King Is Here: Everything We Know About Shah Rukh Khan’s Next Release

There’s something awesome about Shah Rukh Khan choosing his 60th birthday to remind the world who he is. And this Sunday, he dropped a bomb.

On his birthday, the superstar finally revealed the long-speculated title and teaser of his next film, King, directed by Siddharth Anand. Within minutes, the internet did what it always does when SRK breathes — it exploded.

The teaser, barely a minute long, has already sparked endless decoding, frame-by-frame analysis, and a very real sense that this might just be the next big SRK moment. After all, he is stepping into a different kind of kingdom — one forged in chaos and blood. And when SRK says, “It’s showtime,” you believe it.

Here’s everything we know so far.

The Premise

The teaser opens on a high-security island base. A heavy voice cuts through the stillness: “Kitne khoon kiye, yaad nahi…” As the voiceover unfolds, we see SRK in a bloodied, silver-haired, tattooed avatar — a far cry from Pathaan’s suave spy or Jawan’s masked vigilante. This isn’t the dimpled dreamboat of Dil Se or DDLJ. This is a man unrecognisable, and that’s exactly the point. His character seems to be a ruthless mercenary, infamous across continents, haunted but unrepentant. The line that seals it: “Darr nahi, dahshat hoon.”

If Pathaan and Jawan reestablished Khan as India’s ultimate action star, King looks ready to turn that image darker. The tone is sleek, violent, and psychologically heavy — less Bollywood spectacle, more global noir thriller.

The Cast

King marks the reunion of Shah Rukh Khan and Siddharth Anand after the record-breaking success of Pathaan. Anand, who’s also producing the film under Marflix Pictures alongside SRK’s own Red Chillies Entertainment, has assembled a high-octane cast: Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, and Suhana Khan.

Yes — Suhana, SRK’s daughter. The film marks her feature-film debut opposite her father. The screenplay is reportedly co-written by Siddharth Anand, Sujoy Ghosh (Kahaani), Suresh Nair, and Sagar Pandya.

From Lover to Legend to Lethal

Shah Rukh’s trajectory over the past few years has been one of the most fascinating pivots in Indian cinema. After a long stretch of middling experiments (Zero, Fan), his 2023 comeback with Pathaan and Jawan didn’t just break box office records — it redefined what an SRK blockbuster truly looks like. He wasn’t just the heartthrob anymore; he was the hero of a new India — older, edgier, self-aware, and still utterly magnetic.

So when a film titled King comes along, it feels more like coronation. Siddharth Anand, the man who turned Pathaan into an adrenaline-charged spectacle, seems to be shaping King as SRK’s most dangerous role yet: a mercenary, a myth, a man feared across borders.

The Release: 2026 and the Hype

The official caption — “Sau deshon mein badnaam… duniya ne diya sirf ek hi naam — #KING. It’s Showtime! In cinemas 2026.” — all but confirms a global-scale rollout. No release date yet, but given Anand’s track record, expect a high-budget.

For now, King is still a mystery — one wrapped in smoke and self-mythology. But if the teaser is any indication, Shah Rukh Khan isn’t just reclaiming his throne. He’s redesigning it.