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The actor, who was feted with a Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum summit in Davos along with Hollywood celebrities Cate Blanchett and Elton John, spoke at length on gender equality in Bollywood and the cultural differences in India. 

Shah Rukh was asked if he has witnessed sexual misconduct in the Hindi film industry and done anything about it. 

“At a level when I’m making films or working in films, we are very clear about the attitude to women. Even the smallest aspects, of the names coming first in title, which is not going to do anything, but the kind of respectability,” said Shah Rukh. 

“Even this small thing needs to be done just to bring about the equality. Just see what we’ve reduced ourselves to. You know, to put a girl’s name in front just to show what little guys we are, thinking of them as equals. I have never personally, first hand and nobody, if I may say, nobody dared misbehave with a woman on my set, I am very clear on that,” he added. 

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