Shah Rukh Khan was clicked with Atlee, who directed the Tamil blockbuster Mersal staring 'Thalapathy' Vijay, at the MA Chidambaram International Cricket Stadium in Chennai. The pictures of the two enjoying the IPL (Indian Premier League) match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings have taken the internet by storm.

While many cinegoers are rejoicing at the possibility of Shah Rukh and Atlee teaming up for a film, some trolls made distasteful comments about the filmmaker's skin colour.

However, fans jumped to Atlee's rescue and slammed the trolls for their racist remarks. "Y'all are making fun of Atlee's skin colour. Well, at least he got to sit beside SRK by his own hard work. What have you achieved other than sitting at your home commenting about his skin colour?" one Twitter user wrote.

Y’all making fun of Atlee’s skin colour well at least he got to sit beside SRK by his own hardwork. What have you achieved other than sitting at your home commenting about his skin colour? #Atlee #CSKvKKR Yaaro (@lostsoulheree) April 9, 2019

#atlee He In A Position To Sit Along With #ShahrukhKhan..so many people troll about his colour. Ur troll becomes to sit along with #Sharukhkhan jiii..this meeting becomes a big blockbuster pic.twitter.com/C0QAMQbUmL Kumaravel (@kumarav30427559) April 10, 2019

Myself being mostly dark, I feel bad for the trolls that #Atlee has to go through when he makes public appearances. #Priya should be proud that her hubby has reached a height that to sit besides #SRK is no less feat. pic.twitter.com/aDsAIm8OJ2 April 9, 2019

At the end of the day, #Atlee got married to a beautiful woman. Earning 8 figure salary. Doing movies with the biggest star of this generation in Tamil. You, his RACIAL ABUSERS, are living a low life. George AB Addict (@VijayIsMyLife) April 9, 2019

May be the guys who making fun would never be known to even people in the next streets but #Atlee already made his name in Kollywood! Respect people for their talents and characters, not by their looks or gender!



- A True #Thala fan! #CSKvKKR #CSK #IPL2019 Sarcawesome (@mrmohanmk) April 10, 2019

Meanwhile, trade analyst Ramesh Bala announced on Twitter that a collaboration was definitely on the cards. "Shah Rukh Khan and Atlee are certainly doing a movie together... Whether it's the Hindi remake of Mersal or a fresh script is to be decided," he wrote.

. @iamsrk and @Atlee_dir are certainly doing a Movie together..



Whether it's #Mersal Hindi remake or fresh script is to be decided.. Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) April 9, 2019

Netizens are also excited about a possible collaboration between Shah Rukh and Atlee.

Either He is directing a movie or Remaking



Sitting next to #SRK is biggest success of his life

Give sometime or wait for #Atlee

He will be going vera level (THE NAME IS @Atlee_dir ) pic.twitter.com/Dfx93SpKij VIJAY KARTHIK (@k99arthick) April 9, 2019

On the work front, Shah Rukh was last seen on the big screen in Aanand L Rai's Zero, in which he was seen as a vertically challenged man from Meerut named Bauua Singh, who is in a complicated love triangle with a wheelchair-bound scientist (Anushka Sharma) and an actress battling alcoholism (Katrina Kaif).

Zero opened to mixed reviews and tanked at the box office. Apparently, the failure left Shah Rukh shaken and he opted out of Mahesh Mathai's Saare Jahaan Se Achcha, which will bring the story of cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to travel into space, alive on celluloid.

Saare Jahaan Se Achcha writer Anjum Rajabali confirmed Shah Rukh's exit from the film. At an event, he said, "If you're asking me, there was a problem with the script (of Zero). Himanshu (Sharma, the writer) is a very talented person but things go wrong sometimes. I don’t think he said no to Saare Jahan Se Achcha because of the space (angle). I think he’s also pretty shaken up, he was banking a lot on that."

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