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Bollywood's Shah Rukh Khan's celebration of his personal heroes continues with the leading ladies of his films.

He says he is lucky to have worked with three generations of actresses, it's been "a great learning experience" and that the "heroines have made me the star that I am.

In a male-dominated industry, he thinks actresses deserve the most credit – and talks of stars like Sridevi, "the most beautiful" Madhuri Dixit and "the ever happy and smiling" Juhi Chawla, who were a little senior to him when first they shared screens.

Shah Rukh ponders the next generation of actresses including "the absolutely gorgeous Miss World Aishwarya Rai, my friend and co-actor of many films Kajol, Rani Mukherjee who has the most beautiful eyes in the world, Preity Zinta who's the best buddy anyone can have and Kareena Kapoor who has always given me too much respect".

He also credits leading ladies from the younger generation like "Priyanka Chopra who has always told me that she's a big fan, Deepika Padukone who made me feel that I can still play a lover boy and Katrina Kaif who I'm working with recently."

He reminisces about when he had to dress as a woman for the film Duplicate and how difficult it was in the make-up, wigs and false eyelashes - so difficult that he ended up in hospital for two days after filming!

He credits the actresses' professionalism, hard work and humble nature and explains how he has built the greatest of relationships with many of them.

Producer: Ranjit Doal

First broadcast on the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Asian Network in May 2012.