Aanand L Rai is busy shooting for his upcoming film Zero featuring Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma. After the success of his previous romantic-comedy films Tanu Weds Manu, Raanjhanaa, and Tanu Weds Manu: Returns the director is on cloud nine as he is working with Shah Rukh for the first time. The director was all praise for King Khan and heaped praises on him for being an excited and thorough actor.

Zero will see Shah Rukh in a never-seen-before avatar of a dwarf. While talking to a leading daily, Rai had only good words to speak about his main actor. He said, “It's all thanks to a great actor like Shah Rukh, who acts as if he is doing his first film. What I want to pick up from him is that how he can be so fresh and 'new' as an actor every time he is in front of the camera. His approach (to work) is very exciting. He is extremely energetic and I have seen that only in young actors.”

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He further said, “Only a young newcomer will give you this feeling, and say, 'yeh bhi karloon? 'yeh bhi kar leta hoon', or 'aise kar ke dikhaun kya?' What I am learning from him through this entire process is that every time you come (on the sets); you behave as if it's your first film. Doing that after spending 25-30 years of his life in this industry, and with so much of experience and success behind, it’s really not easy."

Rai did not just praise SRK but he also spoke some touching words for the two actresses as well. He said “Shah Rukh, Anushka and Katrina have become like my friends. They have made my life so simple. I am really thankful to my actors who have given me this space where I can really focus on this tough, beautiful story rather than other things. They have been my support system and let me fly (as a director) on the set. They also let me enjoy the process and that’s the reason it is shaping up like this. Otherwise, you can’t (do it). I need my people around me and I know we will deliver a cracker of a film.”

Pictures of Katrina wearing a red saree and decked up in bridal jewelry from the sets of the film went viral a few weeks back and left everyone wondering about the role she might essay in the film. However, Anushka’s look has been kept under wraps and apparently Rai keeps a tight security on the sets so that her look doesn’t get leaked. Zero is scheduled to release on December 21, 2018.