Shah Rukh Khan to commence filming Rajkumar Hirani’s next in March – more details inside!

It has been more than three years since Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has not graced the silver screen. His last outing was Zero (2018), which failed to score well at the box-office. After the failure of the Aanand L Rai directorial, Khan took a break and did not sign any new project for a long time.

He finally ended his sabbatical with Yash Raj Films’ Pathan, which is currently in production. The superstar also headlines successful Tamil filmmaker Atlee Kumar’s next directorial, tentatively titled Lion.

A leading entertainment portal now reports that soon after calling it a wrap on Pathan, SRK will commence filming Rajkumar Hirani’s next. The untitled film is expected to get off the ground in March, 2022.

Sharing more details, a source in the know informs the publication, “Shah Rukh and Hirani have been wanting to collaborate for a while, and are really excited about this one. Pre-production work has already begun and a large set replicating a village in Punjab will be erected in Mumbai’s Filmcity studio. Construction work will begin in a few days, and a large chunk of the movie will be shot here. Meanwhile, they will also be filming in London and Budapest, recce for which is currently underway.”

Buzz has it that Taapsee Pannu has been roped in to play the female lead in the film. When asked about the same, the actress had recently told another publication, “You will know it from me before anyone else whenever that happens. But let things get finalised and let things move ahead otherwise there will be mere speculations. I will scream and announce the film from rooftops when it's finalised. I am that excited!”

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