On August 8, Shah Rukh Khan grabbed headlines as Deepika Padukone celebrated 11 years of Chennai Express. Deepika posted a behind-the-scenes video from the sets of the 2013 movie. In the clip, SRK called his co-star Deepika “Singham 5” and both of them made Ajay Devgn (Bajirao Singham’s) signature pose from the movie.

A source close to the development of King told Pinkvilla that the makers have locked the script of the upcoming film and identified shooting locations in India and abroad.

“The production team is now on the final step to get the entire ensemble cast in place alongside Shah Rukh Khan, Suhana Khan and Abhishek Bachchan, as they are aiming to take the film on floors from November 2024,” the source added.

Filmmaker Siddharth Anand is producing SRK’s full-fledged actioner, King. SRK was last seen in the lead role in Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki in 2023, co-starring Taapsee Pannu.

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At the special screening of Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba, celebs like Taapsee Pannu, Vikrant Massey, Aparshakti Khurana, Abhishek Banerjee, Dia Mirza, Jimmy Sheirgill, Sonam Bajwa, actor couple Sargun Mehta and Ravi Dubey, Sharad Kelkar, Sumona Chakravarti, and others arrived. Sunny and Vicky’s parents, father Sham Kaushal and mom Veena Kaushal also attended the event.

Talking to The Indian Express, Taapsee Pannu shared that Haseen Dillruba was supposed to arrive in 2020 instead of 2021, the same year as her film Thappad. But that didn’t happen due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She recalled, “When Haseen Dillruba released in 2021, I had planned two films a year, but it so happened that I could only have one (in 2020), and then everything got piled on and it started coming out as a burst!”

Yet again, two of her movies Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba and Khel Khel Mein are releasing back-to-back this month. Calling it the “other extreme,” Taapsee stated that she didn’t want this. But it’s a relief since one is releasing on OTT and the other in cinemas. For the unknown, Khel Khel Mein also stars Akshay Kumar, Ammy Virk, Vaani Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Aditya Seal, and Pragya Jaiswal. It is scheduled to hit theatres on August 15, 2024.