Shah Rukh Khan, a Gujarati don in Farhan Akhtar’s next?

Actor-filmmaker-producer Farhan Akhtar is said to be planning to reunite with Shah Rukh Khan after the huge box-office success of the Don franchise together. The duo will be teaming up for a Rahul Dholakia project which is said to be starring the superstar as a Gujarati don.

The project will be jointly produced by Farhan and his partner Ritesh Sidhwani under their home banner Excel Entertainment and it’s presently in its scripting stage. As told by Ritesh, "SRK is doing the film. We are not sure when it will go on floors exactly but it will be next year. Shah Rukh is excited about the film but we need to work out the schedule as he has prior commitments.” The makers, who are seeing the movie as Don 3, will make it sure that the script is engaging enough. Ritesh added, "With a franchise likeDonand the character, it's important to get excited by the script. Neither Shah Rukh, nor Farhan or me wants to get into making a film because there is excitement about it. We also want to be happy with the script if that happens then I would love to do it.”

While talking about others films queued up, Ritesh confirmed that Fukrey 2 as well as Abhishek Kapoor's Rock On 2 are also on their way to get the final scripts. Ritesh told about the sequel to Fukrey, which was directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba and starred newcomers like Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Ali Fazal, Manjot Singh, Richa Chadda, Vishakha Singh, and Priya Anand in lead roles, "Mrig is thinking about it (sequel). With any sequel you need to be excited about where and how the story is taken ahead. He has got an idea and is working on it. If he's excited about the story then he'll present it to us.” He added, "It is a great film and people want to see it into a sequel. There are memorable characters in the film which you can take forward.” Ritesh didn’t disclose much on Zoya Akhtar’s next though which is said to be starring Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma and Priyanka Chopra, "Its an ensemble cast. We are waiting to get the actors finalised first, then make a formal announcement. There is speculation going on but we are not talking about the three people in the project. We will start filming in mid April next year," the producer added.