“Everybody In My Office Went Nuts…” Ambassador Garcetti On SRK Meeting

NEW DELHI (ANI) – Recalling his meeting with Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan during his first couple of weeks here in India, US Ambassador Eric Garcetti said that upon knowing that he met the actor, everybody in his office went nuts, and could not believe it in the first place.

According to Garcetti, he was not aware of the love that is there for Shah Rukh Khan across the country, which he eventually came to know when people in his office questioned him saying, “Oh, my God, did you know who you met?”

“I think when I visited Shah Rukh Khan in my first couple of weeks here, we talked cricket because, of course, he’s involved as a cricket owner. He owns part of the Los Angeles team. Everybody in my office went nuts,” Garcetti said.

Garcetti underlined that this is exactly the fun part of his job, where it is not just about the policy but rather about the people.

“Because at the end of the day, people will come and go who are politicians. But if we know each other, that will sustain our lives,” Garcetti said.

“And this relationship too, India-US relationship, people-to-people driven. And I hope that I can bring more of the Indian people to America because I think the bridge from here to America is very strong. Indians really know Americans, and everybody has a cousin or a friend… in America…” he added.

Notably, Garcetti met Shah Rukh Khan in May last year at the actor’s residence, ‘Mannat’ in Mumbai, and discussed Bollywood and its “huge cultural impact” across the globe.