Srinagar:
Superstar
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
who
plays
an
army
man
in
the
Yashraj
Films'
next,
is
on
his
maiden
shooting
assignment
in
the
Valley
for
the
untitled
project
which
marks
producer-director
Yash
Chopra's
return
to
Kashmir
after
a
gap
of
three
decades.
Yash
Chopra,
who
last
captured
the
Valley
on-screen
in
Amitabh
Bachchan-Rakhee
starrer
Kabhie
Kabhie
in
1976,
had
replaced
Kashmir
with
Swiss
Alps
for
his
later
films
as
the
region
struggled
with
militancy.
Shahrukh
arrived
at
the
Srinagar
International
Airport
yesterday
morning
and
then
flew
to
south
Kashmir
tourist
resort
of
Pahalgam
for
the
shoot
after
completing
his
schedule
in
Ladakh.
A
source
close
to
Chopra
said,
"SRK
will
shoot
"for
eight
to
10
days" in
the
Valley.
Chopra,
his
wife
Pamela
and
their
son
Aditya,
have
already
arrived
in
Kashmir
and
have
been
camping
at
Pahalgam
for
the
last
two
days
along
with
the
100-odd
shooting
crew."
Chopra
will
also
shoot
in
north
Kashmir
Gulmarg
tourist
resort
and
along
the
banks
of
Dal
Lake
in
the
city.
SRK
plays
an
Army
bomb
disposal
expert
Samar
in
the
film,
also
starring
Katrina
Kaif
and
Anushka
Sharma.
The
untitled
film
marks
Chopra's
return
to
the
direction
after
a
gap
of
eight
years
and
brings
together
the
award
winning
pair
of
AR
Rahman
and
Gulzar.
The
film
is
scheduled
for
a
Diwali
release
on
November
13.
PTI