Zero teaser: Shah Rukh Khan has shrunk a few inches

The first teaser of SRK's much-awaited film is finally out! Watch it here.

Much has been said about Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming film with Aanand L Rai. Even before the title of the film was announced, it garnered a lot of attention because King Khan was rumoured to be playing a little person in it. Now that the trailer has been released, it is appears that the rumours were true. Shah Rukh Khan was himself quoted by NDTV back in June 2017 when the superstar revealed that the film is about, "a vertically challenged special person." As interesting as the project sounded, it remained without a name. Until now. On January 1, 2018, Shah Rukh and Aanand L Rai announced the name of the movie. The title was accompanied with a glimpse of what to expect from Red Chillies’ VFX, which (totally) overpowers Kamal Haasan’s little person act in Appu Raja (1989).

Rai has an interesting reason for naming the film Zero. He was quoted by PTI as saying, "I wanted to celebrate 'Zero'; I wanted to celebrate the incompleteness in people. There is nothing great about being a complete person. There is a beauty to incompleteness. We all are humans and 'Zero' comes from there.” With a striking resemblance to his past films, Om Shanti Om and Fan, Shah Rukh Khan, once again, walks down the same road as he portrays a fan to a celebrity. The only difference - his height. That and the absence of his signature six pack.

Although the film also stars Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif, the trailer features only glimpses of the latter while focusing majorly on Shah Rukh Khan. In fact, the movie has cameos by a string of actresses such as Deepika Padukone, Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit-Nene, and a special number with Salman Khan. But you'll have to wait until the movie releases on December 21, 2018 before you can see all of that. Till then, check out the trailer for the film below: