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R Madhavan is marking his directorial debut with Rocketry: The Nambi Effect. The actor-filmmaker is bowled over by Shah Rukh Khan’s humility. While promoting his upcoming film in R Madhavan revealed that SRK did not charge a single penny for his cameo in the project.

Not only Shah Rukh Khan but actor Suriya too did not charge any fee for the film revealed Madhavan.

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Speaking about how Shah Rukh Khan came on board he said, “I mentioned about ‘Rocketry’ to Shah Rukh Khan sahab when I worked with him in ‘Zero’ …he vividly remembered it that during one of his birthday parties he asked me about the film’s status and expressed his desire to be a part of the film. ‘Mujhe background me koi bhi role chalega main is film ka hissa hona chahta hu’, Khan sahab told me.”

 

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Two days later my wife Sarita asked me to thank Khan sahab for his kind words. I dropped a message to Khan sahab’s manager asking her to convey my gratitude to him and I instantly got a text from the manager saying, ‘khan sahab dates puch rhe hai shoot ki’.. and that’s how he became a part of our film,” R Madhavan recalled.

The two (SRK and Suriya) did not charge a single penny for their work in the film. They did not charge anything for caravans, costumes, and assistants. In fact, Suriya flew out to shoot in Mumbai with his crew on his own money. He did not charge for the flights or for the dialogue writer who translated his lines in Tamil,” Madhavan shared.

Rocketry is hitting the theatres on July 1.

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