IPL 2022: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan who teased one and all yesterday with SRK+, which was believed to be his own OTT app, was instead an act of prank. The actor has instead done it for a new commercial for Disney + Hotstar. Follow InsideSport.IN for more updates.
IPL 2022: Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shahrukh Khan pranks with OTT app launch, promotes Disney+ Hotstar
Yesterday, the superstar posted a picture of him giving a thumbs up, that also had SRK+’s logo on his Twitter handle and wrote “Kuch Kuch hone wala hai, OTT ki duniya mein ( Something is about to happen in the world of OTT).” Soon after his tweet, Film director Anurag Kashyap revealed that he will be collaborating with Shah Rukh Khan on this app.
Sorry @iamsrk pehle bata dete, Rudra SRK+ pe hi release karta 😂
Ab #ThodaRukShahRukh pic.twitter.com/ly4pEqjE0e— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) March 16, 2022
However, Hotstar released the commercial today that has both Shah Rukh Khan and Anurag Kashyap involved in a discussion for the launch of contents on his app. While Kashyap suggests storyline for two films, it was revealed that all those contents are already available in Hotstar. Shahrukh Khan then asks whether there is another idea to which they say IPL Team, but Kashyap reveals that IPL too is getting streamed on the OTT platform.
Shah Rukh Khan’s IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders are gearing up for the new season and they will be led by Shreyas Iyer from this year. The 27-year old has been picked up in the auction for 12.25 crores. Kolkata Knight Riders, under the captaincy of England’s Eoin Morgan entered the finals of IPL last year and finished as runners-up after losing to Chennai Super Kings. This year, the season will kickstart with both the teams playing once again on 26th March at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad
Full Squad: Andre Russell (12 Cr) / Varun Chakravarthy (8 Cr) / Venkatesh Iyer (8 Cr) / Sunil Narine (6) / Pat Cummins (7.25 Cr) / Shreyas Iyer (12.25 Cr) / Nitish Rana (8 Cr) / Shivam Mavi (7.25 Cr) / Sheldon Jackson (0.60 Cr) / Ajinkya Rahane (1 Cr) / Rinku Singh (0.55 Cr) / Anukul Roy (0.2 Cr) / Pratham Singh (0.2 Cr) / Abhijeet Tomar (0.4 Cr) / Rasikh Salam (0.2 Cr) / Baba Indrajith (0.2 Cr) / Chamika Karunaratne (0.5 Cr) / Ashok Sharma (0.55 Cr) / Sam Billings (2.0 Cr) / Alex Hales (1.5 CR) / Aaron Finch (Alex Hales Replacement) / Tim Southee (1.5 Cr) / Ramesh Kumar (0.2 Cr) / Mohammed Nabi (1.0 Cr) / Umesh Yadav (2.0 Cr).
IPL 2022: Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shahrukh Khan pranks with OTT app launch, promotes Disney+ Hotstar
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