Deepika Padukone filmed Shah Rukh Khan’s King song Tu Mil Jaaye while five months pregnant, according to reports that surfaced as the track broke viewing records this week. The revelation has given fans a new reason to rewatch the romantic number, which was released on 2 November to mark Khan’s 61st birthday and features the pair’s first on-screen reunion since Pathaan.
Bollywood Hungama reported on 2 November that Padukone was five months pregnant with her daughter Devi when she shot the song in Cape Town, and the outlet noted that the detail added another dimension to a shoot that had already drawn attention through leaked visuals. The couple, Padukone and Ranveer Singh, announced in April 2026 that they were expecting their second child, and Bollywood Bubble reported that they welcomed their daughter Devi on 19 September 2026.
A shoot kept secret until the song dropped
The pregnancy detail stayed out of the headlines while the Cape Town schedule was under way. Leaked photos and clips from the location had already gone viral, according to Bollywood Hungama, showing Khan and Padukone holding hands on set — but the reason the shoot carried extra significance only became clear once the finished video arrived.
Zoom TV reported on 4 November that Padukone was five months pregnant at the time of filming, and described her as elegant and composed in the final visuals. The outlet’s report, however, names the baby as Dua — Padukone and Singh’s first daughter — while Bollywood Hungama and Bollywood Bubble both name the second child as Devi. That conflict has not been resolved in the reporting so far, and this draft follows Bollywood Hungama and Bollywood Bubble on the name Devi. Filmimagic, in a later round-up, also cautioned that the exact filming dates and the five-months detail had not been independently confirmed by the filmmakers, so the claim should be read as reported rather than officially confirmed.
The song’s record-breaking first day
Whatever the behind-the-scenes story, the numbers speak for themselves. According to Telegraph India, cited by NewsOneUSA on 4 November, Tu Mil Jaaye recorded 36.3 million YouTube views in its first 24 hours, making it the most-watched song from an Indian film in a single day. Reports put the cross-platform total above 60 million views in the same period, with more than 430,000 likes on YouTube alone.
The track, sung by Arijit Singh and Madhubanti Bagchi with music by Sachin-Jigar and a rap contribution from Ed Sheeran, also carries a gentler footnote that fans have shared widely: a viral clip from the Cape Town schedule showed Khan offering Padukone his hand as she climbed a flight of stairs, a gesture that was widely praised online at the time. King, directed by Siddharth Anand, is scheduled for release in cinemas worldwide on 24 December 2026, and the song’s reception has set a high bar for the film’s campaign.
