Farhan Akhtar reveals why he chose Ranveer Singh and not Shah Rukh Khan for Don 3, says, “Sometimes that synergy on a script doesn’t happen”

Ranveer Singh starrer Don 3, helmed by Farhan Akhtar is one of the anticipated movies. After Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan, the audience is waiting to see the magic Ranveer creates. While several deets about the movie are under wraps till now, in a recent podcast, Farhan Akhtar reveals reason behind Ranveer Singh replacing Shah Rukh Khan.

Farhan Akhtar on starring Ranveer Singh and not SRK in Don 3

Farhan Akhtar told Raj Shamani on his podcast, “The kind of script that we were writing, what I wanted to do with it… it’s too early to speak about it so I can’t unfortunately can’t get into detail. But it needed this next-generation actor in it.”

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Praising Ranveer’s acting chops, Farhan added, “He’s just inherently a very charming guy. He’s charming, he’s mischievous. He’s just full of energy, which is what this needs. I feel that when it comes to this aspect of his performance, it’s still untapped. I don’t think he’s done a role like this. He has always played, predominantly, characters which are to an extent – with the exception of Lootera… His characters, because of who he is, as in they’re written for him for this reason, are very external. They are loud, big characters where he’s got the histrionics. Don requires a different kind of performance from him. There is a certain holding of everything inside that is needed, which I don’t think he has done. So I think it is a nice challenge for him to be able to do it.”

When asked why Shah Rukh Khan did not reprise his role, Farhan said, “We did try. There were a couple of ideas we exchanged and wrote some stuff also but somehow, either he was excited by something that I didn’t feel or that I was excited by something that he didn’t feel… you know what I’m talking about. That happens. Sometimes that synergy on a script doesn’t happen. It didn’t happen on this. So we said we’ve done two which are really fun and amazing together, let’s just…”

About Don franchise

People are excited to see him as the new Don after two megastars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan. Big B featured in original film, Excel Productions take forward the franchise with Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role. After Zeenat Aman and Priyanka Chopra, Kiara Advani is the next jungli billi of the Don franchise.

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