When Shah Rukh Khan lost a bet to Atlee over which Jawan character will be ‘mass’: ‘He said girls like me, Azad will be…’

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Atlee told Pinkvilla, “When I was discussing Jawan with Shah Rukh Khan, I told him, ‘Sir, you wait and watch, Vikram Rathore is going to become a mass character.’ He just looked at me and said, ‘No, sir. Girls like me, Azad will be the mass hero.’ We both bet on it. Soon after he watched the film, he turned to me and said, ‘Boss, you were right.'”

Shah Rukh Khan’s Vikram Rathore sported a salt and pepper look. The character entered in the second half of the movie and became an instant hit with the actor’s fans as it was the first time when he sported such look.

In an earlier interview, Shah Rukh Khan had shared how with films like Jawan and Dunki he did age-honest roles. “I am 58 now, and I feel I should do age-centric roles now. Jawan was more like a commercial, ‘in-your-face’ kind of character.