Jawan star Shah Rukh Khan reacts to Mahesh Babu’s praise, says, 'Will keep working harder...'

After Pathaan, Shah Rukh Khan returned to the silver screen with Jawan, which released yesterday at the box office. The massy-actioner took a historic opening and raked in Rs 65.50 crore on its first day.

As cinegoers are going gaga over the pan-India biggie, Tollywood superstar Mahesh Babu praised Jawan and its cast and crew on social media as he tweeted, “#Jawan… Blockbuster cinema…  @Atlee_dir delivers king size entertainment with the King himself!! Comes up with his career’s best film…  The aura, charisma and screen presence of @iamsrk are unmatched… He’s on fire here !! Jawan will break his own records… how cool is that!! Stuff of the legends  #Nayanthara @VijaySethuOffl @anirudhofficial @RedChilliesEnt”

Thank u so much. Everyone is so thrilled you liked it. Big love to you and family. Very encouraging to hear your kind words. Will keep working harder now to entertain. Love you my friend. https://t.co/won5gxilR7

— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) September 8, 2023

#Jawan... Blockbuster cinema… 💥💥💥 @Atlee_dir delivers king size entertainment with the King himself!! Comes up with his career's best film… 👏👏👏 The aura, charisma and screen presence of @iamsrk are unmatched… He’s on fire here 🔥🔥🔥!! Jawan will break his own records……

— Mahesh Babu (@urstrulyMahesh) September 8, 2023

SRK reacted to Mahesh Babu’s praise and replied, “Thank u so much. Everyone is so thrilled you liked it. Big love to you and family. Very encouraging to hear your kind words. Will keep working harder now to entertain. Love you my friend.”

Jawan is expected to continue its momentum in the coming weeks as no big films are releasing in the next few weeks. Directed by Atlee, the also stars Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Sunil Grover, Priyamani, Sanya Malhotra, Sanjeeta Bhattacharya, Girija Oak, Ridhi Dogra, Lehar Khan, Aaliyah Qureishi, Eijaz Khan, among others. It also has cameos of Sanjay Dutt and Deepika Padukone.