India, Nov. 4 -- And what that says about the rest of us... By any measure, Shah Rukh Khan turning 60 should have been a love story. The internet certainly thinks so. Timelines are flooded with clips of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Veer-Zaara - scenes of him running through mustard fields, declaring undying love, teaching a generation that romance isn't about grand gestures but about the gaze that lingers half a second too long. For many, SRK isn't an actor; he's an emotion - one that smells faintly of rain and heartbreak and Kajol's dupatta flying in slow motion.

And yet, when Shah Rukh Khan looks at the world now, he no longer reaches for love. He reaches for guns, vengeance and six-pack abs. Pathaan, Jawan, Dunki and no...