Shah Rukh Khan Following Pathaan’s Historic Success Is In Race With Ram Charan, Jr NTR Coming Out Of Oscar-Mania To Star In ‘The Immortal Ashwatthama’?

Shah Rukh Khan is on a roll and how! After making his comeback with Siddharth Anand’s Pathaan, SRK is gearing up for the release of Rajkumar Hirani’s ‘Dunki’ and Atlee’s ‘Jawan’. While fans wait for bated break for his other two movies, he’s also likely to star in Uri fame Aditya Dhar’s upcoming spectacle, ‘The Immortal Ashwatthama’. Yes, you heard that right! If the latest reports are anything to go by, the makers plan to go bigger on the star cast to give it a Pan-India feel.

The film has been making headlines for quite some time. It was earlier reportedly led by Vicky Kaushal, who allegedly backed out of the project. A couple of days back, the film produced by Ronnie Screvwala’s RSVP made headlines when it was reported that Ranveer Singh has been roped in to replace Vicky. Scroll down to know about the latest update.

According to a report in ETimes, the film seems to have gone haywire due to Aditya Dhar’s mindset. For the unversed, the film was revived by Jio Studios after reportedly being shelved. A source close to the development revealed about the budget to ETimes, “Director Aditya Dhar had made the war epic Uri for a mere 25 crore rupees though it looked like a 100-crore budget film. That’s because Aditya comes from the less-is-more school of filmmaking.”