Everybody has been eagerly waiting for Shah Rukh Khan to declare his next project after the failure of the 2018 film Zero. Rumors have been as Shah Rukh has signed his next film with Rajkumar Hirani in which he will be pairing up opposite Kareena Kapoor Khan. However, in a recent interview with Kareena, the actress denied the news and said that though she is delighted to share screen space with him, there is no film on the cards as yet. Kareena spoke to Mumbai Mirror and said, “No, that’s not true. I love and respect Shah Rukh immensely and would love to work with him again. But there’s nothing happening at the moment.”
However, Kareena didn’t leave the opening to comment on her next film with Irrfan Khan, her co-star in Angrezi Medium. “I was greedy about working with Irrfan, having worked with all the other Khans. The film would tick off another item on my bucket list,” she said. That is directed by Homi Adajania, Angrezi Medium stars Kareena in a small but one of the pivotal roles as a police officer in London. “I love doing different roles and I have never really weighed a part based on its length,” she said, adding that she also wanted to play a police officer for the first time.
“Moreover, I loved Hindi Medium and felt it deserved to be spun into a franchise, unlike most franchises today,” she said. Angrezi Medium is a stand-alone sequel to the 2017 sleeper hit Hindi Medium, starring Irrfan and Pakistani actor Saba Qamar in the lead roles. Kareena said that she had not been offered anything concrete with Irrfan before, and so she “couldn’t lose out on this opportunity”. She was on all admiration for her co-star and called him a “fantastic guy”. She said, “He brings so much respectability to every character around him just by being in the frame. He was all there, looking great and acting amazingly well.”
After Angrezi Medium, Kareena will be collaborating with her 3 Idiots co-star Aamir Khan in Advait Chandan’s Laal Singh Chaddha, which is an official remake of the critically-acclaimed Hollywood film Forrest Gump. The film has been scheduled to hit the screens on Christmas this year. Kareena will be also beginning shooting for Karan Johar’s formidable historical drama Takht this month. The film, which is set in the Mughal era and would revolve around brothers Dara Shikoh and Aurangzeb’s battle for the throne, boasts of an ensemble cast including Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, Janhvi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor and Bhumi Pednekar.
