Over last few months ever since the announcement of 'Joker', it was being said that the film takes audience into a world hitherto unseen with aliens and other out-of-the-real-world elements. In fact there were similarities that were also drawn with Batman flick 'The Dark Knight', a superhero film, where Heath Ledger had played the role of 'Joker'. However as it has turned out, this is far from being true with the makers totally denying the presence of any superhero element whatsoever.

"These are all plain speculations. The plot of 'Joker' has nothing to do with superheroes", says Shirish Kunder, the film's director, "Someone out there may have just said something in jest but no one ever went on records claiming it to be a superhero film. Yes, there are fantasy elements involved but Akshay Kumar is not playing a superhero by any imagination. In fact he plays a scientist who returns from America to his native village."

With varied versions being heard at different points in time, one wonders whether it is a strategy adopted by the makers to keep the audience guessing right till the film's release. Well, all one can do is continue to speculate as the film is still far away from release and would arrive only next year.