This year has been an eventful one for Khan

This year has been an eventful one for Khan

This year has been an eventful one for Khan

“I ALWAYS TELL everyone: I am an employee of the myth of Shah Rukh Khan. So I work for that myth,” Shah Rukh Khan told talk-show host David Letterman in 2019.

This year has been the best for Khan the myth as well as Khan the employee. Two films featuring him as the leading man after a five-year hiatus became blockbusters, and a third one is expected to better them this month. Released in January, Pathaan had Khan playing, as one reviewer put it, “a kind of James Bond meets Jason Bourne meets Jason Statham meets Fabio”. Jawan, released in September, was Money Heist meeting Squid Game via The Dark Knight Rises.

The action films not just brought huge paydays for Khan the employee, but also added wholly new layers of meaning to Khan the myth. He is set to complete a trifecta by returning to the familiar turf of comedy-drama with Dunki, set to be released on December 21.

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