Soon after the success of his 'Om Shanti Om', Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has got busy with his latest movie titled 'Spiderman'. Sources close to the actor say that he is doing it to please his son. And, why should he not do it. After all, his son is no lesser a fan. Earlier too, the actor had got six-pack abs to please his son. Isn't it? This time, Shah Rukh Khan wants to do an Indian version of the `Spiderman` as a gift to Aryan who is a big FX and SRK fan. And, SRK has chosen Anubhav Sinha to direct this most expensive movie, as the latter is credited with action movies like `Dus` and `Cash`. Sinha has accepted to take on the biggest challenge of his career. While Shah Rukh is gung ho about the project, the director isn't much behind. Both the actor and the director are busy writing the script. But neither of them is willing to reveal more than this about SRK`s `superhero` project. Since the film will require a 12-year-old boy to co-star with the actor, both are busy in looking for the child actor. At the moment, the hunt is on for the boy, who will get the opportunity to join Shah Rukh`s fantasy of donning a mantle and flying across the sky at supersonic speed. Meanwhile, industry circles wonder if Shah Rukh is doing it to please his son only. They strongly feel that SRK is doing it to compete with his rival Khan actor - Aamir Khan. This is apparent from the fact that Aamir's 'Taare Zameen Par' that was released only recently has hit the box office. But, sources close to SRK claim that his project has nothing to do with Aamir's movie. They claim that Shah Rukh had announced his plan to the media a year ago. They recall the announcement that Shah Rukh wanted his company to produce a mega FX film on the lines of `Spiderman`. He had then added, "I want my company Red Chillies to become truly FX-savvy. Have you seen `300`? That's the kind of optical effects I want in our cinema". Hence, SRK is making the movie according to his plan rather than in competition with anyone, including Aamir Khan, these sources assert.
Significantly, like Aamir Khan, SRK will play a character in the movie. The character that Shah Rukh will play is based on gizmos, computer games and a superhero on the lines of `Spiderman`. And, SRK is busy developing the character. Whether he takes credit for the screenplay remains to be seen. At the moment, Red Chillies is completely occupied in completing SRK`s most expensive movie before the end of this year. Apart from this, director Anubhav Sinha says that he along with SRK has been talking very seriously about the project. In the same breath, Sinha denies the media report that SRK's project is an animation film. However, he adds that it's definitely an FX-driven fantasy for children and the child within every person, on the lines of Spiderman.
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