SRK wants a film every year with Imtiaz Ali!

From the year 2016, Shah Rukh Khan has been working with several directors for the first time in his career. Starting off with FAN, the film was helmed by Maneesh Sharma, then he worked with Gauri Shinde in Dear Zindagi and this year we saw him work with Rahul Dholakia in Raees for the first time.

And now he is all set to be seen in an Imtiaz Ali film titled Jab Harry Met Sejal. During an interaction with a leading daily, SRK spoke about Imtiaz saying, "Main ekbahut badi baat bolne wala hoon (I am going to say a very big thing). [Till now], I have worked with some really nice directors but I can say that Imtiaz is like a modern-day Yash Chopra. I don’t think apart from Adi (Aditya Chopra) and Karan (Johar), who have learnt hands-on from Yashji, anyone else gets the same vibe (as Chopra’s films)."

He further said that he is doing a romantic film after a long time and said about Ali, "Be it his writing or the way he gets [the essence of] man-woman relationship in a very sweet manner, along with having a modern take on it, it’s very beautiful."

Imtiaz is known for making edgy films, but SRK said that JHMS is not edgy. He added, "This one is funny and happy. Also, Imtiaz believes in songs, and so you will see the girl and boy breaking into a song in the streets. But he prefers more of [other cities in] Europe than just Switzerland (Chopra’s favourite shooting location). He has a lot of Yashji kind of qualities."

King Khan went on to say, "I wish I could do a film with Imtiaz every year in the genre that he wants because it’s very easy working with him. He also loves his actors the way Yashji would. Also, he is very gentle and kind, so it was great fun to team up with him."