It’s not every day that Bollywood’s three Khans, Aamir, Salman, and Shah Rukh share the stage together, so fans were in for a treat at the Joy Forum 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The trio came together at the two-day global event, which brought entertainment leaders from around the world to the creative summit.
An awestruck moment came when Aamir Khan treated the audience to a performance of the 1968 hit “Oh Re Taal Mile Nadi Ke Jal Mein” from the movie Anokhi Raat, while Salman and Shah Rukh cheered him on.
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Adding to the fun, Salman jokingly said that he and Shah Rukh were Aamir’s “background dancers” as they waved their hands while Aamir sang. When Aamir finished, Shah Rukh urged the crowd to give him a big round of applause, by saying, “His first public performance of classical singing…And in Saudi Arabia!” This was a light-hearted moment during the intensive panel attended by the trio who spoke at length on a number of topics such as fame, careers, the movie industry and shared personal anecdotes.
The moment was one for the history books as it is not only rare to catch Aamir, Salman and Shah Rukh together but impossible to see them playfully break out into song and other shenanigans. The crowd was predictably entertained and lauded the interaction with claps and cheers. For those who grew up with the three Khans on the silver screen, the moment was also a major callback to their earlier days when the three would interact across different stages and film sets. To see them together was nostalgic and a reminder of their enormous legacies that helped shape modern Bollywood.
The Joy Forum 2025
The Joy Forum is an annual convention held to “catalyse” strategic partnerships and foster ideas. According to their official website the Joy Forum has been described as being, “Under the patronage of H.E. Turki Al-alshikh, Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, JOY Forum 2025 convenes the world’s most influential leaders across entertainment, technology, media, and policy. Over two high-impact days in Riyadh, the Forum catalyses strategic partnerships, unveils forward-looking ideas, and sets the agenda for the next era of global entertainment.”
This year it was held on October 16 and 17 and hosted global celebrities across different mediums such as Lee Jung Jae of Squid Games fame, legendary actor Lee Byung-Hun, Youtubers MrBeast and iShowspeed. Other prominent figures also made an appearance such as Tennis player Novak Djokovic, Basketball player Shaquille O’Neal, UFC president Dana White and others.
