Shah Rukh Khan was presented as a romantic hero that generations of Indians fell in love with by YRF’s Aditya Chopra who produced and directed the iconic all-time blockbuster 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'. But little do people know that Aditya had promised SRK that he would do an action film with him! With 'Pathaan', Adi keeps his 30-year-old promise to his close friend Shah Rukh! 
 
 SRK reveals, “We were shooting for 'Darr' and during the shoot all of us - Pam aunty, Adi, Juhi, we used to play scrabble at night. From the entire unit, I was very close to Adi, as we were of the same age and we had a good understanding. I have always been very fond of Adi.”
 
He adds, “One day, it was Adi's birthday, and he asked me if I will do a film and I said 'I would love to do it'. And then he narrated something where I would be an action hero. Because I was doing Darr as well, I also got excited about it. Then 3-4 years later, he called and said I am coming to narrate an action film. I really wanted to play an action hero because no one was offering me that genre.”

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