Shah Rukh Khan has reportedly turned down the offer to star in Chamunda with Alia Bhatt. As per reports, Dinesh Vijan and Amar Kaushik are keen on including Shah Rukh Khan in their horror-comedy universe. As such, they offered the lead role in Chamunda to SRK. However, the superstar reportedly has no interest in Maddock’s horror-comedy universe.
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“With Amar Kaushik at the helm, Maddock was bullish on casting Shah Rukh Khan for Chamunda with Alia Bhatt. But things didn’t pan out as expected,” Bollywood Hungama mentioned in their report. Chamunda is slated to be released in 2026 and Alia Bhatt is reportedly helming the film.
Their source added, “Shah Rukh Khan didn’t want to enter an already established universe and rather start a new world with Maddock and Amar Kaushik. He has asked the duo to come to him with something fresh and explore a genre never done before. The two are now exploring new names for Chamunda and hoping to team up with Shah Rukh Khan in a couple of years on something fresh.”
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A while ago, there were rumours that SRK would join the horror-comedy universe and fans were eager in anticipation to see him in a film with Akshay Kumar, Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Kiara Advani, Alia Bhatt and Pankaj Tripathi among others. However, seems like this will only remain a dream.
As for Chamunda, Pinkvilla had reported earlier that Alia Bhatt is excited to partner with Maddock on this film, which is currently in the writing stage. A source close to the development informed the portal, “Alia has always discussed multiple feature films with Dinesh Vijan and is now on the verge of collaborating with the producer. The actress has loved a psychological supernatural thriller, which could be her next after Love And War for the big screen. The talks are on, and things are expected to be on paper by the first quarter of 2025.”
Alia Bhatt was last seen in Vasan Bala’s film Jigra, alongside Vedang Raina. As for Shah Rukh Khan, he was last seen in Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki. Both Jigra and Dunki received mixed reviews.
