Pathaan is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Siddharth Anand from a screenplay by Shridhar Raghavan and a story by Anand. Produced by Aditya Chopra for Yash Raj Films, it is the fourth installment in the YRF Spy Universe and stars Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham, and Deepika Padukone. Pathaan is scheduled to be released in India on January 25, 2023, coinciding with Indian Republic Day weekend along with dubbed versions in Tamil and Telugu. The film will mark Shah Rukh Khan's return to the silver screen after his 2018 film Zero.