Just weeks after it was announced that Siddiqui was being roped in for the role replacing producer Akhtar, it now seems the decision is being reversed. With Akhtar's dates now freed up after Bombay Samurai' was postponed, he is now able to devote more time to Raees', which also stars Shah Rukh Khan.
A source told Times Of India, "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."
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