SRK'S 'ZERO' RECOLLECT KAMAL'S 'APPU'!

Kamal Hasaan in 'Appu Raja' (1990) & Shah Rukh Khan' in upcoming 'Zero'!

Shah Rukh Khan's 'Zero' is going to release 'short'ly! In this SRK played Dwarf..But this is not the first time that our actor did such experiment. Almost thirty years ago talented South-Indian actor Kamal Hasaan came on screen as Dwarf circus clown..'Appu Raja'!

Poster of Kamal Hassa's Hindi film 'Appu Raja' (1990).

In 1989 Kamal Hassan played three roles (father and two sons) in S. Srinivasa Rao directed Tamil film 'Apoorva Sangodharagal'. In this one of the twins sons was a dwarf who avenges their father's death! After the super success of this film Kamal dubbed it in Hindi as 'Appu Raja' (1990) and this version also became super hit!

Katrina Kaif & Shahrukh Khan in poster of 'Zero'!

Normally producers can not take the risks of showing superstars in such offbeat roles. So Kamal Hassan produced his 'Appu Raja'. 
And now Shah Rukh Khan produced his 'Zero' which.. directed by Aanand Rai! However stories of both the films are different. 'Apoorva Sangodharagal' was a revenge drama and 'Zero' is unusual love story. Let us see how people (SRK fans) will response his Bauua in 'Zero'!

When 'Appu Raja' released I wrote an article on how Kamal Hassan played that Dwarf role and what gimmicks he used! Today I remembered my that article which published in 1990!

Anyway regards to SRK!!


- Manoj Kulkarni