Recently, Farhan Akhtar, who is working on the third installment of , revealed an interesting story about how he cast Shah Rukh Khan as the lead in the first part, which was released in 2006. Akhtar appeared on Raj Shamani’s podcast, where he recalled committing to offer the lead role in to Hrithik Roshan. Speaking about the same, Akhtar said, “Hrithik and I did Lakshya, and we had an incredible, wonderful time working together.
So I reached out to Hrithik and said, ‘I’m thinking I’m going to remake .’ He said, ‘Sounds amazing, dude!’ I said, ‘Let me write it and I’ll bring it to you.’ So he said, ‘Cool.
’ When I was writing, the only person whose face popped into my head was Shah Rukh, from what I knew of him. We’d spent some time together, hanging out at a party here or a party there, with some common friends in Delhi. So the way he was, not his cinematic image, but him, his personality, his wit, the little sarcastic sense of humor he has, self-deprecating, he can make fun of himself.
When I was writing, I thought this guy is the best actor for this part,” Akhtar then continued, “But I'd already given my word to Hrithik. So I called up Hrithik and told him, ‘I’m writing the film I spoke to you about. But the more I’m writing, I’m feeling I should reach out to Shah Rukh for this film.
I’ll never forget, he said, ‘Farhan, you’ve to make your film, and in the best way possible. If you think he’s the guy, please go ahead and call him. Don't worry about me.
’ That is a very gracious thing.” Interestingly, Roshan did a cameo in as one of the disguises of Khan’s character. After , Roshan and Akhtar starred together in Zoya Akhtar’s and .
Shah Rukh Khan has also hung up his boots now as Ranveer Singh will play the titular character in the upcoming ..
