Shah Rukh Khan is all set for his movie Pathaan. He made an appearance at the Kolkata International Film Festival 2022 (KIFF) on Thursday evening. The grand film festival was inaugurated in the presence of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. The event was attended by Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, and Rani Mukerji among others.

At the event Shah Rukh Khan opens up on the current state of Bollywood and film industry. The actor said, “The collective narratives of our times are shaped by social media. Contrary to the belief that the spread of social media will affect cinema negatively, I believe cinema has an even more important role to play now. Social media is often driven by a certain narrowness of view that limits human nature to its baser self.

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He further stated that, “And its somewhere that negativity increases social media consumption and thereby increases its commercial value as well. Such pursuits enclose the collective narrative making it divisive and destructive. Cinema exposes the vulnerability of human nature by telling stories in their simplest form as they are lived. It allows us to know each other better. In a way, it is best placed to sustain a collective counter-narrative that speaks to the larger nature of human kind a narrative that brings to the fore humanity’s immense capacity for compassion, unity, and brotherhood.”

Shah Rukh Khan further added, “The world has become normal. We are all happy, I am the happiest. And I have no objection in stating that duniya kuch bhi kar le, main aur aap log aur jitney bhi positive log hain sab ke sab, zinda hain (me, you all and all the positive people are alive).” 

Pathaan, marks Shah Rukh Khan’s return to the big screen in over four years. The action thriller also stars John Abraham and is directed by Siddharth Aanand. The film is scheduled to be released in theatres on January 25, 2023. It will be released in Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions apart from Hindi. Shah Rukh Khan also has Jawaan and Dunki in the pipeline. 

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