Shah Rukh Khan takes it easy

For the first time Shah Rukh Khan will not be acting in his home production. His production house is planning a film titled Always Kabhi Kabhi that marks the directorial debut of industry veteran Roshan Abbas. The movie is a launch pad for four new faces including Zoa Morani the daughter of Karim Morani, a family SRK is very close to for years.

A source said, "Shah Rukh wants his role to be only that of a producer this time. This is a big exception because he has produced eight movies so far and in all of them he has either had the lead role or did cameos."

The insider added, "He will supervise the shooting, marketing and advertising plans and will also be creatively involved with the movie by going through the script and suggesting things that he feels would be beneficial for the project. Since the movie will star Zoa, he will make sure that she gets a big launch as the Moranis and he go back a long way. The Moranis are his friends and they manage his stage shows."

Shah Rukh's busy schedule is apparently limiting his involvement in the film. "Shah Rukh has My Name Is Khan and then Ra.1 up his sleeves. Ra.1 is also being produced by him; he is really tied up. So he is taking it easy as far as this movie is concerned. He just wants to oversee things than act in it. However, his presence even as a cameo would have made a world of difference but Shah Rukh is confident of the product and Roshan Abbas's film-making skills."