Amid backlash for announcing Don 3 with Ranveer Singh, Farhan Akhtar says he was slammed for casting Shah Rukh Khan too

He said, “Ranveer is amazing. He’s great for the part. He’s also, as you can imagine, really excited and really nervous, about the thing you’re filling some big shoes before you. But we went through the same emotional process when Shah Rukh did it and everyone was like ‘Oh my God, how can you replace Mr. Bachchan?.’That whole thing happened then.”

The filmmaker answered the audience’s apprehension about Singh acing his part as he continued, “It really is about an actor coming in and owning the part and making it really like, giving it their style and their flair. And he has that, he has that in spades. So, he is going to do a great job. I think the responsibility is more mine now to make sure that the script and the film work out the way I imagine.”

Farhan Akhtar also confirmed that he will start shooting for Don 3 only in 2025, and he is still in the process of finalising the cast.

Asked then why he announced the film so soon, he said he wanted the audience to know that Ranveer Singh will be the new Don. Now, it is still unclear if, in the meanwhile, the filmmaker will make his earlier announced project, Jee Le Zara, starring Katrina Kaif, Alia Bhatt and Priyanka Chopra or not.