Mumbai: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's upcoming film with filmmaker Siddharth Anand has hit roadblock due to the increasing cases of coronavirus in the country.
The project, alternatively called YRF Project 50, is a part of Yash Raj Film's 50 years celebration was expected to be announced in April.
However, due to the pandemic disease, the development of the project has come to a hault and it is not yet known if YRF will go ahead with its plan of announcing the release this month.
A source close to the makers of the film, said: "It’s a big scale action film, which was to be shot across the globe and Siddharth Anand was planning to go on a recce to explore several virgin locations. However, he has dropped the plan now owing to the travel ban and will go on a recce only once everything settles down.
According to a news portal, the director is working from home towards fine tuning the script and is in constant touch with both Aditya Chopra and SRK through video conference. The trio is also discussing other aspects of the film such as scale of action, probable locations, budget and working on the timelines of the shoot.
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The source further added: "The idea was for SRK to shoot for two films this year – the Siddharth Anand actioner and Rajkumar Hirani’s feel good drama. But it is all a wait and watch scenario and there lies a strong possibility of his comeback film post Zero getting delayed further."
Unlike his other films, Shah Rukh Khan’s last outing wasn't a box-office smasher. And since then the actor has taken his time to find better scripts.
If a news source is to be believed, he has rejected over 30 scripts in a span of last 2 years, and has finally decided on three of the most exciting stories, which will be shot one after another in next two years. The three scripts include Rajkumar Hirani, Sidharth Anand and Raj and DK.
