Farhan Akhtar, Bollywood filmmaker, actor, and singer, is going to direct the next installment of the franchise. Recently, Akhtar spoke about casting Ranveer Singh in the upcoming movie. For those who don’t know, Amitabh Bachchan’s iconic (1978) was remade as a franchise by Akhtar with Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role in the first two installments.
In a new interview, Akhtar said he had to recast the role because of the screenplay they were writing. He added that this will offer Singh a chance to show a side of himself that has never been seen on screen. In a chat with Raj Shamani on his YouTube channel, Akhtar explained why he cast Singh and said, “The kind of script that we were writing, what I wanted to do with it.
.. It’s too early to speak about it unfortunately so I can’t go into details, but it needed this next generation actor in it.
” When asked why he chose Singh, Akhtar said he’s a “charming guy.” He continued, “Ranveer is mischievous, just full of energy, which is what we need and he is..
. I feel when it comes to this aspect of his performance, it’s still untapped. Like, I don’t think he has done a role like this.
” Farhan Akhtar said that Singh has largely done loud characters “with the exception of Lootera.” “His characters, because of who he is, they have been written for him, for that reason, are very external. They are loud characters.
They are big characters where he has the histrionics and everything. Don requires a very different kind of performance from him. There is a certain holding everything inside that is needed for this character which I don’t think he has done so I feel, for him also, it is a nice challenge to be able to do this.
You will see him in a different way.” When asked why Shah Rukh Khan isn’t a part of Don 3, Akhtar said they discussed a few ideas, but nothing worked out. “There were a couple of ideas that we exchanged, wrote some stuff also but somehow.
.. I mean either he was excited by something that I didn’t feel or then I was really excited by something that he felt was not.
.. and that happens.
We said we have done two which are really fun and amazing together.” Don originally starred Amitabh Bachchan, and was written by Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar. After the 1978 film, Farhan Akhtar remade the film with SRK in 2006.
He then made a sequel in 2011. Farhan Akhtar hasn’t directed a movie since then..
