Shah Rukh Khan confirms ‘Dunki’ release date at Jawan success event

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is currently basking in the earth-shattering success of his recent release ‘Jawan’, has put to rest all rumours with regard to the release date his upcoming film ‘Dunki’.

While speaking to the media to celebrate the success of ‘Jawan’, SRK confirmed that ‘Dunki ‘ which stars Taapsee Pannu opposite him, is all set to bow in theatres this Christmas.

With this, SRK has become the only star in the history of Bollywood to bring his film on national events like the Republic Day with ‘Pathaan’, on Janmashtami with ‘Jawan’ and now on Christmas with ‘Dunki’.

‘Dunki’, the details of which are currently under the wraps, is directed by superstar director Rajkumar Hirani who is known for the ‘Munna Bhai’ franchise, ‘3 Idiots’, ‘PK’ and ‘Sanju’.

‘Dunki’ marks first collaboration between SRK and Raju Hirani, the latter has otherwise collaborated more with another of India’s superstar Aamir Khan on ‘3 Idiots’ and ‘PK’.

With Tamil director Atlee’s vigilante actioner ‘Jawan’ crossing the box office collections of the year’s other big hit, Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel’s ‘Gadar 2’, in just nine days, SRK now carries the distinction of leading this year’s two certified blockbusters — ‘Pathaan’ and ‘Jawan’.

Having made a gross collection (including the 18 per cent GST) of Rs 21.90 crore and Rs 20.20 crore respectively on the eighth and ninth days, ‘Jawan’ has raked in Rs 696 crore worldwide, compared with the ‘Gadar 2’ worldwide collection of Rs 679.69 crore (including domestic gross receipts adding up to 615.81 crore) on the film’s 35th day, according to the trade website, Bollywood Hugama.