SRK’s Pathaan designed as biggest action spectacle from Hindi industry, says director Siddharth Anand

Shah Rukh Khan is good to go to make a comeback on screen with the movie Pathaan, after a gap of more than three years. He was most recently seen in 2018 film Zero, which was a disappointment. Presently Pathaan director Siddharth Anand has confessed that there is a lot of pressure and responsibility to deliver a cracking product” since it stars Shah Rukh as the lead.

Speaking about the film, Siddharth said, “Pathaan has been designed to deliver the biggest action spectacle that audiences cannot even expect to see from the Hindi film industry. We are carefully and strategically building the entire campaign to engineer some of the biggest moments for fan hysteria around Pathaan. So, the date announcement video plays to the gallery big time. We knew that the fans were really thirsty for us to announce the film, given we had kept a lid on it for way too long.”

Talking about the star cast of Shah Rukh, Deepika and John in a movie, he added, “We have the most loved superstar of our generation, Shah Rukh Khan, with us. It is an honour and a responsibility for all of us. So, we really can’t misstep at any point and we ensured that this video was bang for the buck for everyone who was eagerly waiting for SRK to announce Pathaan! Add to that, we have the biggest female superstar of our country, Deepika Padukone in the film. This makes Pathan even more exciting as SRK and DP have delivered historic blockbusters.”

He added, “On top of that we have John Abraham, who is undisputed in action and commands a huge and a loyal fan base that waits for him to take things several notches higher with every film that he does. So, there is pressure for us to deliver a cracking product and I love that there is this pressure and anticipation. It pushes me to deliver my best work and I’m hoping to do that again with Pathan.”Shah Rukh had announced the release date of Pathaan in a video earlier this month. He captioned it, I know it’s late… But remember the date… Pathaan time starts now… See you in cinemas on 25th January, 2023. Releasing in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Celebrate #Pathaan with #YRF50 only at a big screen near you.”