/> It's been his long-cherished dream to do an Indian Spiderman, a gift to his son Aryan who's a big FX/SRK fan. And the director chosen to put together what's unarguably going to be one of the most expensive films ever produced in India is Anubhav Sinha.

Shah Rukh in fact is so gung-ho about the project that he's actively collaborating with director Sinha in the writing of the script.

The idea given by the director to SRK based on gizmos, computer games and super-hero on the lines of Spiderman to be played by SRK, is being developed extensively by the mega-star.

Whether he'll finally take credit for the screenplay or not remains to be seen. At the moment all systems are geared to start SRK's most expensive starrer before 2008 ends.

Though Sinha is at this point not willing to reveal more details about SRK's super-hero project, the film will require a 12-year old boy to co-star with Shah Rukh....a sure sign of child protagonists coming into their own in pivotal parts after Amitabh Bachchan-Ayesha Kapoor in Black, Bobby Deol-Dwij Yadav in Nanhe Jaisalmer and Aamir Khan-Darsheel Safary in Taare Zameen Par.

At this very minute the hunt is on for the 12-year old protagonist who will get the dream opportunity to join in Shah Rukh's fantasy of donning a cape and flying across the sky at super-heroic speed.

In an interview to me a year back SRK said he wanted his company to produce a big FX film on the lines of Spiderman.

"I want my company Red Chillies to become truly FX-savvy. Have you seen 300? That's the kind of optical effects I want in our cinema," SRK had said with characteristic gusto.

SRK's first super-hero film is expected to out-distance all the spectacular FX films produced in India.

Talks between Anubhav and Shah Rukh for this project to be produced by SRK's company Red Chillies have been on for nearly a year.

"But in the last three months we've been meeting very seriously about the project, thanks to a common friend (journalist Mustaq Sheikh).

Yes, it's an FX –driven fantasy for children and the child within every person, on the lines of Spiderman.It's definitely NOT an animation film, as wrongly reported in some sections of the press, " reveals the director of the actioners Dus and Cash as he gears up for the biggest challenge of his career.

"I'm surprised at how accessible Shah Rukh is to me. I was always given the impression that he likes to work with directors with whom he already has a certain comfort level. Shah Rukh didn't know me at all. But he's all for our film together."