Bollywood fans up and down the country will be celebrating the return of Shah Rukh Khan in the Indian Hindi-language film, Pathaan.
Khan’s first film in four years, it sees the Bollywood heavyweight star in the lead role as a spy taking on a terrorist group whose next target is India.
The high-octane spy thriller is expected to be a huge success for South Asian film, with the official trailer wracking up 57 million views in just a fortnight.
Aditya Chopra and ace director Siddharth Anand worked relentlessly to make ‘Pathaan’ India’s biggest action spectacle. The visually spectacular Yash Raj Films’ action extravaganza, is part of Aditya Chopra’s ambitious spy universe and has the biggest superstars of the country.
Siddharth said: “When one sets out to make the spectacle action film of India with one of the all time biggest heroes of our country, Shah Rukh Khan, you need to have a champion team that is unified in the vision.
“Thankfully we got an A-team that came together to push the visual envelope with ‘Pathaan’ and I was delighted to have someone like Casey O’Neill, who has extensively worked with Tom Cruise, to be by our side.”
Emmy award-nominated Casey, regarded as one of the best action directors in Hollywood, is the brain behind Tom Cruise’s death-defying stunts in films like ‘Jack Reacher’, ‘Mission Impossible’ series films, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, and has also worked with Marvel Studios and Steven Spielberg to name a few!
For Bollywood lovers, coming up next month is Kali Jotta, directed by Vijay Kuma Arora and starring Neeru Bajwa, Satinder Sartaaj and Wamiqa Gabbi in leading roles.
There’s more than meets the eye to this Punjabi romance, which tells the story of happy-go-lucky Rabia, whose bubbly and outgoing personality causes a problem for societal patriarchy. The film will be in cinemas from 3rd February.
Also out soon (10th February) is Shehzada, which tells the story of Bantu, who has been hated by his father for as long as he can remember – only to find out as an adult he was switched at birth.
Directed by Rohit Dhawan, Shehzada is an official remake of the Telugu film Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo and stars Kartik Aaryan in the lead role.
Last but not least, after almost a decade director Luv Ranjan is returning to the rom-com genre with Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar.
Coming to screens from 10th March, the film follows Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor, who fall head over heels in love – only to find out they’re from two very different walks of life.
