Just days after Emraan Hashmi started trending as anti-hero of the year on Twitter, the actor was spotted at Farhan Akhtar’s Excel Entertainment office in suburban Mumbai for a meeting. According to industry sources, Hashmi is in talks for the part of the villain opposite Ranveer Singh in Akhar’s most anticipated film, Don 3. Last year, Akhtar announced the making of Don 3, and months later finalized Singh to play Don in the third installment of the film.
Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani bought the rights to the original 1978 film starring Amitabh Bachchan and remade it with Shah Rukh Khan playing the iconic role in Don (2006) and Don 2 (2011). Boman Irani played the negative character in both installments of the film, and now Hashmi will be seen in the role of the antagonist in Don 3.
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Official Announcement Is Awaited Regarding Don 3 Cast
While Akhtar and Sidhwani are yet to make it official, it didn’t come as a surprise considering that Hashmi’s performance as the court martialled officer of Pakistani army Aatish Rehman blew away everyone in Tiger 3. Hashmi is certainly going to be the most-loved antihero of our times.
About The Don Franchise
In 2006, Farhan Akhtar came up with the action thriller Don, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, and Boman Irani. The film was an official remake of the namesake 1978 film starring Amitabh Bachchan. The film was a critical and commercial success and was followed by a sequel titled Don 2 which was released on 23 December 2011. However, now Shah Rukh Khan will be replaced by Ranveer Singh in the third installment which will release in 2025.
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