Shah Rukh Khan who was recently awarded with Pardo alla Carriera aka Career Leopard at the 77th Locarno Film Festival has recently revealed about his next project. After three back-to-back hits -- Pathaan, Jawan and Dunki -- the Badshah of Bollywood will next be seen in a film tile King, which also stars his daughter Suhana Khan who had made her debut with Zoya Akhtar's The Archies last year.??
While talking to Giona A Nazzaro, the artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival, he revealed about his forthcoming project King, to be directed by Sujoy Ghosh, who is known for helming some of the cult films like Jhankaar Beats, Kahaani, Kahaani 2 and Badla among others. SRK revealed that he has been keen on doing "age-centric" roles for past six to seven years now. He discussed the same with Sujoy, who works at his office, he told him that he had a subject on mind.?
Khan who was seen sporting six-pack abs in Pathaan revealed that he will have to shed some weight for King. "The next film IĄ¯m doing, King, I have to start working on it. I have to lose some weight a little, and stretch a little, so my groin doesnĄ¯t get caught while doing action. It is painful. ItĄ¯s the worst thing to see me on sets after action because I look really cool in the film, but IĄ¯m all tied up, and suddenly you see people and send flying kisses."
The film which will be produced under the banner of?Red Chillies Entertainment will reportedly star Khan's daughter?Suhana Khan. If the grapevine is true, this will be Suhana's theatrical debut as she has previously starred in an OTT movie. Furthermore, reports suggest that the makers are eyeing to rope in a South Indian actor as the main villain the action-thriller film.?Pathaan director Siddharth Anand is also a part of the project. It is said that he will oversee the high-octane action-sequences in the movie.?Anirudh Ravichander, who composed music for Jawan, will once again collaborate with Khan for this film.?
The shooting of the film was supposed to start in?July or August. However, looks like it has been delayed. Is Shah Rukh Khan's weight loss the reason behind it??
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