Is The Ring the breakthrough film Shah Rukh Khan is looking for?
Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali says his forthcoming movie with superstar Shah Rukh Khan is an attempt to break free from all assumptions, and work on something which the two of them have not done so far. Tentatively titled The Ring, slated for release in August next year, the movie marks first collaboration between the 51-year-old actor and the director. For Imtiaz, who has directed six films in his Bollywood career of more than a decade, there is no pressure with regard to directing Shah Rukh or making a certain type of film that the actor is known for. “No. That is not the arrangement with which we are working. The reason why Shah Rukh and I are working is because both us wanted to do something which we were not doing really,” said Imtiaz. Through his films, the 45-year-old director has often tried to tap the modern-day relationships and portray contemporary romance on the big screen. Imtiaz, whose last film was Tamasha, says he did not want to stick to a certain kind of movie-making...