Anand L Rai took a break from directing movies after Tanu weds Manu: Returns (2015). He used the break to produce films such as Nil Battey Sannata, and Shubh Mangal Saavdhan etc. However, his return as a director in a film, which will portray Shah Rukh Khan as a dwarf, is one of the movies Bollywood is pinning its hope on this year.
For long, the movie has been referred to as "Anand Rai's next", "SRK's next" as the director could not zero in on an appropriate name. Finally on January 1, when the name of the movie was revealed, it gave social media users a reason to laugh out loud.
Almost a year before its release date, #ZeroTheFilm trended on Twitter. Yes, the movie is scheduled to be released on December 21, 2018.
इतना सारा प्यार!!! #2ZERO18 की शुरुआत बढ़िया हुई...3.2 करोड़ लोगो के प्यार के लिए शुक्रिया।Thank u to the 32 million on Twitter! pic.twitter.com/ODZc4Bq1RT
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) January 1, 2018
The tweets, however, are not all praises for SRK. Much of the trending owed to unkind trolls. Twitter users paralleled the name of the movie to the number of hits delivered by SRK in the recent past.
Bollywood's Vijay Mallya
SRK went from being raees to being zero. Seems like he's following the career path of Vijay Mallya.
— Bollywood Gandu (@BollywoodGandu) January 2, 2018
B-Town and its women
The movie also stars Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma.
Shahrukh Khan’s next is titled “Zero”Katrina Kaif is also in the movie, and that’s exactly the amount she would contribute to the movie with her acting.
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) January 1, 2018
Remember Happy New Year? Anyone?
SRK has given us Zero on Happy New Year once we had given him Zero (ratings) on Happy New Year ????
— InGenious (@Bees_Kut) January 1, 2018
Haters gonna hate
SRK's New Film Titled #ZERO , That's The Number Of People Who Will Like The Film...
— Babu Bhaiya (@Shahrcasm) January 1, 2018
The first look (Screengrab)
Not a fan, clearly
SRK sir is back with one more disaster????????#ZeroTheMovie pic.twitter.com/owJ9aT25gt
— dilwale_shahrukh (@dilwala_SRK) January 2, 2018
So mean!
Kailash Kher fans reacted to this tweet strongly.
SRK's next movie 'Zero' is about a dwarf who leaves his small town in India and makes it big in the world. Basically a biopic on Kailash Kher
— Atul Khatri (@one_by_two) January 2, 2018
For free publicity
Naming his next movie #ZERO is a smart move by SRK. He'll get free publicity throughout the year by petrol pump attendants who'll say 'Sir zero dekhna'
— P.R. (@pr_akash_raj) January 1, 2018
Learning with Padmavat
After the #Padmavat verdict,SRK named his movie #ZERO so that the censor board cannot add, subtract, multiply, divide. Anything from the title.
— Prahahahanav (@Pranav_Dangi) January 1, 2018
Natural!
Aamir Khan would have looked natural though. ???? #2ZERO18
— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) January 1, 2018
Salman Khan's Race 3 and Aamir Khan's Thugs of Hindostan are also going to be released in this year. So, some fan-fighting is absolutely justified.
Why Salman refused the movie
#Zero was first offered to Salman bhai but he rejected it after knowing that it's not based on his fan's IQ level.
— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) January 1, 2018
What The Hell Did I Just Watch?Hahahahahahahahahaha Damn I can't stop laughing ????????????????????Thank You @BeingSalmanKhan for rejecting this movie ????#Zero
— ℋazra ???? (@h_hazra) January 1, 2018
When a GoT fan watches Zero
Arey bhai bhai bhai ...????????#dwarf #zero #ZeroTheMovie #srk#GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/tpEmH2nI5K
— Logical Indian (@TheLogical_Indi) January 2, 2018
Khan-daan
Salman did Cameo in SRK's Movie & SRK returned favor by dedicating his movie title to Salman Bhai's Acting talent #Zero ..
— CLASSY SAIFIAN ☔ (@SaifWoww) January 1, 2018
That’s not fair, though
Shahrukh Khan is always copying Amitabh Bachchan. Big B made Don, SRK made Don. Big B made KBC, SRK made KBC. Big B made a Zero, SRK is also making #Zero
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) January 1, 2018