Now, he is seeking to do the same in a different way: by lending his voice. And in this new role, his son Aryan accompanies him. The father and son have lent their voices to two animated characters in the Hindi version of worldwide hit animation The Incredibles directed by Brad Bird. The Hindi version is slated for commercial release in India this month.

While Khan the senior has lent his voice to the central character of The Incredibles, the junior Khan has dubbed the voice of Tej, the son of the screen father.

Shah Rukh is quite excited about his new assignment. He said in newspaper interviews that he was happy to lend his voice to the film, which is in the category of children's movies, and help popularise such projects.

Given that a number of top Hollywood stars have lent their voices to characters in animated films, the actor wanted to give a try in the same exercise. What was the difference he found in dubbing for films in which he acts and the one for the Hindi version of The Incredible? In his view, in the first category the actor knows the situations and the characters already enacted before the camera and accordingly recreates the emotions. However, it is quite different in the second category where the actor dubs for somebody else.

Shah Rukh has lately been basking in the glory of his latest box office hit Veer Zara, a love story between an Indian Air Force officer (played by the actor) and a Pakistani woman (played by Preity Zinta). He firmly believes that the potential of animated pictures in India remains largely untapped.