Shah Rukh Khan Lauds South Indian Cinema

Mumbai, August 12 - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan delivered the biggest blockbuster of his career in the form of Jawan which was released last year. The movie was directed by Tamil filmmaker Atlee and has other cast and crew from Tamil cinema.

Jawan was lauded by critics and audiences alike for having the South Indian flavour in terms of providing big-scale action entertainment and no wonder, King Khan has lauded South Indian cinema, calling it fantastic in terms of cinematically and technically.



During an interaction at the Locarno Film Festival where the Pathaan star was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award, Shah Rukh Khan spoke about the diversity of Indian cinema, and especially heaped high praise on Southern Indian film industries.

"For years, the idea of regionalizing Indian cinema seemed wrong to me. Our country is so vast, and we don't just have different dialects but we have entirely different languages. There's Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, and so many more. It's all Indian cinema and some of the greatest storytelling in India comes from the South", said SRK.

He further added that "Cinematically and technically, South cinema is really fantastic. With recent hits like Jawan, RRR, and Baahubali, the world is finally starting to notice what we've always known in India".



Shah Rukh Khan previously worked with Tamil director Mani Ratnam's Dil Se.. in 1998 and it was a big box office success worldwide. The actor revealed that he had the desire to work in the South after Dil Se.. and it finally happened with Jawan which he calls a great experience.

"South cinema has a specific style, with larger-than-life heroes and lots of music. I really enjoyed that. Jawan was a great experience for me. It was one of the first true fusions of Hindi and South Indian cinema that transcended boundaries and was loved across the nation", he added.

Meanwhile, SRK will soon start director Sujoy Ghosh's King which will be released in 2025. The actor has also been confirmed to reprise his voice role in the dubbed Hindi version of Disney's Mufasa: The Lion King which is scheduled to be released on December 20, 2024.

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