After
a
short
sabbatical,
Shah
Rukh
Khan
is
all
set
to
return
on
the
big
screen
with
Siddharth
Anand's
espionage
thriller
Pathan
co-starring
John
Abraham
and
Deepika
Padukone.
The
film
has
raised
up
the
anticipation
levels
of
fans
and
the
makers
want
to
make
sure
that
this
SRK-starrer
turns
out
to
be
an
action
treat
for
them.
As
per
the
latest
reports,
producer
Aditya
Chopra
has
roped
in
four
action
directors
who
will
design
elaborate
set-pieces
to
turn
Pathan
into
a
hyper-stylized
action
espionage
thriller.
A
report
in
Mid-day
stated
that
while
South
African
stunt
artiste
Craig
MacRae
has
already
kickstarted
his
work
on
this
project
in
Mumbai,
the
makers
are
yet
finalise
the
remaining
stunt
co-ordinators.
It
further
stated
that
the
team
is
expected
to
join
Shah
Rukh
and
John
for
the
shoot
this
week.
The
tabloid
quoted
a
source
as
saying,
"Craig,
who
runs
the
stunt
company,
Titan
Stunts
with
Katja
Hopkins,
and
his
four-member
team
landed
in
the
city
on
June
8.
After
quarantining
at
a
Juhu
hotel,
the
team
joined
Shah
Rukh
and
John
Abraham
this
week.
The
actors
kicked
off
the
latest
schedule
with
confrontation
scenes,
and
will
film
major
fight
sequences
early
next
month.
Craig
is
a
highly-skilled
martial
artiste
too,
and
has
designed
sequences
for
Mad
Max:
Fury
Road
(2015),
Avengers:
Age
of
Ultron
(2015),
Bloodshot
(2020)
and
War
(2019)."
Opening
up
on
the
reason
behind
selecting
four
different
stunt
directors,
the
source
explained,
"The
idea
behind
having
different
experts
is
to
have
breathtaking
stunts
in
the
movie,
ranging
from
martial
arts
to
hand-to-hand
combat
and
chase
sequences.
Adi
and
Maneesh
(Sharma)
intend
to
conduct
a
schedule
in
Europe
sometime
between
July
and
August,
but
the
plan
depends
on
the
travel
restrictions
in
the
countries
at
the
time.
So,
they
are
torn
between
two
possibilities
-
either
fly
down
the
chosen
stunt
coordinators
to
India
and
shoot
the
sequences,
or
have
them
join
the
cast
abroad."
While
Shah
Rukh
Khan
and
John
Abraham
have
already
kickstarted
Pathan
shoot,
their
co-stars
Deepika
Padukone
and
Dimple
Kapadia
are
expected
to
join
them
at
Yash
Raj
Studios
this
week.
Another
reason
why
Pathan
has
caught
everyone's
attention
is
because
superstar
Salman
Khan
will
be
reprising
his
role
of
RAW
agent
Avinash
Singh
Rathore
from
the
Tiger
franchise
for
a
cameo
in
this
high-octane
action
thriller.
The
Bharat
actor
had
already
wrapped
up
filming
his
portion
before
the
second
wave
of
pandemic
brought
the
shoot
to
halt.