India, Jan. 8 -- Despite his award-winning stance among the cream of contemporary South Korean actors, Song Joong Ki has unfortunately suffered a bad patch of movie projects. Returning to the K-drama scene with a cameo in Queen of Tears in 2024 after a two-year gap since his titular role in Reborn Rich (2022), the highly-sought after K-drama lead pick generated more buzz with his mere minutes-long special appearance in the record-shaming tvN drama than he appears to have commercially accomplished with last two theatrical releases, Hopeless / Hwaran (2023) and Bogota: City of the Lost (2024). The latter project hit Korean theatres on New Year's Eve.

Cut to a week later, the Korean Film Council's database update on January 7, 2025, indicat...