Shah Rukh Khan requests Allu Arjun, Rajnikanth and South industry friends “to stop…”

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan recently held an interaction with his fans in Dubai where he mentioned South industry stars including Allu Arjun, Prabhas, and Rajnikanth as his “friends”. However, he also made one request to those friends during that same talk.

Videos from the event, held on January 26 at Global Village in Dubai, featured Khan light-heartedly asking his South counterparts to stop dancing “so fast”. The actor expressed his remark by saying that his age was making it hard for him to keep up with them.

Shah Rukh Khan said "Allu Arjun, Mahesh Babu, Prabhas, Ram Charan, Thalapathy Vijay, Yash, Rajinikanth sir, Kamal Haasan sir are my close friends from South India" 🫶 @iamsrk pic.twitter.com/cMoYfkzqjW

— sohom (@AwaaraHoon) January 28, 2025

“I have a lot of friends from South India, but they need to stop dancing so fast; it’s hard for me to keep up with them,” said Shah Rukh Khan with a wide smile on his face. Soon enough, the clip was viral and widely shared, with numerous fan pages of the mentioned actors reposting the video with admiration.

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Notably, recent South hits such as ‘Pushpa 2’ have relied heavily on dance sequences and Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna’s chemistry in several of the film’s dance sequences was a major pull for audiences.

Meanwhile, in the Dubai event, Shah Rukh also discussed his upcoming film, 'King,' which will be directed by Siddharth Anand.

Although details about the film remain under wraps, Khan hinted at an exciting project that will feature his daughter, Suhana Khan, and potentially, also Abhishek Bachchan.

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The actor expressed confidence in the film's entertainment value, promising fans they would have fun watching it. It would also be a long time since fans would be able to catch Shah Rukh Khan on the big screens since his last film, ‘Dunki’ released in theatres in December of 2023.