Messi met Bollywood superstar

Football legend Lionel Messi met Bollywood superstar and KKR co-owner Shah Rukh Khan at Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium during his GOAT Tour, creating a moment that sent fans of both icons into a frenzy. SRK, accompanied by his son AbRam, greeted Messi with a warm smile soon after the Argentine virtually unveiled his 70-foot statue in Lake Town. Kolkata had already erupted with excitement as thousands welcomed Messi, along with Rodrygo de Paul and Luis Suarez, on his three-day India visit.

Sports mogul Sanjeev Goenka also met Messi and gifted him a ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Legends’ caravan, calling the footballer’s humility the “real headline.” For Messi, the trip feels like a nostalgic return — his last match on Indian soil was back in 2011. Fresh off guiding Inter Miami to their first MLS title, the record champion now heads to Hyderabad for the next leg of his multi-city tour.