SRK receives honorary degree
PTI
Hyderabad
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Monday encouraged young students to listen to their heart and do what they like, to avoid regrets about career choice later in life.
“When you become a person of my age or your parents' age or your teachers' age, somewhere that regret will be there that why I did not do that (as a career). I just want to tell every boy and girl that do where your heart is,” he said.
Shah Rukh had a pep talk with students of Maulana Azad National Urdu University here where he was conferred an honorary doctorate for his contribution towards promotion of Urdu language and culture.
The actor recalled that his (late) father, though financially not so well-off, taught him various things in life.
“He used to play chess with the head priest of a Hanuman temple,” he said.
The 51-year-old actor said the lessons he was taught included how to work with others and that one has to step back, sometimes, to move ahead in life.
“Nobody is small. You have to respect all,” he said.
“He gave me a typewriter. You have to be very diligent in typing. When I learnt typing, I realised that practice makes you perfect. Whatever you do in life, do it with diligence as if it is the last chance to do it,” he said.
Shah Rukh said his father told him to retain a sense of humour and childlike innocence.
