Guns and grace galore: Shah Rukh Khan on Deepika Padukone’s fiery look in ‘Pathaan’

ANI 

New Delhi, July 25

Makers of the upcoming action thriller ‘Pathaan’ have unveiled the first motion poster of Deepika Padukone’s character.

Taking to Instagram, Deepika shared the intriguing motion poster, which she captioned, “Tadaa! #Pathaan Releasing #25thJanuary in Hindi, Tamil & Telugu!”

In the poster, Deepika could be seen aiming a gun at the camera lens, with some injury marks on her forehead.

Soon after the actor shared her poster, fans flooded the comment section with heart and fire emoticons.

“Dayummm girl” a fan commented while another wrote, “CAN’T WAIT THIS IS GONNA BE THE EPIC ONE!”

Directed by Siddharth Anand, the film also stars actors Shah Rukh Khan and John Abraham in lead roles.

Sharing the poster on Twitter, Shah Rukh Khan wrote: “Guns and grace galore”.

Khan shared the poster with the caption: “She doesn’t need a bullet to kill you.”

Siddharth claimed that Deepika will have a magnetic aura in ‘Pathaan’. He said, “I have worked with her very early in her career and have seen her evolve over the years into a completely different and hungry actor. The first look of Deepika Padukone in Pathaan hints at her magnetic aura that people will be a witness to.”

“Deepika is a rare actor with a pan-India appeal like no other and having her in a film, looking the way she is, is a huge USP. We wanted to cast someone who has an appeal across gender and age and there is no bigger star in India today than Deepika Padukone. We can’t wait to unveil her character in the film when it releases only on the big screen on January 25, 2023,” the director added to his statement.

‘Pathaan’ marks the fourth on-screen collaboration of Deepika and Shah Rukh Khan after ‘Om Shanti Om’, ‘Happy New Year’ and ‘Chennai Express’.

Produced by Yash Raj Films, the film is slated to release in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.