Overview

• Kapoor shared stills and behind-the-scenes photos on September 7 to celebrate the 2001 film’s anniversary.
• He wrote that director S. Shankar initially approached Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan before the lead ultimately went to him.
• Kapoor called Nayak a defining performance and cited Shah Rukh Khan’s public compliment from the film’s audio event.
• Reporting referenced Shankar’s 2001 Filmfare comments that talks with Aamir did not align and that Shah Rukh hesitated after playing a reporter recently.
• Nayak is the Hindi remake of Shankar’s Tamil film Mudhalvan, featuring Rani Mukerji, Amrish Puri and Paresh Rawal, and fans flooded Kapoor’s post with praise.