Mumbai: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan will soon be seen sharing screen space with his daughter Suhana Khan in ‘King’, and the film has already created a lot of excitement.
Actor Saurabh Shukla, who is also part of the film, spoke about their bond on set. He said that despite being father and daughter, both Shah Rukh and Suhana behaved very professionally while working.
In a chat with Siddharth Kannan, Saurabh also remembered his early days with Shah Rukh and talked about working with him again on ‘King’.
“I worked with him in Badshah. He was a rising star then. At that time, I didn’t meet him much; we interacted only briefly. Over the years, I have met Shah Rukh at different times in different ways. Shah Rukh is definitely a very good businessman; his business sense is excellent. Otherwise, it is not possible to create such an empire and hold it single-handedly. Of course, now there is an army of people, but he has created that army himself. He has great support from his family; all of that is there,” Saurabh said.
The actor also opened up about witnessing Shah Rukh in a completely different light as a father while working on ‘King’.
“Shah Rukh is a very wise father. There is being protective, but I think he gives ample freedom to his children because they have their own voice. He is not possessive or overly protective. Of course, a father will be protective, but he is wonderful. On set, he was like a colleague, like a co-actor with Suhana. He was rehearsing and suggesting things like any co-actor would,” he said.
Apart from SRK and Suhana, the film also stars Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Arshad Warsi, and Jaideep Ahlawat in key roles.
During a fan meet, Shah Rukh spoke about his character in King and said, “The character of King is very interesting. Siddharth and Sujoy Ghosh have written it with a lot of love. And it has a lot of evil in it. He’s a killer. He kills people. But for storytelling, it’s very important that heroes like me play different roles: some inspiring, some comic, some romantic. So that’s what I’m trying to do now. I do one big film every one or two years because I also know that making films has become very difficult now. So films should be made carefully, so that I don’t let people down.”
Produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and Marflix Pictures, ‘King’ is scheduled to release in cinemas on December 24, 2026.
