Aanand L Rai reveals whether Zero failure impacted his relationship with Shah Rukh Khan: ‘I learnt how to be a fighter from him’ | Hindi Movie News Filmymeet

Director Aanand L Rai’s space romance Zero, starring Shah Rukh Khan, may have flopped at the box office, but it didn’t affect their relationship. Rai calls the time spent working on the 2018 film with SRK some of the “best years” of his life, where he learned a lot from the superstar.
Despite Zero being billed as a major release and featuring Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif, it received mixed reviews and didn’t perform well commercially.Rai was asked if this impacted his relationship with Shah Rukh Khan, and he stressed that it didn’t.
“No. Never with an actor, a star, a big man like Shah Rukh Khan. He is not all about just films, he is much more than that. Making Zero were the brilliant years of my life with Shah Rukh, because it is not just about filmmaking, it is understanding life,” Rai told News18.

He continued, “That man taught us about life in those many years. If you ask me the takeaway, I learnt how to be a fighter from him. He is a great fighter, a magician at that. He knows how to bounce back, create a path for himself. The equation hasn’t changed. A person like Shah Rukh Khan will never change equation based on hits and flops.”

Currently, Rai is working on the Taapsee Pannu and Vikrant Massey starrer. After Zero, Rai directed Raksha Bandhan starring Akshay Kumar, which also didn’t do well. His next project is Tere Ishq Mein with Dhanush. Shah Rukh Khan will next be seen in The King, featuring his daughter Suhana Khan.