Shah Rukh Khan's long speculated project with Malayalam filmmaker Aashiq Abu to finally happen?

Shah Rukh Khan may have been away from the big screen for over three years now but the actor is bailing up a solid kitty of upcoming projects to make a powerful comeback. While Pathan and filmmaker Atlee’s untitled next have been keeping the Bollywood superstar busy, news is that he might also be collaborating with Malayalam filmmaker Aashiq Abu on his next project which will mark his debut in Hindi cinemas.

The talks about the filmmaker’s Bollwyood debut have been around for a while. Buzz started when Shah Rukh Han impressed with the filmmaker’s 2018 film Virus, invited the filmmaker and the team to his home Mannat. A selfie featuring Shahrukh Khan , Aashiq Abu and writer Syam Pushkaran went viral in 2019 leading to rumours that the trio would be collaborating for a film.

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Well, according to recent report, Aashiq Abu had met and discussed an idea with Shah Rukh but the story will take time to develop. As speculated the script is being looked after by the National Award winning writer Syam Pushkaran.

The project has been proceeding at a slow pace owing to the pandemic and has also caused many diversions in Shah Rukh’s schedule since the star and Aashiq last discussed the project.

This collaboration will take its own sweet time to work out. For now, Aashiq Abu is looking forward to the release of his next Malayalam outing Naaradan featuring Tovino Thomas which arrives in cinemas in March.

As for Shah Rukh Khan, the actor is busy shooting 10 day schedule for his next with Atlee and will later take off for Spain with Deepika Padukone for a pending schedule of Pathan. The star will reportedly take up filmmaker Rajkummar Hirani’s immigration drama next which has also been delayed due to the restrictions imposed by the pandemic.

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