New Delhi:

Shah Rukh Khan’s newest movie, Dunki is hitting all the best notes. Directed by Rajkumar Hirani, the film depicts Hardy (SRK) in his youthful days and likewise incorporates a middle-aged model of the character. ‘King Khan’ mentioned taking over “age-centric roles” and being age-honest in Dunki. He stated, “ I am 58 now, aur mujhe aise lagta hai ki mujhe age-centric roles karne chahiye [And I feel that I should take age-centric roles.] And if I get an opportunity in a film, of course, 100 percent. Jab hum… Jawan zada commercial [Jawan was too commercial]… in your face kind of character hai, I won’t call it caricature, but it is an over-the-top old person. But in this film, yeh bahut real hai [It’s very real.] Dunki mein bahut real hai. [It is very real in Dunki.]” SRK additionally stated, “I would say I have been age honest for the first time in Dunki. It’s more close to my age.”

“And Dunki mein ek choti si baat hai, ki ye ek promise hai, ek vaada hai, ek soldier ka. To ek journey hai, to vohi is film ki I think intriguing quality hai. Ki vo jo journey hai vo ek span krti hai time, so like a saga. [In Dunki, there’s a lot of reality. And within Dunki, there’s a small thing – it’s a promise, a vow, of a soldier. So, it’s a journey; that, I think, is the intriguing quality of this film. The journey spans across time, so it’s like a saga.],” Shah Rukh Khan added whereas speaking about his movie.

SRK’s Dunki and Prabhas’ Salaar: Part 1- Ceasefire clashed on the field workplace. On Salaar‘s opening day, Dunki maintained its field workplace momentum, gathering Rs 20.5 crore (throughout all languages), as per a Sacnilk report. The movie, centred round a bunch of buddies aspiring to go overseas, has collected Rs 49.7 crore domestically, inside two days of its launch.

In addition to Shah Rukh Khan, Dunki stars Taapsee Pannu, Vicky Kaushal and Boman Irani.