The Hindi movie industry has been a silent witness to several feuds, falling apart moments as well as patching ups for over the years. It has stood witness to the fact that the once friends then turned enemy, Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, have again become friends. The latest addition to the list of foes turning friends this time could be Shah Rukh Khan and Sunny Deol as for the first time Shah Rukh Khan took to ‘Twitter’ to shower his praises for the first time on a movie by Sunny Deol. This has increased within the millions and millions of fans the hope for an ending to the longstanding feud between the two actors after they had a major fallout while filming for their first film together, ‘Darr’.

‘Darr’ Ke Age Dosti Hai

It is an issue that is quite well-known in the entire Hindi movie industry that in the 1993 Yash Raj Chopra movie, the two actors had a cold clash with each other while discussing the ending scene of the movie. The ending scene was so planned that despite Shah Rukh Khan playing the role of a villain, he was told that in the last scene, he would be successfully stabbing to death the character of the hero that was being played by Sunny Deol. This led to the occurrence of some major creative differences between the two actors as a result of, which Sunny Deol stopped interacting with Shah Rukh Khan for several years since then and counting. On top of that, despite playing the role of a villain, the film was one of the initial films that had Shah Rukh Khan propelled to huge heights of success in terms of his career. However, this left a bitter feeling of resentment and injured self-esteem in Sunny Deol which led to the straining of the relationship between the two forever.

Recently, the just release of Sunny Deol, ‘Gadar Part 2’, took the world of the Hindi film industry by storm as it crossed every level of thrill, action, patriotism and entertainment. The film saw Sunny Dol making his comeback as the famous ‘Tara Singh’ from the original first part of ‘Gadar’ after a long 22 years. The mere news of the return of Sunny Deol in his ‘Action Paaji’ avatar was enough for millions and millions of his fans to go crazy about him and on top of that, the release of the film sort of added fuel to the fire as it seemed that the Indian lovers of movies had almost gone mad over the story of the movie. The first day box office record for the film ‘Gadar Part 2’ was huge with it crossing the 500 crores of rupees mark. It became the highest-grossing Hindi movie industry film this year. So far the movie ‘Pathaan’ by Shah Rukh Khan and directed by Siddarth Anand was the highest-grossing movie. However, such was the craze and hype regarding Sunny Deol’s comeback that ‘Gadar Part 2’ overcame Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Pathaan’ by almost 450 crores of rupees.

As we know, the ‘Dilwale’ Khan of the Hindi movie industry is back with another bang yet again, this time in the form of his new movie that is called ‘Jawan’. With the release of just the teaser and two songs called ‘Zinda Banda’ and ‘Chaleya’, the film has been able to form much roar and furore about it and has become the most loved film of Shah Rukh Khan so far even before the release of the trailer of the movie. To keep the ‘Jawan’ spirits high in the hearts of the audiences, Shah Rukh Khan decided to hold frequent ‘Ask SRK’ sessions on his social media account of ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter) regarding various things related to his future movie and himself. In one such session of interaction, one ‘X’ user by the name of Mohammad Zishan Alam had gathered up his courage to ask Shah Rukh Khan, whether he had watched the movie ‘Gadar Part 2’ by Sunny Deol. Instead of getting triggered by remembering the bitterness they shared with each other at one point of their time in their career, Shah Rukh Khan in an extremely professional and sweet gesture replied that he had watched the movie and even fell in love with the way it had turned out to be. “Yeah loved it!!” was the reply from the side of the eternally ‘Jawan’ Khan of the Hindi movie industry. This praise has not just added another layer of love that the Sunny Deol film had received but at the same time revealed the sporting and loving nature of the ‘King Khan’ of the Hindi movie industry to let bygones be bygones and take a step towards prioritizing love and friendship over enmity.

Rekindled Hopes of Friendship

The ‘Ask SRK’ session on the social media account of ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter) has become a way for Shah Rukh Khan to connect with his fans on a personal front. The public acknowledgement of the movie ‘Gadar Part 2’ by Shah Rukh Khan has indicated a strong display of maturity and development that Shah Rukh Khan is a professional actor. He is ready to overlook any sad memory that he shared once with this fellow actor him and was ready to give proper recognition to the skills of his colleagues. Even though the movie broke records of a recently released movie by Shah Rukh Khan, the dignity that Shah Rukh Khan maintained at the time of praising his colleague has revealed his desire to let go of past problems and embrace a new beginning. Now, whether ‘Action Paaji’ Sunny Deol would also subscribe to the same thought or not is to be seen.

This has rekindled hopes of getting their friendship mended. Though neither Sunny Deol nor Shah Rukh Khan had made any comment on this issue till now, this gesture has spoken a lot about the open-heartedness of Shah Rukh Khan. It also signifies a desire for a fresh start for Shah Rukh Khan. If both the actors forget their past to come together once again, that would be a moment for the fans of both the superstars and a momentous incident for the Hindi movie industry.

Thus, the unexpected reaction to ‘Gadar Part 2’ by Shah Rukh Khan has indicated a possibility of thawing the icy cold relationship between the two actors. This holds up the power that lies in forgiveness and the growth of friendship. Through the acknowledgement of the artistic abilities of Sunny Deol, Shah Rukh Khan has not just demonstrated a wonderful attitude but at the same time has set a whole new example of the need to nurture a close environment in the Hindi movie industry that would enable everybody to cast aside their differences for the development of art.

Meanwhile, Shah Rukh Khan is gearing up for the release of his new film ‘Jawan’ which is scheduled to be released on the 7^th of September this year. The film stars Nayanthara and Vijay Sethupathi with special appearances to be made by Deepika Padukone and Thalapathy Vijay.