• Shah Rukh Khan recently revealed how John Abraham refused to punch him during the Pathaan shoot.
• The actor recently opened up about working with John.
• He revealed how John refused to punch him during the shoot and called him a ‘national treasure’.

John Abraham reportedly declined to strike Shah Rukh Khan during the Pathaan filming. Earlier, there were rumours that the co-stars’ relationship was not going well.
In their upcoming action movie, Pathaan, actors Shah Rukh Khan and John Abraham will be seen at odds with one another. Shah Rukh recently talked about working with John when there were rumours about their actual fight. He discussed how John stood his ground during the filming and referred to him as a “national treasure.”

Shah Rukh plays the soldier Pathaan in Siddharth Anand’s film Pathaan. Pathaan ends his “hiatus” after he receives a call to fight for a terrorist group led by John Abraham. Shah Rukh is joined by Deepika Padukone on his journey.

Speaking of the movie, Shah Rukh discussed his thoughts on John playing a negative part in a conversation session that was posted on the Yash Raj Film YouTube channel. He recounted how they had become friends and had known John ever since he moved to Mumbai. Shah Rukh called John “shy, very quiet, and repulsive,” yet he was eager to watch him in Pathaan.

“I met him many times when he was doing a film or we wanting to do a film together and this happened per chance. I was very keen he does it and he was kind enough to do a role where he is really a bad guy. He is a top star. He has his own franchises happening and he has got these really cool action films happening and to decide to take on a film where he is a bad guy, you know, so takes a lot of guts,” he added. Shah Rukh also shared while most actors refuse to play antagonists in films, John is different. “Takes a lot of confidence in your own self, especially when I see in the Hindi film scenario. Heroes don’t play bad guys. I’d love to play a bad guy. I gained deep respect for him.”

It was nice working with him and all so I realised he is a gentle giant. You know when we were doing action and everything. He says…he called me a national treasure and said, ‘I will not hurt you.’ I said you can, it’s ok. He is very shy and I had to do a lot of convincing to tell him it’s ok, you can punch me and I won’t get hurt. I think he is so proficient in action. He really helped me look nice you know, in body language. It was very kind of him. I think when you are doing a film with a co-star like John, there is a lot to learn from him. Being the star that he is and the respect that he has for me,” said the superstar. He signed off with these words: “I hope when Pathaan comes out, one of the most liked characters, genuinely is John’s. I really wish it because it takes a lot of guts to do what he has done as an actor and as a star,” Shah Rukh shared his work experience with John in their first film together.

Prior reports stated that John and Shah Rukh’s relationship was not going well. According to rumours, John was unhappy with the way Pathaan turned out, which might have affected his relationship with Shah Rukh. John’s attendance at an event where he sidestepped a query about Shah Rukh Khan’s body in Pathaan fueled the rumours. John afterwards wrote a note about Pathaan.

The movie Pathaan will debut on January 25.

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