Actor Abhishek Bachchan will play the antagonist in filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh’s upcoming film King, which reportedly stars Shah Rukh Khan alongside his daughter Suhana for the first time, Amitabh Bachchan confirmed on Tuesday.
The veteran actor shared a news report from a fan page account on X, wishing his son for the upcoming movie. “All the best Abhishek .. It is TIME,” he wrote on the microblogging site.
The news report shared by Amitabh reveals Abhishek as the antagonist in the film for which action scenes have been choreographed by Pathaan director Siddharth Anand. Shah Rukh and Suhana’s roles in the film, however, have been kept under wraps.
Backed by Siddharth’s Marflix Pictures and Shah Rukh’s Red Chillies Entertainment, King is set to go on floors later this year and is expected to arrive in theatres sometime in 2025 or early 2026.
Known for his films like Kahaani and Badla, Sujoy last helmed the Netflix thriller film Jaane Jaan starring Kareena Kapoor Khan, Jaideep Ahlawat and Vijay Varma. He previously worked with Abhishek in 2021’s Bob Biswas, a spin-off to the 2012 thriller Kahaani.
Abhishek and Shah Rukh previously worked on several films together. These include Karan Johar-directed Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) and Farah Khan-helmed Happy New Year (2014).
Apart from King, Abhishek has Tarun Mansukhani’s Housefull 5 in the pipeline, which will also star Akshay Kumar, Pooja Hegde, Riteish Deshmukh and Kriti Kharbanda.
