Shah Rukh Khan is in the midst of an arduous schedule currently because his upcoming film Zero has occupied most of his time. Considering the fact that SRK doesn’t have a minute to spare at the moment, he has requested the makers of Salute – his next project – to postpone it by a few months as he intends to concentrate on Zero, a leading daily reports.

Salute is a biopic on astronaut Rakesh Sharma and was expected to begin filming in October but owing to the 52-year-old actor’s prior work commitment, will now go on floors in 2019.

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“Shah Rukh wants to completely invest his time in the project till it releases this December. He has wrapped up most of his ad shoots and has also requested the makers of his next film Salute to push it ahead by a few months as right now, his focus is on Zero. He was supposed to kick-start the biopic on Rakesh Sharma around October, but now, it will go on floors next year,” sources told the daily.

In the meantime, sources also informed the daily that Zero is SRK’s “most ambitious film” so far and that the first part of Zero has been edited as well while his friends and colleagues have seen it and they loved it, of course. The trailer will release SRK’s birthday on November 2.

“The first half of Zero is edited and even the VFX is complete. King Khan and his team have loved what they have seen. They are also cutting a trailer, which will release on his birthday (November 2). He has shown a few rushes of the movie to his industry friends, too, who have liked it,” the source added.

Zero, directed by Aanand L Rai, casts SRK as a vertically- challenged man while Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma co-star in the film. SRK’s character is called Bauua Singh in the film while Salman Khan will also be seen in a special appearance in it. Salman and SRK appeared together in the second teaser of Zero, which released in June.

Zero is scheduled to release on December 21.