Shah Rukh Khan in his latest interview revealed that until he signed Pathaan ‘nobody took him for an action film’.

Shah Rukh Khan has frequently discussed the on-screen persona he has built for himself in the minds of his followers. He will now be seen transitioning into the action avatar after years of reigning as the king of romance. In the long-gestating Pathaan, directed by Siddharth Anand, SRK will be seen in high-definition action scenes.
Pathaan will hit the theatres on January 25 of the next year and co-star Deepika Padukone and John Abraham will be seen in key roles. But did you know that no one has ever offered SRK an action movie before he signed Pathaan?

Shah Rukh Khan in his latest interview revealed that he was never offered an action film. Now he has planned to do an action film next year. He further cited Mission Impossible as an example and said he wants to do such kinda over-the-top action films.
Speaking to Deadline, Shah Rukh Khan revealed, “I’ve never done an action film, I’ve done really sweet love stories, I’ve done some social dramas, I’ve done some bad guys, but nobody was taking me for action. I’m 57 years old, and I thought for the next years I have to do action films, I want to do Mission Impossible-ish kind of films. I want to do over-the-top kind of action films.”

Since yesterday Shah Rukh Khan has become the talk of the town for different reasons. After wrapping up the shooting schedule for director Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki in Saudi Arabia, he was seen performing Umrah at the holy place of Mecca. Soon after his photos surfaced on the web, it went viral and netizens hailed them.

The superstar is currently juggling between the shoots of his upcoming film including Dunki, Pathaan and Jawan.Earlier, a couple of photos and videos of SRK and Deepika Padukone shooting Pathaan in Spain had gotten leaked on social media taking it by storm.

