When Shah Rukh Khan Revealed His Preference for Working with Women Directors

An old video of Shah Rukh, popularly known as the 'King of Romance' talking about his experience of working with female filmmakers.

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan had once spoken about why he considers working with women filmmakers and said that it is more "nuanced and overarching".

An old video of Shah Rukh, popularly known as the 'King of Romance' talking about his experience of working with female filmmakers.

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"Men compartalise their feelings. But women are more nuanced and overarching. They go all over the place. I think I enjoy working with women because of their sensitivity. to be honest. I don't want to belittle the importance of some great directors who are also very nice optically like Sanjay Leela Bhansali or Karan Johar, Mani Ratnam," Shah Rukh could be heard saying.

He added that "women also make the films look nicer". "Whether it is the colours and not to take away from all the great male directors I worked with and I don't want to sound inappropriate. They do smell better," he said.

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On the work front, Shah Rukh was last seen in Rajkumar Hirani's 'Dunki', a comedy drama based on the illegal immigration technique called "donkey flight". The film stars Taapsee Pannu, Boman Irani and Vicky Kaushal.

He will reportedly next be seen in 'King' along with his daughter Suhana Khan.

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It learns that the movie is all geared up to start the production in January 2025. Helmed by Sujoy Ghosh, it is an action thriller film.

The movie would officially make Suhana's big-screen appearance as a leading lady with her daddy dearest after she kicked off acting with Zoya Akhtar's 'The Archies' dropped digitally.

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The movie has been termed as an out-and-out action-thriller revolving around Shah Rukh, Suhana and Abhishek Bachchan-who will turn antagonist, states the report. It will be shot in Europe.

'King' reportedly releases in 2026.

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