First Shahrukh Khan, than Farhan Akhtar and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, casting of Rahul Dholakia's Raees has seen a lot of exits and entries. Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif and newbie Vaani Kapoor were also approached to join the board but nothing came out officially.

The director, however, once announced that his film will see SRK as hero and Farhan Akhtar as cop. But as time progressed, both the actors withdrew their names from the venture. Farhan opted out for Dev Benegal's Bombay Samurai, and Rahul Dholakia's spoke to Nawazuddin Siddiqui to fill in Farhan's shoes. The national award winning actor accepted the offer and has also agreed on the terms that he need to put 20 kilos for the role.

But now, sources from the b-town reported that producers Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan have had a fall out with Dev over Bombay Samurai. So, the film that was to bring Kareena Kapoor Khan and Farhan together has been put on the backburner. Farhan's dates have, therefore, opened up. This means he might return to Raees, the project he was really keen to do.

“After Happy New Year wraps up, Shah Rukh will do a film for Aditya Chopra. Immediately afterwards, he will start Raees. Likewise, after wrapping up his sister Zoya Akhtar's Dil Dhadakne Do, Farhan has a slot where he can fit in his dates with SRK. And if he can match dates with SRK's, he is ready to consider coming back into Raees, in the role that was originally his. Then, there is a likelihood that Nawaz may opt out and allow Farhan to slip back into the cop's uniform,” informed sources.

Phew, casting is indeed a difficult task, we find!

Source: TNN