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If Shah Rukh Khan is young (at heart) enough to gallivant on a glacier with Kajol in Dilwale, then perhaps no eyebrows should be raised at the romance that will unfold in one of his next films.

The 50-year-old actor will romance young Alia Bhatt, who is almost a good three decades his junior, in English Vinglish director Gauri Shinde's next, reports Indian Express.

SRK's role in the film is that of an extended cameo, says this IANS report, and the film's three male leads will be newcomers.

In his special appearance, SRK will have Alia Bhatt as his love interest, but theirs will be an unconventional romance, said the director.

The film, which was rumoured to be stalled due to creative differences between Shinde and producer Karan Johar, will go on the floors in January.