan, actors George Clooney, Leonardo Di Caprio and Clint Eastwood.

An overwhelmed SRK said on the occasion that more than him, it showed that India is making its presence felt globally.

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