Tossup

In a film, the only instance that this actor’s character drinks non-bottled water is when buying some from a poor boy selling water though a train window. In another film, this actor’s character tries to bond with an older man by repeating the word “come” alongside him as they feed some pigeons in a field. In a 2004 film, this actor plays a NASA scientist who returns to his home country to design a hydroelectric project for a village. A character played by this actor calls his father “Pops” and his love interest (*) “Señorita” in a film whose climax popularized a trope in which the male lead extends a hand to pull his love interest onto a departing train. In a film featuring the song “Dola Re Dola,” this star of Swades (“swuh-DAYSH”) plays an alcoholic who falls in love with the courtesan Chandramukhi (“CHUN-druh-moo-kee”). This actor dances on a train in a sequence visualizing A. R. Rahman’s song “Chaiyya Chaiyya.” For 10 points, what hero of 2002’s Devdas, Dil Se.., and DDLJ has (10[1])the initials SRK? ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: Shah Rukh Khan [accept SRK until read; prompt on Khan] (The lead-in refers to a scene from Swades. The second line refers to a scene from DDLJ.)
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