Shah Rukh Khan talks about his upcoming film “King”, which will be directed by Sujoy Ghosh. The actor shared the information during the live session at the 77th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, where he was honoured with the prestigious Pardo Alla Carriera Award, on August 11.
Shah Rukh Khan has confirmed that his next role will be in Sujoy Ghosh’s ‘King’. After receiving the prestigious award at the Locarno Film Festival on August 10, the superstar spoke about his career and achievements in a conversation with Giona A. Nazzaro, artistic director of the film festival.
SRK also shared the story of how he chose the film. The 58-year-old actor said he wanted to do a “certain kind of film” after Jawan and Dunki. “Maybe it is more age-centric and it is something I have been trying for 7 years. One day, I mentioned it to Sujoy Ghose, he said, ‘Sir, I have a subject,’” the actor said about the film.
He said he has a desire to make a genre that could be comedy, courtroom drama or social drama. “I just put it out there, I meet a couple of people, some of them have an issue, I listen to it, I spend time with them and we just go ahead and make the film,” he added.
While talking about the preparation process, SRK shared that he is currently doing King and the shooting of the film has already begun. The Chennai Express actor also revealed that he lost weight for the film so that his groin doesn’t catch while performing the action, which he described as painful and sore.
Explaining the difficulty of doing action sequences, SRK said, “I have two bags full of icing machines. It’s the worst thing that can happen to me on the set after an action. I look great in the film, but afterwards I look tied up, as if someone is pressing on my back. It’s difficult to walk and suddenly you see people and you blow kisses at them.”
The actor reportedly said that he would be sharing the screen with his daughter Suhana Khan. According to a report published by Peeping Moon, Abhishek Bachchan will be playing a negative role for the first time in such a big-scale commercial film. Abhishek was surprised when he was offered the role and without wasting any time, he accepted the offer.
The report also claimed that this is a special role and Siddharth Anand has plans to introduce Abhishek in a never-seen-before avatar.
More about ‘King’
King will be the theatrical debut of Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan, who previously starred in Zoya Akhtar’s coming-of-age period drama The Archies. The series premiered on Netflix last year.
Abhishek Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Sujoy previously collaborated for their 2021 thriller film Bob Biswas, where Abhishek Bachchan played the lead role and SRK and Sujoy produced the film and it was directed by Sujoy’s daughter Divya.
First published: August 12, 2024 | 17:05 IS
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