India, Aug. 4 -- Congratulatory messages have been pouring in for actor Shah Rukh Khan after his National Award win. The 71st National Film Awards were announced, recognising Shah Rukh as Best Actor for his performance in Atlee's Jawan. Reacting to the news, one of Shah Rukh's oldest friends also wished him.

Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Viveck Vaswani shared an old picture of Shah Rukh smiling at him. He wrote, "Congratulations @iamsrk on the National Award! Very late but very, very deserving!" Responding to him, Shah Rukh replied, "Thank u for the wishes. All started with you. Raju finally ban gaya gentleman."

Shah Rukh and Viveck were in the 1992 film Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman. While Shah Rukh played Raj 'Raju' Mathur, Viveck played ...