Writer Anjum Rajbali has dismissed rumours about Shah Rukh Khan backing out of Saare Jahan Se Accha, and has said that reports making these speculations are fake. The movie, written by him, is based on the life of the astronaut Rakesh Sharma. Anjum is the writer of movies like Rajneeti and The Legend of Bhagat Singh.
Reports emerged earlier saying that Shah Rukh Khan, following his consecutive failures had decided to stop making new collaborations. Aanand L Rai’s Zero and Imtiaz Ali’s Jab Harry Met Sejal did not do well at the box office because he hadn’t worked with the directors in the past.
“The recent flops all have directors with whom Shah Rukh has worked for the first time. Gauri Shinde in Dear Zindagi was an average success, Maneesh Sharma in Fan and Imtiaz Ali in Jab Harry Met Sejal, were both flops. In the light of his failure to gel with first-time directors, Shah Rukh decision to play astronaut Rakesh Sharma in Sare Jahan Se Achcha has been revoked,” said a source in a DC report.
According to the report, Shah Rukh Khan has decided to take up Farhan Akhtar’s Don 3. Khan had worked with Akhtar in the previous installments of the series, both of which were massive successes.
“Shah Rukh has politely opted out of Sare Jahan Se Acha and has informed producer Siddharth Roy Kapur. Instead, he will now step into the safe zone with Farhan Akhtar. Yes, Shah Rukh is doing Don 3 directed by him,” added the source.
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Saare Jahan Se Accha was initially supposed to star Aamir Khan who, because of other commitments, recommended Shah Rukh Khan’s name. “I think it’s a great and wonderful script. I am a huge fan of Rakesh (Sharma) and it’s a wonderful story. I feel sad that I am not able to do it, which is why I actually called up Shah Rukh and said that ‘it’s a wonderful story and you should hear it’. I am really happy that he liked it and he is doing it so, all my best wishes for their project,” Aamir Khan said.