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Left to right: Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai and Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan

Dubai: Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan won many hearts on twitter after he responded to a tweet by Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai.

The 21-year-old had tagged Khan in a retweet, with the text “Still waiting!!!!”, wherein British journalist Alan Rusbridger asked the Bollywood actor to attend a talk at the UK-based University of Oxford.

Through his official twitter account, @arusbridger, Rusbridger had posted in 2016: “Can we tempt you to Oxford University to talk to our students at @lmhoxford? They love you (I’m the principal).”

Within 40 minutes of Yousafzai’s query, Khan responded on his twitter account @iamsrk: “Most certainly would love to do it and meeting you will be a privilege. Will put my team to schedule it sooner than soon.”

The tweet already has around 4,000 retweets and more than 22,000 likes.

Khan’s fans expressed their excitement on this exchange and look forward to hearing another talk by him. He has previously given lectures at the UK-based University of Edinburgh, US-based Harvard University and US-based Yale University, among others.

Tweep @JacyKhan tweeted to Khan and wrote: “Masha Allah. Finally the invitation reached you. Pleasure must be all theirs, it would be extremely prestigious for them actually. Such a happy news. Cannot wait for it now.”

@rshah2611 tweeted: “I’m so happy that you saw this tweet immediately. Wow, soon we can expect you at the Oxford University for a lecture. This can be a big thing for all of us to see you there!”

Tweep @iam4sunrise added: “Your thoughts and words are worth sharing, they are gems. Ready to learn from you Dr Khan. Waiting to hear you at Oxford.”

Many of his fans praised Yousafzai for reminding the actor of this opportunity and are now looking forward to the two personalities potentially meeting at the university.

Tweep @SRKsSamina, posted: “God bless you @Malala for getting a positive answer out of him. Thank you!”

@RuchiAngrish tweeted: “@Malala it would be an honour for our @iamsrk to accept your invitation. I am sure he will be delighted. You are our role model and an inspiration to work towards #EqualEducation for every child across the globe. Thank you for inspiring so many girls and women out there.”

Tweep @MomnaMehmud added: “So @Malala and @iamsrk will meet with each other. It’s a great honour for both personalities. Bless both of you.”