SRK returns as “Don” not in Farhan Akhtar’s Don 3 but in “King” featuring Suhana Khan
SRK returns as “Don” not in Farhan Akhtar’s Don 3 but in “King” featuring Suhana Khan
It’s a well-known fact in Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan is no stranger to portraying grey characters. And given his memorable performances in Darr, Anjaam, Baazigar, and Raees, there is every likelihood of portraying another grey role in his next.
Though the actor may play a Don again, but not as the titular character as in Farhan Akhtar’s Don 3. As per a reports the actor will play a Don in his next film, King, directed by Sujoy Ghosh co-featuring his daughter Suhana Khan in her theatrical debut.
A source quotes saying that Shah Rukh Khan is making films for the audience and is well aware about their urge to see him in shades of grey. King is his passionate project and he has been meticulously working on all aspects of the project with Siddharth Anand and Sujoy Ghosh. They have collectively carved a very cool full of attitude and swag character with shades of grey for SRK in King.”
Although, the character designing is already done, Siddharth Anand is presently working on the action blocks with international stunt teams. Sujoy, on the other hand, is getting the dialogue draft ready, whereas SRK is overseeing the creative process and training with Suhana on some new-age action sequences.
Shah Rukh is no stranger to grey roles. He’s played similar characters in Yash Chopra’s romantic thriller Darr, Abbas-Mustan’s revenge thriller Baazigar, and Rahul Rawail’s psychological thriller Anjaam. More recently, he embraced grey shades in Rahul Dholakia’s action film Raees.
His most popular rendition of a grey or negative character is the titular character of Don in Farhan Akhtar’s crime thriller franchise. However, he won’t reprise the part in Don 3. Ranveer Singh will now play the titular character, opposite Kiara Advani.
And about “King”, it’s rumored to be the next film of Shah Rukh after his hattrick hits from last year – Pathaan, Jawan, and Dunki. It will also reportedly mark the theatrical debut of Suhana Khan, Shah Rukh’s daughter who made her acting debut with Zoya Akhtar’s period coming-of-age film The Archies, which released on Netflix India last year. Suhana is likely to play a disciple of Shah Rukh in King.
Produced by Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment, the Sujoy Ghosh’s directorial “King” will be reportedly directed by Sujoy is co-produced by Siddharth Anand’s Marflix Pictures.
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