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Aanand L Rai on launching Zero teaser so early

All Shah Rukh Khan fans were in for a surprise when filmmaker Aanand L Rai and his team unveiled the title and teaser of their much-awaited film, Zero, on New Year. As for the teaser, it promised to give a good dose of fun and hence garnered a very positive response from all moviegoers.

While everyone has just loved the dwarf avatar of Shah Rukh Khan in the teaser and the first poster which was rolled out the very next day, some people are curious to know what made filmmaker Aanand L Rai reveal the trailer of his film so early. For the uninitiated, Zero is scheduled for its release in December this year.


When the director was asked about the same, he explained, “I wanted to celebrate Zero. I wanted to celebrate the incompleteness in people. There is nothing great in being a complete person. There is a beauty to incompleteness. We all are humans and Zero comes from there. Though we are one year away from the release, the film is already getting so much love. So Khan sahab and I decided to give something to fans. It is purely out of the love and affection that we are getting from the fans."

Also starring Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma in principal roles, Zero is slated to release on 21st December 2018. The film has been jointly produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and Colour Yellow Productions.

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  • Hamlet trailer lands with Riz Ahmed in the lead role
  • Film sets Shakespeare inside a wealthy British South Asian family
  • Directed by Aneil Karia and in cinemas 6 February 2025
  • Cast includes Morfydd Clark, Joe Alwyn, Sheeba Chadha and Art Malik

Riz Ahmed has entered Hamlet in a way British cinema has not quite seen. The new Hamlet trailer has been released by Universal, giving the first proper look at Aneil Karia’s modern take on Shakespeare and placing the story inside a British South Asian business empire. It is due in cinemas on 6 February, and the footage shows a tense, controlled Ahmed moving through grief, suspicion and family power.

The film teams Ahmed and Karia again after The Long Goodbye, which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short. That success informs this production. This is the first time a major UK studio release has grounded Hamlet within a South Asian household for a wide audience.

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