Shah Rukh Khan’s farewell gesture to India’s biggest singing icon has itself turned iconic

India yesterday (Feb. 6) bid adieu to her favourite singer Lata Mangeshkar. But moments before her body was consigned to flames in Mumbai, another of the country’s favourites created an iconic moment that, in its simplicity and sincerity, left most of the country overwhelmed.

In a farewell gesture to the legend, Bollywood heartthrob Shah Rukh Khan stepped up the platform on which the legendary singer’s body was placed for cremation at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park ground yesterday evening.

Clad in white, the movie star then took a few moments, raised his arms together to say a dua (Islamic prayer), bowed a little, and, after lowering his mask, gently blew air over the body.

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