#100DaysToPathaan: Netizens can't keep calm as countdown to Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan begins

Shah Rukh Khan might have been away from the big screen for quite some time but his fans seem to have the exact account of his upcoming appearance. Pathaan, directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Yash Raj Films, marks Khan’s return to cinema halls after more than 4 years and in this vein, a social media trend has come to the fore to remind us that the film is only 100 days away from releasing.

Yes, Pathaan releases on January 25, 2023, across the world and the rather eventful day stays exactly 100 days away from today, October 16. It’s a countdown to glory, so to speak, for the millions of fans who have taken to social media to help the ‘#100DaystoPathaan’ trend gain momentum.

“Just 100 days to Pathaan and we can’t keep calm!” wrote a Shah Rukh Khan fan page on Twitter while another user urged planet Earth to rotate a bit faster because they couldn’t wait for the film!

“This one I just can’t wait for too long…Pls can we skip the next 3 months directly and enter Jan???” came the plea from the same user.

Shah Rukh Khan's most recent film in the capacity of a lead actor was the 2018 film Zero, directed by Aanand L. Rai and co-starring Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif. Despite getting mixed reviews from the audiences, Zero managed to remain afloat at the premise during its theatrical run but could not end up yielding the same results as some of Shah Rukh Khan’s previous projects. Khan is said to have then taken a brief sabbatical post the release of the film but is now making up for the lost time with great gusto - aside from Pathaan, the 56-year-old actor has Atlee’s Jawan and Dunki with director Rajkumar Hirani (also starring Taapsee Pannu), and both films are slated to release in 2023.

As far as Pathaan is concerned, Shah Rukh Khan will be seen as RAW agent Feroz Pathaan and he will be joined by former co-star Deepika Padukone in the pursuits. Dimple Kapadia was cast in December 2020 to play a key role and John Abraham was brought on board in June of 2021 - reportedly, Pathaan will also feature actors Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan with both of them slated to reprise their roles as RAW spy Avinash Singh Rathore and Major Kabir Dhaliwal respectively (from the TIGER franchise and War, respectively) to make this a cross-over collaboration worth waiting for. Similarly, Shah Rukh Khan will be seen reprising his role as Feroz Pathaan in Salman Khan Tiger 3.