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After announcing Atlee Kumar’s name as the best director Atlee touches Shahrukh Khan’s feet at the Zee Cine Awards 2024. Many top quality actors and actresses were present in that field like Nayanthara, Vignesh Sivan, Deepika Padukone, Shahrukh Khan, etc. Shahrukhan’s Bollywood superhit movie Jawan was released last year. Atlee Kumar is the director of the movie ‘Jawan’.
Jawan was the film that lifted the Bollywood cinema which was struggling without good cinema for a long time. Jawan received a huge response from the fans and since then the film has collected many awards in many categories. Following this the film Jawan won the Best Director award in Zee Cine Awards 2024.
Zee Cine Award was held on 10th March 2024 in Lower Parel, Mumbai, Maharastra.
Atlee touches Shahrukh Khan’s feet after the announcement
Thunderous applause filled the auditorium after the award was announced. Director of Jawan Atlee Kumar was sitting next to Shahrukh Khan and immediately got up when he listened to his name as the award winner. Atlee touches Shahrukh Khan’s feet to receive his blessings.
As a reaction, Shahrukh Khan hugged and kissed him and conveyed his congratulations. This incident made the audience of the award show emotional. Atlee Kumar received the Best Director award from Bollywood actress Rani Mukherjee. The moment of touching Shahrukh Khan’s feet is now become viral on the internet. Atlee’s humbleness melts the heart of netizens.
Some Glimpses about Atlee’s Jawan
Jawan is an action thriller film and it was released in Hindi, Tamil, and Telegu languages. Jawan movie collected more than 1160 crores at the box office. The casting of this movie was very strong. Shahrukh Khan played the dual leading role of father and son.
Deepika Padukone played the role of the wife of father Shahrukh Khan. Nayanthara played the role of another heroine. South superstar Vijay Sethupathi played the villain’s character. Besides them, there were also Priyamani, Sanya Malgotra, Yogi Babu, and others in that movie.
In the Dadasahab Phalke International Film Award 2024, Shahrukh Khan won the Best Actor award for Jawan.
Atlee’s Admiration for Shahrukh
Atlee touches Shahrukh Khan’s feet and after the time of accepting speech for the Zee Cine Award, Atlee Kumar admires Shahrukh Khan in his words and says “I love all his films like DDLJ, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Om Shanti Om, Chennai Express. So, working with Shahrukh is a dream come true”.
The director also showed the possibility of making another film with Shahrukh and said “Definitely, definitely I will come up with a better story than Jawan and I will take it to him. When I narrate it, if he wants it will happen. I know he loves me a lot… He is a different kind of person”. People also noticed that Atlee is very much attached with Shahrukh Khan after watching the scene that Atlee touches Shahrukh Khan’s feet.
Upcoming film of Atlee
After getting the success of the movie Jawan, Director Atlee decided to make another Bollywood film as a producer. The Film is also made in the style of action entertainer and the name of the movie is ‘Baby John’. In the upcoming movie, the leading characters will be played by Barun Dhawan, Keerthy Suresh, and Vamika Guppy. It will be directed by Kallis and this film will be released on May 31. This film is jointly produced by director Atlee and his wife Priya’s A Bar Apple Studios, Jio Studios, and Cine1 Studios.