SRK’s Four-Year Break Has Created Enormous Excitement For ‘Pathaan’: Director Siddharth Anand

Mumbai, 16th January 2023: One of the most anticipated movies to release this year is ‘Pathaan’, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, and John Abraham.

In a video posted by the film’s producers, director Siddharth Anand explains why ‘Pathaan’ has become the most anticipated movie and how SRK’s comeback to the big screen after a four-year absence has boosted the film’s enormous excitement.

Siddharth says, “Directing SRK is a responsibility and it’s, even more, greater now because of the break that he had taken and that has created immense expectations and excitement with his audience. I am realising now, towards the end of the film into the release of the film, what and how large that fan base is. So yeah, that is an amazing feeling and it’s somewhere exciting because we know that we have hopefully made a film that they will be happy and proud of.”

While talking about pairing SRK and Deepika pairing in Pathaan, Siddharth says, “Just the fact that SRK and DP have done so many films before and fortunately all of them have been successful. It became a challenge to see how different can they look and so, our team worked you know intricately to present them in a new way.”

‘Pathaan’, directed by Siddharth Anand, will be released in theatres on January 25.