Shah Rukh Khan's King Is Most Anticipated Film Of 2026; Siddharth Anand Has THIS To Say

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Rukh Khan’s King is eyeing a 2026 release. Reuniting with Siddharth Anand after Pathaan, the superstar will be seen in a different avatar this time. Touted to be a star-studded gangster drama mounted on a massive scale, the anticipation for King is already high. IMDb unveiled the Most Anticipated Indian Movies of 2026 today (January 15). Shah Rukh’s film topped the list. The release date of King is yet to be announced. Its shooting is still in progress. For the first time, Shah Rukh will be sharing the screen space with his actress daughter Suhana Khan, who reportedly plays his student.

Siddharth Anand reacts to King topping Most Anticipated Indian Movie of 2026 list

According to IMDb’s Most Anticipated Indian Movies of 2026, King is at the top. Reacting to this, Siddharth wrote on Instagram Story, “Wow! Some more motivation never hurt (sic).” As per the website, ‘among the Indian movies with planned releases in 2026, these titles were consistently the most popular with IMDb customers, as determined by the actual page views of the more than 250 million monthly visitors to IMDb worldwide.’

Shah Rukh Khan talks about King

On his 60th birthday on November 2, 2025, Shah Rukh met his fans at an event and spoke about King. The actor said, “I just feel, film ke andar naa kuchh interesting agar hum nahi karenge, toh wohi shots ke andar hero aayega, do gaane gaayega, do fight karega, chala jaayega. Toh, King ka jo character hai, bohot hi interesting hai. Siddharth aur Sujoy ne bohot prem se likha hai. Aur usme bohot saari buraaiyaan hain. Khooni hai, logo ko maar deta hai aur poochta bhi nahi, ‘kitne the kabhi poocha nahi’. I think storytelling ke liye, aur isliye nahi ki youngsters ab filmein dekhte hain, I think bohot zaroori hai ki mere jaise hero log jo hain, woh alag alag roles play karein. Kuchh inspiring ho, kuchh aspiring ho, kuchh comic ho, kuchh romantic ho. So ab main koshish yahi kar raha hun yaar, ab main, ek do saal mein hi film hoti hai ek achhi badi waali, because I also know ki films banana abhi thoda aur mushkil ho gaya hai. Toh humein bohot dhyaan se banana chahiye, ki aapko let down naa karein.”

He added, “So, not to say it's a villain or not... Yes, he's a very dark character. A very grey character. Aur mujhe lagta hai bohot interesting hoga. Bohot ruthless hai. Toh yeh jitni bhi linein hain iske andar, I think more or less yeh uss character ko darshati hai, batati hai. So yes I hope aap logo ko bohot pasand aaye. Iska matlab yeh nahi ki jo yeh karta hai woh aap bhi karo.” He went on to add, “So it's not ki main villain bhi play kar raha hun, ya sirf negative. Yeh role bada accha hai, aur bohot interesting hai. Toh film I think, Sid ne jaise ki hai, bohot interesting aur bade scale pe hai. So I hope you enjoy, just the character.”Besides Shah Rukh and Suhana, King also stars Rani Mukerji, Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Arshad Warsi and Abhay Verma.