Archive · 25 Jan 2026
Shah Rukh Khan's King Inspired by Léon: The Professional
Shah Rukh Khan is making a new movie called King.
It's inspired by an old French movie called Léon: The Professional.
In King, Shah Rukh plays a hitman who trains a young girl, played by his real-life daughter Suhana, to take revenge.
Abhishek Bachchan is the bad guy.
The movie is not exactly like Léon but takes some ideas from it.
It's going to be a big action drama.
There was another Indian movie like this before called Bichhoo.
King is inspired by the 1994 French film Léon: The Professional.
Shah Rukh Khan plays a character inspired by Jean Reno's role in Léon.
Suhana Khan, Shah Rukh's daughter, makes her theatrical debut as his on-screen protégée.
Abhishek Bachchan plays the antagonist in the film.
King is a loose adaptation, not a frame-by-frame remake, with amplified action and drama.
- Who
- Shah Rukh Khan, Suhana Khan, Abhishek Bachchan
- What
- King, a film inspired by Léon: The Professional
- When
- Release date not specified
- Where
- India
- Why
- To create a classic Shah Rukh Khan entertainer with a mentor-protégé dynamic
- Original Film
- Léon: The Professional (1994)
- Director of King
- Sidharth Anand
- Shah Rukh Khan's Role
- Inspired by Jean Reno's character
- Suhana Khan's Role
- Shah Rukh Khan's on-screen protégée
- Antagonist
- Abhishek Bachchan
- Adaptation Type
- Loose adaptation, not a frame-by-frame remake
- Previous Indian Adaptation
- Bichhoo (2000)