It seems like filmmaker Siddharth Anand knows how to stay in the news, even with something as simple as the birthday wish. Yesterday, on November 2, 2025, the king of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, celebrated his 60th birthday. Many fans and celebrities alike took to their social media to shower the Kuch Kuch Hota Hai star with birthday wishes. Contributing to the trend, the director of Pathaan and War also wrote a heartfelt birthday message for the megastar. However, to fans, it seemed not only like a simple wish but also an indirect jab at Prabhas and Spirit director Sandeep Reddy Vanga.
More about Sandeep’s remarks
For the unversed, last week, Sandeep Reddy Vanga put out the audio teaser for his upcoming film with Prabhas as the lead, Spirit. However, it wasn’t only the hype of the film or the content of the teaser that made the headline. The teaser introduces Prabhas as “India's Biggest Superstar." This title instantly led to debates across various fandoms.
Shah Rukh Khan fans came ahead, mentioning how the king of Bollywood still has the title, and crowning Prabhas as the biggest superstar of India would be false.
Siddharth’s post
Days later, on the occasion of SRK’s birthday, Siddharth Anand shared an adorable picture with the megastar and captioned it as, “When stars go beyond being ‘just a superstar,’ they are called ?. Happy Birthday, INDIA’S KING."
When stars go beyond being “just a superstar” they are called ?
Happy Birthday INDIA’s KING pic.twitter.com/NZmChE3OIy
— Siddharth Anand (@justSidAnand) November 2, 2025
As soon as the post went online, the eagle-eyed fans instantly started drawing correlations between the two incidents. They considered the post a subtle dig at Veddy’s claims of Prabhas being the biggest superstar of the nation.
The fans, with their ever-eternal sense of humor, started reacting to the post with memes and jokes about the situation. No Vanga was harmed in the making of this post!" while someone else penned down, "This is the battle we need—Vanga vs Sid!"
People also started making puns about the timing of the post, with one of them saying, "What a spirited birthday wish!"
More about King
This entire incident came just some time after Siddhart had revealed the first look of the upcoming film, King, which stars Shah Rukh Khan in it. With the line “Hazaar jurm, 100 deshon mein badnaam… duniya ne diya sirf ek hi naam—darr nahi, deh shat hoon," the actor seems to have stolen the hearts of fans again with his undeniable charm.
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