Shah Rukh Khan, the Bollywood superstar who showed off his perfect eight-pack abs in the song ‘Jhoome Jo Pathaan’ in his recently released film ‘Pathaan’, is happy with the reaction he is receiving from youngsters, including his own kids.

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The 57-year-old, a father of three – Aaryan, Suhana and AbRam, said: ‘When they (director Siddharth Anand and choreographer Bosco Martis) were doing Jhoome Jo Pathaan song, I think a conspiracy was hatched to make me go shirtless. There was no way that  ..

According to IANS, Khan said that the scene took several takes as he has never done his signature moves with abs.

‘I think it was already planned that slowly, slowly, they will start opening my buttons. I have never done my signature steps with abs! So, ya, it took a lot of takes, a lot of takes,’ the actor said.

The ‘Don’ star further said that he was very happy when his children saw him on screen and said ‘cool body papa’ as the actor doesn’t know whether he will be able to repeat this later in his career.

‘I’m very happy now when youngsters, my kids see me on screen and say damn cool body papa! I feel very happy but it is really scary! I don’t know if I will be able to do it again.’

Apart from ‘Pathaan’, the Bollywood superstar, along with Karan Johar, late actor Rishi Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan, appeared in ‘The Romantics’, where Khan opened t about how the Hindi film industry has the power to shape pop culture for India and Indians.

SRK feels Hindi cinema is part of our DNA and they spread joy and love in the world. He says, ‘Our cinema is as much a part of our lives in India, as much as you wake up in the morning and brush your teeth. It’s just an inherent part of us. There’s beauty in the cinema that Indian filmmakers have stuck vis-a-vis music or keeping it still like a musical format.’

‘The Romantics’ has been directed by Oscar and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Smriti Mundhra, who returns to Netflix after the phe ..