King set to be India’s biggest action film!

Bangla Press Desk:   Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming film “King” is getting bigger day by day. The action thriller directed by Siddharth Anand is being called one of the biggest and costliest action movies ever made in India, according to a report by Bollywood Hungama.

The movie’s budget is around Rs350 crore, not including the extra money SRK and his team will spend on promotions and other expenses.

“King started as an action thriller with an extended cameo from SRK, with Sujoy Ghosh as the director. The initial budget was Rs150 crores only, but the script had scope to go bigger and better,” the entertainment news website reported quoting a source.

Interestingly, when Siddharth Anand came on board, things changed. He and SRK decided to make it on a much larger scale, with huge, never-before-seen action sequences. “SRK is a producer who loves to spend and treat the audience with the richest visuals on spectacle. He gave Sid a free hand, and the director came back with a budget of Rs350 crores,” the source said.

It further mentioned that SRK was amazed by Anand’s ideas. “King is a global film made in India. What costs millions of dollars in Hollywood, Siddharth is planning to achieve here at one-fifth the cost,” it added.

The teaser for King was unveiled on 2 November, as a surprise treat for fans celebrating Shah Rukh Khan’s 60th birthday.

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