Berlin salutes “My Name is Khan”

Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick, Karan Johar, Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan.

On the opening day of the 60th International Berlinale Film Festival, Germany 's biggest newspaper Bild introduced Shah Rukh Khan the superstar of the festival to its readers -- 10 million everyday. They don't call him "King of Bollywood" for nothing!
Bild says Shah Rukh Khan is the most famous man in the world with 3 billion fans -- that's more than the number of George Clooney, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt's fans combined.
Shah Rukh Khan received a rapturous reception by his fans while his film "My Name is Khan" was screened before packed audiences at the Berlin International Film Festival.
The star was honoured with a grand reception as he arrived at the Berlinale Palace, the main festival venue, on Friday night to attend the German premiere of "My Name is Khan" in the festival's highest slot ever given to a mainstream Indian cinema.
Film festival organisers said public demands for tickets for Friday's opening screening and three more shows scheduled in the coming days have been overwhelming.
"Germany and the Berlin Film Festival have given a unique window to the outside world for the Indian cinema. I feel like a big international star when I come to Berlin," he said.
The reception given to Shah Rukh by the Berlinale crowd was reported to be much bigger than in 2008 when he made his debut at the festival to present "Om Shanti Om".
Berlinale started in 1951 in a poor, destroyed and divided city of Berlin. After the reunification of Germany in 1990 and the inspired work of the festival director Dieter Kosslick, in recent years it is in the same league as the famous French festival in Cannes.