Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan fans, we have good news for you: Pathan starring Khan, Deepika Padukone, and John Abraham is to go on floors soon, now that Shah Rukh Khan has returned from Dubai but according to media reports, actor Salman Khan is also set to make a cameo appearance in Pathan.

The film is going to be a “battle royale” between Khan’s character and Abraham’s character with Padukone being the link between the two. Also, if rumours are to be believed, Abraham is reportedly charging ₹20 crores for the film.

Karan Arjun, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Both Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan have starred in movies like Karan Arjun and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai but getting these two superstars together on screen now is a major task. However, YRF appears to have pulled it off and we may just see Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan together in Pathan.

Zero and Tubelight

SRK had taken a break from the movies post the release of Zero (2018) and fans have been desperate to see the superstar on screen again. In 2017, SRK had made a cameo appearance in Salman Khan’s Tubelight and Salman had returned the favour by making an appearance in a song in SRK’s Zero.

SRK’s birthday celebrations

Every year, at around 10 PM on the 1st of November, fans of Shah Rukh Khan throng the gates of Mannat for his birthday. They bring cake, firecrackers, and dhedh saara pyaar, waiting for the moment when Khan will appear above the gate and fan his hands wide apart. His signature move and the sheer charisma he exudes sends fans and social media into a tizzy.

This year, however, due to the novel coronavirus and with Khan not being in Mannat currently, his fans have come with new ways to celebrate his 55th birthday and make it as grand as possible. “Iss baar ka pyaar thoda door se yaar (this time show your love from a distance),” Shah Rukh Khan told his fans, in regards to his birthday celebrations.

However, Khan has a host of fans in Bollywood as well. Considered one of the most chivalrous men in the Hindi film industry, Khan was showered with greetings by celebrities.

While Kareena Kapoor Khan took to Instagram to say that SRK was the “the warmest, most gracious superstar we have”, Juhi Chawla pledged to plant 500 trees in his name.

South superstar, Mahesh Babu called Khan “one of the most humble people” he’s known actress Deepika Padukone, who has co-starred with SRK in three films – Om Shanti Om, Chennai Express, and Happy New Year curated a special SRK playlist for his 55th birthday with songs like Tum Hi Dekho Na from the film Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and Suraj Hua Maddham from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Tujhme Rab Dikhta Hai from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Gerua from Dilwaleand Ae Ajnabi from Dil Se.