Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan was on Saturday (12) stopped by customs officials at the airport in his home town Mumbai while returning from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, reports said.
According to a ETimes report that cited sources from the Air Intelligence Unit, the 57-year-old superstar, who was travelling in a private chartered aircraft, was carrying watches worth Rs 1.8 million (£18,918).
He reportedly was asked to pay a fine of Rs 683,000 (£7,179).
Khan, one of the most popular actors of Indian film industry Bollywood, was in Sharjah to attend the Sharjah International Book Fair on Friday (11) evening.
At the event, Khan had advised his fans, “Hold an honest and a gentle heart… there’s nothing needed to lead this life more successfully than these two qualities in your heart.”
At the book fair, Khan also became the first personality to be honoured with the International Icon of Cinema and Cultural Narrative award.
“There will be times when we have to cheat with life,” he said.
“There will be times when we have to cheat with people around us but in that one moment of weakness , if you can keep an honest and a gentle heart, then you will have the greatest life Allah and God and Bhagwan has given you.”
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