Atlee was questioned about his experience directing Shah Rukh Khan in Jawan in an interview. He claimed that he enjoyed the procedure and felt completely at ease managing the actor. Atlee said:”If Aryan would have directed Shah Rukh sir..how comfortable he would have been, I have been in that zone. I was very very comfortable.”
He was also questioned about how he made a Hindi movie despite not knowing the language in the same interview. The filmmaker said,”See, a film is not bound by language for sure. You can’t restrict films by languages.” Atlee further said that he faced no issues even though there was a language barrier.
Atlee directed and Gauri Khan produced Jawan under the Red Chillies label. Deepika Padukone, Vijay Sethupathi, SRK, Nayanthara, Sanya Malhotra, Priyamani, and Sunil Grover also appear in the film.