Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan trailer was released on Thursday, a day after a grand pre-release event in Chennai. Within 24 hours of its release, the trailer garnered 29 million views on YouTube for the Hindi version.
The almost three-minute-long trailer showcased Jawan in multiple looks and hinted at the story involving different timelines. While we see a bald terrorist who has taken passengers hostage in the Mumbai metro, we also see a story of Shah Rukh as a soldier who has pissed off a weapon dealer Kalee (Vijay Sethupathi). We see visuals of probably an army raid gone wrong. From the trailer, it seems like SRK is playing a double role of father and son.
Among the interesting easter eggs, fans were also quick to point out a reference to Alia Bhatt in the trailer. At the start of the Jawan trailer, when Shah Rukh's titular character has kept a metro compartment hostage, he's seen negotiating with Nayanthara's cop character on the phone. When she asks him, “Tumhe chahiye kya?,” Shah Rukh responds cheekily, “Chahiye toh Alia Bhatt.”
Alia took to her Instagram stories on Thursday evening to respond to her reference. She shared the trailer of Jawan and wrote in the caption, “Aur poori duniya ko chahiye sirf SRK!!!!! @IAMSRK What a fabulous fabulous trailer.. 7th September is tooooo far away….”
Shah Rukh and Alia have shared the screen space in Gauri Shinde's 2016 film Dear Zindagi, which was also co-produced by Shah Rukh's Red Chillies Entertainment. The banner also backed Alia's debut film, Karan Johar's 2012 Student of the Year, and Jasmeet K Reen's Netflix India dark comedy Darlings from last year.
Directed by Atlee, Jawan also stars Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Sanya Malhotra, Priyamani, and Ridhi Dogra and has a special appearance by Deepika Padukone. The film will be released in theatres on September 7.
