Overview

• Khan said he almost teamed up with Mani Ratnam in 2007 on Lajo, an adaptation of Ismat Chughtai’s short story Gharwali, but the project fell apart for reasons unrelated to their partnership.
• He expressed enduring admiration for Ratnam’s work and reiterated his hope to collaborate with the filmmaker in the future.
• Sitaare Zameen Par is a sports comedy drama directed by R. S. Prasanna and produced by Khan alongside Aparna Purohit as a spiritual successor to Taare Zameen Par.
• The film stars Genelia Deshmukh and introduces several newcomers in a story about a football coach training specially-abled children.
• Khan criticized the trend of early OTT releases, arguing that withholding digital premieres helps sustain theatre attendance and box office performance.