Shah Rukh Khan received the prestigious Pardo alla Carriera (Career Leopard) at the 77th Locarno Film Festival on August 10.
During an interview with Variety magazine, Shah Rukh was asked about his next project to which he revealed that his upcoming film is called King, directed by Sujoy Ghosh and produced by the director of Pathaan, Siddharth Anand.
“It is an action drama, it’s a Hindi film. It’ll be interesting. I’ve been wanting to do a film like this for some time, and I really wanted to do a film like this for seven, or eight years,“ he said.
The Dunki actor also praised filmmaker Sujoy.
“We just felt Sujoy would be the right choice, because we wanted it to be very emotionally correct. We are all coming together to make a cool, massy, action, emotional film,” he added.
Shah Rukh Khan will play a don in his upcoming movie alongside his daughter, Suhana Khan, and Abhishek Bachchan, who will portray the villain.
Talking about the preparation for the film, Shah Rukh Khan said, “The character in King requires me to lose some weight and engage in rigorous stretching exercises.”
