November 2 is an auspicious day not just for King Khan fans but also for film aficionados across the country. The birthday of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is revered and celebrated, and the fan frenzy takes unprecedented heights. However, this time around, November 2 is akin to a birthday of relief and not celebrations in the true sense of the term as Shah Rukh Khan is far away from the limelight at his farm house in Alibaug. Beleaguered by his son’s alleged involvement in the drugs-on-cruise case which ruffled several feathers, the Badshah who turns 56 today, saw his image get a beating with even some sections of the media putting the blame on SRK and his wife Gauri for failing to live up to the billing of being "worthy parents".

But with Aryan out on bail, the smile is back on King Khan’s face. However, the customary waving at his fans from his Mumbai home Mannat was missing on Tuesday. And as media reports indicate, he along with wife Gauri and sons Aryan and AbRam, ushered in a low-key birthday unlike previous years.

However, there is no dearth of zeal among fans as they thronged in numbers outside his Bandra residence with cakes and bouquets. In fact SRK’s manager Pooja Dadlani has spilled the beans on his boss’s plans to a senior cop who is in charge of managing the crowd outside Mannat.

A man who loves to be the cynosure and is a prolific social media user, SRK has surprised many with his stoic silence all throughout the Aryan episode which was beset with meticulous and at times harsh scrutiny. Despite his IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders’ implausible turnaround in the second leg of the cash-rich tournament, SRK preferred not to go gaga. King Khan who tweets at the drop of a hat to air his emotions irrespective of his team’s performance, did raise quite a few eyebrows with his stance. And his subdued birthday celebrations are only an extension of the poise he has been maintaining since his son’s incarceration and subsequent release. But the film fraternity is inundating him with wishes that is a reflection of SRK’s stardom which hasn’t hit a purple patch in recent times with not even a single release since Zero in 2018.

Right from Madhuri Dixit, Anushka Sharma to Karisma Kapoor, Vinod Kambli, his IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Katrina Kaif, wishes have been pouring in. Yet, SRK maintains silence. His fans are ofcourse dying to hear a word from their icon.