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zero direcTor
aanand l rai:
needed Somebody
aS STrong aS
Shah ruKh Khan
To play ThiS role
anand L Rai is excited for his next directorial Zero, starring Aanand, who is a champion of small town romances
Shah Rukh Khan. The filmmaker. whose latest production has directed hit films like Tanu Weds Manu, Raanjhanaa
AManmarziyaan is doing decent business at the box office, and Tanu Weds Manu: Returns. While his home banner
spoke about working with King Khan Colour Yellow Productions keeps churning out back-to-
back films, he takes time to get on the director’s seat.
“The story needed Shah Rukh Khan and that’s why he is there. It’s And now that he is doing Zero, expectations are already
not that ‘now let me work with Shah Rukh Khan’, that was not the high.
decision. I needed somebody as strong as him to come onboard
because you need to be a very self-assured actor to play this role. “I see my graph changing as a storyteller. Nothing else.
To let go those two feet is not easy. But then you have to be very Trust me it’s not changing with the size of the film, it is
sure about yourself and Shah Rukh Khan is very sure about himself,” only changing with the story. I always say Zero is another
Aanand said on working with SRK. leap. But it’s a leap as a form of a story,” Aanand shared
when asked whether he was growing in terms of getting
While most of the stuff around its plot is still kept under wraps, all bigger stars onboard with his every new directorial.
Aanand said was, “I will give you a lot of fun. Again, I will give
you a lot of emotion. I will give you a lot of happiness and it’s an Zero also stars Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif and
extension of what I have done before, but this time I have made it is slated to release on December 21 this year.
more challenging.”
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