Shah Rukh Khan In Quarantine After Pathan Crew Member Tests Positive For Covid-19? Here's What We Know

Shah Rukh Khan starrer Pathan seems to the latest victim of the second wave of Covid-19 which has taken over the country. As the entertainment industry struggles to keep shoots going recent reports claim that Shah Rukh has gone in quarantine and the shoot of his action entertainer has been put on hold after a crew member of the film tested positive for the deadly coronavirus. 

However, negating all such claims a trade source close to the production tells us that the Pathan crew is merely on a designated schedule break. 

“YRF works in an extremely efficient bio bubble. Tests happen regularly on sets and all crew members are staying in a hotel. The people transporting them from set to hotel is also tested and put up in hotels. So, if there is anyone who tests positive, it would be before the schedule starts and automatically eliminated from the crew. Given that lockdown is imminent in Mumbai, Pathan crew had anyway taken a 2 day scheduled break so that they can gauge the decision," says the source.

"It doesn’t make sense to start a new schedule and halt it. So, if there is no lockdown, the film will anyway resume soon. This has been blown out of proportion and is factually extremely inaccurate. It is irresponsible to say the least because the industry is doing its best to ensure that work happens by maintaining all norms and regulations," the source added.

John Abraham, who plays the baddie in this big budget project, had recently joined the shoot for the Siddharth Anand directorial and Deepika Padukone was reportedly due to begin shooting soon. The movie which marks the return of Shah Rukh Khan on the big screen after the 2018 Zero debacle, went on floors last year. The movie is expected to hit the big screen in 2022 and will also see Salman Khan in a crucial cameo.