Have you heard? Main nahin hoon Don

Main nahin hoon DonUh oh What is this wersquore hearing now Rumours are rife that Shah Rukh Khan wonrsquot be returning as Don in Farhan Akhtarrsquos third instalment of the action thriller franchise And to think that just recently Ritesh Sidhwani said that his producer partner and director Farhan has begun writing the new Don flick While he wants to do commercial movies that entertain the audiences SRK apparently feels that Don 3 isnrsquot the kind of film that fits into his scheme of things right now Reportedly Farhan also discussed the idea of bringing three generations of Dons together mdash Amitabh Bachchan Shah Rukh and a new actor they will bring on board to take the franchise ahead However the Pathaan actor vetoed the idea as he found it gimmicky It is being said that the moviersquos makers have initiated discussions with another actor with whom they have collaborated twice before While he liked their idea he is apprehensive in taking the legacy forwardAlso ReadI look up to Pankaj Udhas as a mentor John AbrahamManoj bats for newbiesManoj Bajpayee has been talking about Bandaa at every event he has attended in recent times The actor plays the role of a lawyer who fought legal stalwarts to bring to book a selfproclaimed godman in a 2013 rape case He is batting for the new artistes making their debut in the courtroom drama ldquoSuparn S Varma creative producer Vinod Bhanushali producer and myself are quite old in this business Irsquom a little curious and nervous for our director Apoorv Singh Karki as itrsquos his film debut and Surya Mohan Kulshreshtha who is playing such an important negative role and is such a great actorrdquo he says Manoj adds that he is equally excited for Adrija Sinha ldquoShe has given such a remarkable performance as a 16yearold girlrdquoRush no moreIt appears that Akshay Kumar has realised that wrapping up a movie in 45odd days is no mean feat So he is said to have opened his date diary for Sandeep Kelwani and Abhishek Kapurrsquos directorial debut Sky Force While they finished a weeklong talkie portion in Mumbai earlier this month we hear the actor has allotted about four months to Dinesh Vijanrsquos production He is currently shooting for the biopic of C Shankaran Nair the lawyer who fought against the British for the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre of April 1919 After it is wrapped up by the monthend Akshay will singlemindedly focus on Sky Force till October The actor plays an Indian Air Force officer and will be shooting extensive action sequences in different air bases across the countryJust lsquofooling aroundrsquoAmitabh Bachchan recently made headlines for hitching a ride to work Not surprisingly he was called out for not wearing a helmet Consequently the Mumbai Police tweeted that they have shared the post with the cityrsquos traffic branch Now the Hindi cinema icon has issued a clarification He shared on his blog that the instance is from the shoot on location in Ballard Pier when it was closed on Sunday Big B explained ldquoOne lane in the region was blocked off by police permission for shoothellip the lane is barely 3040 metres The dress I wear is my costume for the film sicrdquo He added that he was just lsquofooling aroundrsquo by hopping on a crew memberrsquos bike and they were just giving the impression of riding to save time but in reality they werenrsquot moving anywhere Bachchan concluded his post stating that while he would certainly opt for a bike ride if there was ever a ldquoproblem of punctualityrdquo he would surely wear a helmet and adhere to the traffic rules and regulationsRelease delayed againSidharth Malhotrarsquos Yodha has been deferred yet again This time around it was to avoid being swept off in the Jawan wave The release of the Shah Rukh Khanstarrer with director Atlee was recently moved from June 2 to September 7 Initially scheduled to release in November 2022 Yodha was pushed to July 7 and later to September 15 due to extensive VFX work But with SRKrsquos Jawan rescheduled to September 7 the makers of Sidharthrsquos action thriller are now looking at a more favourable window in the last quarter of the year Produced by Karan Johar and Shashank Khaitan the film also stars Disha Patani and Raashii Khanna in the lead Varunrsquos next missionAfter some back and forth Varun Dhawanrsquos next with Atlee has been finalised Reportedly it is an adaptation of the 2016 Tamil hit Theri However the south director will not be helming the Hindi version that has been reworked keeping in mind the sensibilities of north Indian audiences He will only be producing it along with Murad Khetani Kalees who has previously made Kee 2019 has been roped in to direct the Hindi film Varun will step into Thalapathy Vijayrsquos shoes to play the cop whose sole mission is to protect his daughter from the baddies The makers are said to be in talks with Janhvi Kapoor and other leading ladies for the parts essayed by Samantha and Amy Jackson in the Tamil original The makers plan to take the film on floors this August after Varun wraps up shooting RajDKrsquos CitadelAlso ReadKatrina Kaif was saving the most adorable pics with Vicky Kaushal for his birthday heres proofSpilling the beansActors love to spill the beans on their friends Recently while promoting the OTT release of Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar Ranbir Kapoor hinted at Aditya Roy Kapur and Ananya Pandayrsquos rumoured relationship When comedian Aishwarya Mohanraj claimed to have been married to Aditya for 45 minutes RK called his buddy to check if it was true Later when asked if he would call her for his New Yearrsquos Eve party as Aditya also attended the last time around Ranbir said ldquoHe is always here I donrsquot know if he wants to be around you I know he likes a girl starting with the letter Ardquo Wonder what the very private ARK and the eversochirpy Ananya have to say to that now