--- description: Find out why Shah Rukh Khan is one of the 100 most influential people of 2023. title: Shah Rukh Khan: The 100 Most Influential People of 2023 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte75a26d9f141e59f/698a3bfb86f68e36636f2541/shah-rukh-khan-time100-2023-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 13, 2023 # Shah Rukh Khan by Deepika Padukone  Tim P. Whitby—Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival I’ll never forget the first time I met [Shah Rukh Khan](https://time.com/6269128/shah-rukh-khan-time100-reader-poll-2023/ "undefined"). I had just arrived in Mumbai from Bangalore with one suitcase and a dream. The next thing I knew, I was sitting in his house! I was being considered for a role in a film opposite him. It’s been 16 years since. What makes our relationship special is the love, trust, and respect we have for one another. Shah Rukh Khan will forever be known as one of the greatest actors of all time. But what truly sets him apart is his mind, his chivalry, his generosity. The list goes on … For someone who has known him intimately and cares for him deeply, 150 words will never do justice to the phenomenon that is Shah Rukh Khan. _Padukone is an actor and the founder of the Live Love Laugh Foundation for mental health_ Shah Rukh Khan Is on the 2023 TIME 100 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269827/shah-rukh-khan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269827/shah-rukh-khan/"},"headline":"Shah Rukh Khan","datePublished":"2023-04-13T10:32:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:22:06.403Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269827/shah-rukh-khan/","keywords":["TIME 100","franchise","TIME100 2023","T100ICONS2023"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte75a26d9f141e59f/698a3bfb86f68e36636f2541/shah-rukh-khan-time100-2023-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte75a26d9f141e59f/698a3bfb86f68e36636f2541/shah-rukh-khan-time100-2023-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269827/shah-rukh-khan/","name":"Shah Rukh Khan"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME100 | The 100 Most Influential People of 2023","description":"See all the people on Time's 2023 Time 100 list","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/P6RIsapV/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2023-04-13T10:30:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/P6RIsapV.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269827/shah-rukh-khan/","duration":"PT1M53S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269827/shah-rukh-khan/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```