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<p data-start="272" data-end="577"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Social media erupted with wishes as Shah Rukh Khan turned 60, but Congress MP Shashi Tharoor seems unconvinced about the number. In his signature witty style, Tharoor took to X (formerly Twitter) to wish the &ldquo;King of Bollywood&rdquo; and humorously suggested that SRK&rsquo;s real age might be part of a &ldquo;cover-up.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p data-start="579" data-end="888"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">&ldquo;Happy 60th Birthday to the ultimate King of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan! I have to admit, I&rsquo;m finding this &lsquo;60&rsquo; number deeply suspicious,&rdquo; Tharoor wrote. He claimed that a &ldquo;crack team of independent fact-checkers and forensic detectives&rdquo; examined the evidence and found nothing to support SRK&rsquo;s official age.</span></p>
<p data-start="890" data-end="1108"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">According to Tharoor, their verdict was clear: &ldquo;No non-photoshopped grey hair, no signs of slowing down, and an appearance decades younger the claim that Shah Rukh Khan is turning 60 cannot be factually confirmed.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p data-start="1110" data-end="1297"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">In a humorous twist, the Thiruvananthapuram MP compared SRK&rsquo;s ageless charm to the Hollywood film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, suggesting the superstar is &ldquo;ageing in reverse.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p data-start="1299" data-end="1375"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tharoor didn&rsquo;t stop there. Presenting what he called &ldquo;evidence,&rdquo; he wrote:</span></p>
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<p data-start="1379" data-end="1447"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">SRK&rsquo;s energy levels today seem higher than they were 20 years ago.</span></p>
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<p data-start="1451" data-end="1499"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">His hairstyle appears more youthful with time.</span></p>
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<p data-start="1503" data-end="1561"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Any wrinkles are easily handled by a good lighting crew.</span></p>
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<p data-start="1563" data-end="1707"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">&ldquo;I suspect the official story is a cover-up,&rdquo; Tharoor teased, adding, &ldquo;By his 70th birthday, he&rsquo;ll probably be auditioning for teenage roles.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p data-start="1709" data-end="1861"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The MP concluded by congratulating Shah Rukh Khan on his &ldquo;unbelievable milestone,&rdquo; urging him to &ldquo;keep defying physics and biology&rdquo; for years to come.</span></p>
<p data-start="1863" data-end="2157"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Interestingly, this isn&rsquo;t the first time Tharoor has praised the Khan family. Just last week, he lauded Aryan Khan&rsquo;s new web series The Ba**ds of Bollywood, calling it &ldquo;absolute OTT gold.&rdquo; Despite being unwell, Tharoor said the series was one of the best things he had watched on Netflix.</span></p>
<p data-start="2159" data-end="2351" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node=""><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;">With his trademark wit, Shashi Tharoor turned a simple birthday wish into a viral moment proving once again that when it comes to words, he is as effortlessly charming as the man he praised.</span></p>
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Tharoor doubts SRK’s age, calls it a cover-up

Tharoor jokes Shah Rukh Khan can’t be 60, citing “no grey hair” and “reverse ageing” clues

Tharoor doubts SRK’s age, calls it a cover-up

Tharoor jokes Shah Rukh Khan can’t be 60, citing “no grey hair” and “reverse ageing” clues

November 2, 2025 | 16:03 IST