Pathaan – another banger from Shah Rukh Khan, with Deepika Padukone and John Abraham.
Shah Rukh Khan was last seen on the big screen in ‘Zero ‘ in December 2018, FOUR YEARS that is 1,460 days, that’s how long it has been since we have seen The Badshah of Bollywood on the silver screen.
Undoubtedly, the fans are elated as Shah Rukh Khan is coming back with Siddharth Anand’s spy action thriller “Pathaan ” alongside Deepika Padukone and John Abraham. John Abraham will be the hot ‘bad’ guy in the movie, and Deepika, as we all know, is flawlessly beautiful, but it was SRK who stole the show in the trailer and songs with his chiseled abs.
Well, the countdown has begun, only one day left, and the fans waiting with bated breath to see their superstar in action on the big screen can witness the magic of SRK and the “too hot to handle” cast of “Pathaan” in nearby cinemas super soon. Till then, here we are with everything that you need to know about Pathaan, just a day ahead of its release;
Pathaan Release Date and Advance Booking Pathaan will release in cinemas worldwide on January 25, 2023, in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.
On 20th January 2023, advance bookings for the Pathaan movie opened in India, and the nation truly went berserk!!! Pathaan received the most enthusiastic response any Bollywood movie has received in a while, thus hoping that it marks a tremendous beginning of 2023 for the Film Industry.
Cinema-goers are excited, and the terrific advance bookings have reopened the 25 single screens this week across India, which were shut. With the surge in advance bookings for the movie, early morning shows have opened up as well, making Pathaan the first movie of Shah Rukh Khan to have 6 am shows.
Chief Programming Officer at INOX multiplex chain, Rajendra Singh Jyala, said,
“It is one of the best advances that we have had at INOX at our 722 screens across India. We have sold more than 1.5 lac tickets for Wednesday and more than 3.5 lac till Sunday. The film is going to break the advance booking of ‘KGF 2’ and will do an opening business of Rs 45 to 50 cr.”
Star Cast The cast of Pathaan includes Shah Rukh Khan , Deepika Padukone , Salman Khan , John Abraham, Ashutosh Rana, Dimple Kapadia, and Siddhant Ghegadmal
Shah Rukh Khan plays the role of Pathaan who is a field agent of RAW who battles a threatening bad guy who sets out to destroy the security system of India, played by John Abraham.
Makers of Pathaan released a video on YouTube in conversation with John Abraham, talking about his character; he said, “Jim is cool. Jim is dangerous, and Jim brings back the old John Abraham from Dhoom ! I totally love the action sequences of ‘Pathaan’ because most of them are mobile.
One sequence was, of course, on motorcycles in the snow, one was on a truck, so again we were moving, and the third is in the air, which is, wow, fantastic. So, each one was in movement, and they were fantastic. “
Pathaan in a visually stunning action display by Yash Raj Films, is the fourth film of the ambitious spy universe of Aditya Chopra. Pathan not only brings Shah Rukh to the big screen after four years, but it also brings Salman Khan into the movie in a cameo appearance as Avinash Singh “Tiger ” Rathore.
Deepika is also an agent in the movie on an anti-terrorism mission. As an actor, we know the unmatched capabilities and talent of Deepika Padukone, but this time it isn’t just her talent that’s stealing the show!! Looking at Deepika in the trailer and songs so far, you know the hard work that must have gone behind achieving that stunning body, about which the diva said,
“It’s probably the hardest I’ve ever worked to get in any kind of shape for a film, for a character.
I don’t want to get into specifics because I know there are moments when people get carried away when actors name diets. So I’m not going to get into the specifics of what the routine was, but I can tell you that it was one of the most difficult workout regimes, one of the most difficult diets that I was on.”
She further adds,”But also what I think it really took was an incredible amount of discipline. To be able to maintain that for maybe a year, year-and-a-half, two years, I can’t even remember – but to be able to maintain that physically for that long was probably the hardest part.
Having said that, when you see the results on screen, when you see people reacting to it when people recognize the hard work and the effort, it feels worthwhile.”
Pathaan Songs Pathaan’s songs have been creating a buzz and topped the charts on almost every music streaming platform. As the movie will release in three languages, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, the movie has songs in all three languages. From Besharam Rang in Hindi to Kummese Pathaan in Telugu, let’s look at the list of all songs of Pathaan:
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Pathaan’s Theme
Jim’s Theme
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Azhaiyaa Mazhai (Tamil version)
Kummese Pathaan (Telugu version)
OTT Release The much-anticipated movie will be available on OTT after 3 months. Amazon Prime Video will stream Pathaan from 25th April. The OTT release date of SRK’S Pathaan got revealed after the Delhi High Court’s orders to the producers regarding providing Hindi subtitles, closed captions, and audio descriptions in the movie at the time of its OTT release, for the viewers who have visual and hearing impairments.
Controversy #BoycottPathaan Ever since the trailer of Pathaan was released, #BoycottPathaan has been trending on Twitter for an apparent new reason every day. It began when the first song of the movie “Besharam Rang” premiered on 12th December 2022. The superhit song, with 234 Million views on YouTube, divided the Internet; while the right wing found the song immensely offensive; some enjoyed the songs and appreciated Deepika’s and Shah Rukh’s looks.
Rajesh Kesarwani, a BJP leader, said, “Vulgarity with saffron color was being committed in a song in the movie, and it is an insult to the Hindu community and Sanatan culture. Hence, we have expressed our concern.”
Right-wing found it repulsive that Deepika Padukone wore a saffron color dress in the song, and apparently, the song was shot with a dirty mindset hence it corrupts the holy color. Home Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Narottam Mishra, said, “Actress Deepika Padukone’s costume is highly objectionable, and the song has been shot with a dirty mindset. The scenes and costumes of the songs should be changed, or we will have to take a decision on its screening in Madhya Pradesh.”
The advocates of #BoycottPathaan say that the purpose of this song is to make fun of Indian culture and traditions, green color of SRK’s shirt and the saffron color of Deepika’s dress apparently hints at love jihad and the song lacks creativity otherwise.
#Pathaan
Since the release of its trailer, #Pathaan has been trending on Twitter for various reasons, and Shah Rukh Khan made sure to interact with his fans on various occasions, let’s look at Shah Rukh Khan’s recent tweets related to the movie, and its advance bookings and the trailer.
“26 Jan ki parade bahut important hoti hai. It gives us an opportunity to respect our Republic. After the parade, u will enjoy #Pathaan even more so see it later.
In SRK’s #AskSRK, @Sohail_dilwale tweeted “Sir humne peti bandh li hai aur aap ne @iamsrk #AskSRK”, “Yeh acchhi peti hai… .#Pathaan thank u”
@Jb_Majid1 complained to SRK in #AskSRK about not having a girlfriend, he tweeted, “Girl friend to hai nhi pathaan kiske saath dekhu😥😂 #AskSRK”
SRK being SRK – the wittiest of all replied, “Film abhi dekh le… .girlfriend banana ke liye poori zindagi baaki hai!!”
Twitter user, @Sonu_Srk_ tweeted, “#AskSRK
Bhai Tickets Book karlin
Mousam bigadanekeliye Tayyar hai
Mere Liye ek reply @iamsrk.”
To which King Khan replied,
“Take your friends along too…
and send me a picture of your tickets….”
In #AskSRK, @HsSharma369 asked SRK, “@imsrk Have you ever sneak into a theatre to watch your own movie to see the reaction of the fans. #AskSRK.”
Shah Rukh Khan replied,
“No haven’t done that for a long time… .also haven’t had a release na… .for #Pathaan maybe it’s that kind of film that should be watched in an audience packed hall.”
When @Farhanfk48 asked SRK about what he should do as in every cinema hall in his area Pathaan is houseful for the first day with the following tweet,
” @iamsrk sir hamare Amravati me sare cinema ghar me pathan ki ticket book ho gayi first show wale kya karna # aap ji kuch idea dedo 🙏”
He replied,
“See the second day show na??!!!
#Pathaan “
@anadt1998936 asked Shah Rukh Khan,
“Sir kapil sharma me nhi aa rahe hai kya is baar”
He replied,
“Bbai seedha movie hall mein aaoonga wahin milte hain… .#Pathaan”
Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘body’ of work
@Tamaraeditzx tweeted,
“@iamsrk Ssmba! Kitne Abs the ?? #AskSRK”
Shah Rukh replied,
“Defines my body of work… .”
If we have Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, and John Abraham in a movie then the buzz that has been surrounding it since day one is something that can’t be questioned!! Additionally, we are getting to SRK and Deepika’s unrivaled chemistry after ‘Chennai Express ,’ now in “Pathaan”.
In all, every aspect of the movie is giving us more and more reasons to be excited about its release.
