When the director of Pazhassi Raja, T Hariharan met Shah Rukh Khan to request him to do the prologue of the film, he was in for a pleasant surprise. The King Khan not only agreed to it immediately but also made it clear that he would not accept a dime for it! Shah Rukh was impressed by Pazhassi Raja’s story as he is considered to be one of the frontrunners that sought freedom from the British even before the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857.

Interestingly, Mohanlal will do the prologue in the Malayalam version and Kamal Haasan will do it for the Tamil version.