{"id":436926,"date":"2026-05-07T13:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/436926\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:14:09","slug":"saif-ali-khan-opens-up-on-looking-up-to-shah-rukh-khan-and-how-he-pitched-kartavya-srk-said-theres-a-lovely-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/436926\/","title":{"rendered":"Saif Ali Khan opens up on ‘looking up to Shah Rukh Khan’ and how he pitched \u2018Kartavya\u2019: ‘SRK said there\u2019s a lovely script’ |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SaifSaif Ali Khan\u2019s ‘Kartavya’ is set for a digital release, featuring him as a cop torn between duty and family. He revealed Shah Rukh Khan encouraged creative freedom as a producer. Directed by Pulkit, the film stars Rasika Dugal and others. Saif will also be seen in Haiwaan with Akshay Kumar. Saif Ali Khan<\/a>\u2019s crime drama \u2018Kartavya\u2019 is preparing for its digital premiere. He essays the role of a police officer caught in a difficult situation when his family is put at risk, forcing him to weigh his duty against his personal life. Speaking about his association with Shah Rukh Khan<\/a>\u2019s production house, Saif revealed that the superstar encourages directors to take full creative charge of their films.<\/p>\n

Saif Ali Khan on Shah Rukh Khan\u2019s approach<\/p>\n

In a conversation with News18, Saif spoke about his experience working with Shah Rukh\u2019s production house, revealing that the superstar personally approached him for \u2018Kartavya\u2019 and urged him to hear the script. Opening up about their association, he said, \u201cI\u2019ve had a lovely and long association with Shah Rukh. He\u2019s someone I look up to in many, many ways. I had a short meeting with him. He said that there\u2019s a lovely script and he would like me to hear it and do the film. I went through the process of listening to it and meeting the director (Pulkit). Once we finished the shoot and Shah Rukh watched it, he said it\u2019s a lovely film. He\u2019s very happy with it. That was pretty much the limit of my interaction with him. I didn\u2019t meet him on set because he\u2019s one of the producers who believe that a director is free to operate and make the film that he wants to make.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Saif Ali Khan Opens Up About Ex-Wife Amrita Singh| ‘We Get Along Well Enough’Saif Ali Khan further added, \u201cSometimes, some kinds of presence can be overwhelming on sets and he understands that. He gave us a lot of room to make the film that we wanted to make. So, that was his involvement. I felt like I was working for his production with his sensibilities. But for that, an everyday involvement wasn\u2019t required.”<\/p>\n

Saif Ali Khan\u2019s \u2018Kartavya\u2019 cast and release details<\/p>\n

\u2018Kartavya\u2019 is directed and written by Pulkit, known for \u2018Bhakshak\u2019. Set to release on Netflix, it features a cast including Rasika Dugal<\/a>, Sanjay Mishra, Zakir Hussain, Manish Chaudhari and Saurabh Dwivedi.<\/p>\n

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Saif Ali Khan\u2019s upcoming film \u2018Haiwaan\u2019<\/p>\n

In addition, Saif Ali Khan is set to appear in Priyadarshan\u2019s \u2018Haiwaan\u2019, alongside Akshay Kumar. The film\u2019s release date has not been announced yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saif Ali Khan\u2019s ‘Kartavya’ is set for a digital release, featuring him as a cop torn between duty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[5189,93,61,60,184871,270,190582,10164,1266,54402],"class_list":["post-436926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-akshay-kumar","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kartavya","tag-movies","tag-rasika-dugal","tag-saif-ali-khan","tag-shah-rukh-khan","tag-zakir-hussain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}