Zee Cine Awards 2024: Atlee touches Shah Rukh Khan’s feet after winning Best Director award for Jawan, gets hugged by superstar

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Jawan marked the first collaboration between Shah Rukh Khan and Atlee. The film, which also featured a star-studded cast including Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Deepika Padukone, Priyamani, Sanya Malhotra, Ridhi Dogra, Lehar Khan, Girija Oak, and Sanjeeta Bhattacharya, was the director’s debut Bollywood directorial. Jawan, released last year, was a box office success, grossing a whopping Rs 1160 crore at the global box office, as per Sacnilk.com.

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The success of Jawan has prompted the director to think of a second film with the superstar. Speaking at the ABP Conclave, Atlee had expressed his admiration for the 58-year-old actor and his desire to work with him again. “I love all his films, DDLJ, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Om Shanti Om, Chennai Express, I can go on and on… For me, he is the face of Indian cinema to the world. So, it is a dream to work with Mr Shah Rukh sir,” he said. Atlee went on to describe Shah Rukh as the ‘best man’ he has ever met and expressed his hope to collaborate with him again on a project even better than Jawan. “Of course, definitely I will crack a subject better than Jawan, and I will go to him for sure. I will narrate and I will go to him for sure. I will narrate it, if he likes definitely it will happen. I know he loves me a lot… he is something else.”