Not Hrithik Roshan But Shah Rukh Khan Likely To Play An Octopus Like Superhero In 2.0 Director Shankar's Next

Shah Rukh Khan’s next project after Zero is still a big mystery. While actor’s name has been linked with various projects after he backed out of the Rakesh Sharma biopic Saare Jahan Se Acha, including Satte Pe Satta remake, Don 3, Rajkumar Hirani’s next and others, the actor has not confirmed his association with any of these projects. Now according to reports that actor may replace Hrithik Roshan in Shankar’s next.

After 2.0, the director who is currently working on Indian 2 with Kamal Hassan but is looking forward to make another sci-fi thriller where the lead is likely to play an octopus like creature with superhero abilities. The film will be an underwater adventure drama for which Hrithik Roshan’s name for cropped up and now it seems that the maker has moved on and approached SRK.

According to Pinkvilla source, Shankar is eager to hear Shah Rukh’s response for the part and talks are still in the early stages. "Shankar’s next movie after 2.0 is Indian 2, with Kamal Haasan but the director has been simultaneously on more than one project, one of which includes an underwater sci-fi film. Shankar had narrated the script to Hrithik months ago but buzz is that Hrithik has given the nod to Farah Khan’s Satte Pe Satta and his date diary is full with other movies so he won’t have time to do Shankar’s underwater action adventure-drama. Apparently, the filmmaker has now approached Shah Rukh for the same role. The talks are just in the very early stages. It’s an octopus-like creature who possesses superpowers and a superior intellect. It would be exciting to have SRK give his nod for this one as he and Shankar have never worked before earlier. Shankar is also said to have approached Jackie Chan, Tamil star Thalapathy (as known by his fans) Vijay and Chinese actress Li Bingbing for some pivotal roles. Shankar was keen to work with Hrithik Roshan but it didn’t work out,” the source said.