King Release Date Announced; Aryan Khan Gushes Over Dad Shah Rukh Khan’s Fierce Look: ‘Baap’

Shah Rukh Khan’s fans are in for a treat as the makers of his upcoming film ‘King’ have finally announced the release date of the highly-anticipated film. They confirmed that the film will release on December 24, 2026, on the occasion of Christmas. If that wasn’t exciting enough, they also dropped an intriguing release date announcement teaser that showed Shah Rukh Khan in a fierce avatar. Now, his son Aryan Khan has reacted to SRK’s intense look. Meanwhile, Amitabh Bachchan’s granddaughter Navya Nanda also shared the post, and cheered for her uncle Abhishek Bachchan, who reportedly plays the antagonist in King.

Aryan Khan Reacts To Shah Rukh Khan’s Intense Look In King

On Saturday, Aryan Khan took to his Instagram stories to re-share his father Shah Rukh Khan’s post announcing the release date of King.

Praising his intense avatar in the teaser, Aryan simply wrote, “Baap.” The teaser shows Shah Rukh Khan standing in the middle of snow-clad mountains, roaring loudly. His white shirt is seen drenched in blood. The scene then shifts to him breaking through the glass ceiling of a structure, looking intense as he lands a fierce punch. “This Christmas, fear wears the crown,” reads the text at the end of the teaser, while SRK delivers a powerful dialogue: “Darr nahi, dehshat hoon.”

Navya Nanda Reacts

Meanwhile, Navya Naveli Nanda also took to her Instagram stories and cheered for her mamu Abhishek Bachchan. “Yayyy!” she wrote, along with a red heart emoji, and tagged Abhishek Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Suhana Khan.

Abhishek Bachchan has reportedly been cast as the film’s antagonist. “Siddharth Anand is planning to present Abhishek Bachchan like never before in King, as Jr B will have a special look in this action-packed entertainer. The idea is to create a character that has a menacing appearance,” a Pinkvilla report claimed.

Apart from SRK, Abhishek Bachchan, and Suhana Khan, King also stars Abhay Verma, Deepika Padukone, Anil Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Arshad Warsi, and Raghav Juyal, Saurabh Shukla, Akshay Oberoi, among others. Produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and Marflix Pictures, the film is directed by Siddharth Anand.