Shah Rukh Khan celebrates with an award in the Piazza Grande area during the 77th Locarno International Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland. Photo Credit: Jean-Christophe Bot
We recently reported that Shah Rukh Khan has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Locarno Film Festival 2024 in Switzerland. He was given the prestigious Pardo alla Carriera Award for his contribution to cinema. At the event, Khan confirmed that his next film is King And shared some details on it.
Speaking to Giona A. Nazzaro, artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival, during a live chat, Khan said, “I young And Dinky last year. Now, there is a certain kind of film that I want to do. Maybe it’s more age-centric and it’s something I’ve been trying for 7 years. One day, I spoke to Sujoy Ghosh about it in his office. He said, ‘Sir, I have a subject.’
Elaborating on his choice of films, the veteran actor said, “It’s very simple. I wish to work in a genre; it could be comedy, courtroom drama or social. I just put it in the air, I meet a few people, some of them have a subject, I listen to it, I spend time with them and we just go ahead and make the film.”
Talking about his upcoming film he said, “The next film I am doing, KingI have to start working on it. I have to lose weight and stretch a little so that my back doesn’t get any problems while doing action. It’s very painful and sore. I have two bags full of icing machines. The worst thing is to see me on the set after action. I look really good in the film, but after that, I look tied up, someone is pressing my back. It’s difficult to walk and then suddenly you see people and send them flying kisses.”
More details about the upcoming film are expected to be announced soon. As per reports, King The film will also star Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan, which will be their first collaboration. The young actress recently made her acting debut in Zoya Akhtar’s film. The Archies Also present were Boney Kapoor and Sridevi’s daughter Khushi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan’s grandson Agastya Nanda.
Meanwhile, Shah Rukh Khan, who voiced Mufasa in the Hindi-dubbed version of the 2019 live-action The Lion Kingreturning to voice the character in director Barry Jenkins’ film Mufasa: The Lion KingWhich will be released in India on December 20, 2024 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Interestingly, the actor’s sons Aryan and AbRam are also a part of the film; Aryan will voice Simba while AbRam will voice young Mufasa.
