Siddharth Anand talks about Pathaan; says, ‘Directing Shah Rukh Khan is a big responsibility’

Shah Rukh Khan starrer Pathaan is set to release on January 25 and recently the trailer of the movie was screened at the Burj Khalifa to promote the venture. As this will be SRK’s comeback movie after 4 years the expectations with this movie are quite high and it has put a lot of pressure on Pathaan’s director Siddharth Anand.

Pathaan

Talking about the same, the director has revealed that directing SRK for this movie is a responsibility as there are huge expectations and excitement involved with his movies. “Directing SRK is a responsibility and it’s even greater now because of the break that he had taken and that has created immense expectations and excitement with his audience,” Siddharth said. “I am realising now, towards the end of the film into its release, 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,” he added.

Deepika and SRK

Furthermore, as Pathaan marks the reunion of SRK and Deepika after Happy New Year, the task to show them in a new way has been a great challenge for Siddharth. “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,” the director revealed while talking about their pairing.

“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,” he concluded.