Shah Rukh Khan's break from screen created immense excitement for Pathaan: Director Siddharth Anand

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NEW DELHI: 'Pathaan' has become one of the most anticipated Hindi films to release worldwide in a long, long time. Touted as one of the biggest ever action spectacles that audiences will see in theatres, the visually spectacular Yash Raj Films' action extravaganza 'Pathaan', is part of Aditya Chopra's ambitious spy universe. The cast ensembles include the biggest superstars of the country including the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, John Abraham along with Dimple Kapadia, Ashutosh Rana and Gautam Rode. 

Director Siddharth Anand, in a video released by Yash Raj Films, talks about why 'Pathaan' has become the most hyped film globally and how SRK's return to the cinemas after four years has added to the humongous buzz that the film is carrying.

Sid says, "Directing SRK is a responsibility and it's even more greater now because of the break that he had taken and that has created immense expectations and excitement with his audience. I am realising now, towards the end of the film into the release of the film, what and how large that fan base is. So yeah, that is an amazing feeling and it's somewhere exciting because we know that we have hopefully made a film that they will be happy and proud of."

About the electrifying SRK and Deepika pairing in Pathaan, Sid says, "Just the fact that SRK and DP have done so many films before and fortunately all of them have been really successful. It became a challenge to see how different can they look and so, our team really worked  you know intricately to present them in a new way."

SRK and Deepika are one of the biggest on-screen pairings in the history of Indian cinema given their epic blockbusters Om Shanti Om, Chennai Express and Happy New Year. 

Sid says, "The fact that DP is looking different from her films and SRK is looking different from his films, automatically their pairing will look fresh. So that is the approach we took and it's amazing, I think the audience is loving it."

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YRF's adrenalin- pumping film, Pathaan, is set to release on Jan 25, 2023 in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. All the assets of the film that YRF has released so far have turned out to be super-hits right from the teaser, the two songs - Besharam Rang & Jhoome Jo Pathaan - and the recently dropped trailer that has caused an internet meltdown!