imageShahrukh Khan who along with director Rohit Shetty ,gave a block buster film ‘Chennai Express’ is once again joining hands with Shetty in producing not Bollywood potboiler but Marathi films.

Source revealed that Rohit Shetty said, “Yes, we are looking at producing Marathi films, but it is too early to talk about it as we are still working on things. A few friends from the Marathi film industry have already narrated their scripts to me. I liked couple of them and I look forward to producing these ventures”. Rohit Shetty was flying to South Africa for hosting ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’ when he confirmed the news.

According to media reports, Shahrukh Khan said, “Rohit has a subject, so he was saying that we should make a Marathi film together. And I want to produce one soon”.

He further added, “I know a lot of people involved in Marathi films and I would like to participate in some way or the other. It will be good as regional cinema is very important for the state. It has to go side by side with Bollywood. It is important that I do something about it soon”.

“Shah Rukh is the generous man as he has agreed to allot time from his busy schedule to shoot for short role in the film. He shot for the portions of the film and the rest will be done by his body double”, media reported.

Shah Rukh Khan is currently busy with the promotions of ‘Happy New Year’ which will soon hit the theaters in October.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2014

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