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The two will shake a leg to the 1980 chartbuster "Laila O Laila" for the upcoming crime-drama.

Ever since her face-off with a journalist on a talk show, from which she emerged dignified and graceful, it's been Sunny days for Sunny Leone with everyone from Aamir Khan and Varun Dhavan to Anushka Sharma and Alia Bhatt taking up for the actress.

Since then, Sunny has bagged a special song in Sanjay Gupta's Kaabil, opposite Hrithik Roshan, has also become the brand ambassador's for the Government of India's No Smoking campaign alongside Deepak Dobriyal, been invited to a private luncheon by Aamir Khan (Mirror, February 8) and welcomed on the sets of his upcoming wrestling-biopic.

Now, Mirror has learnt that the 34-year-old actress will be shaking a leg with Shah Rukh Khan in Rahul Dholakia's crime-drama Raees. And the chartbuster they will sizzle to is none other than Qurbani's "Laila O Laila" which featured Feroz Khan and Zeenat Aman.

Producer duo Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar, who are fans of the classic number, acquired the rights to Amit Kumar-Kanchan song which is being re-recorded and rendered with faster beats.

"Raees is set in the '80s and there was need of a song sequence. The makers unanimously selected "Laila O Laila" which perfectly fits with the dark, gangster theme and period. It was suggested to Shah Rukh and it was his idea to get Sunny on board. A lavish set is being created in Mumbai and rehearsals are on in full swing," reveals a source close to the development.

The makers have planned a similar club set-up as seen in the original 1980 film with Sunny wearing a white, sequinned gown and a feathery headgear as she woos the Baadshah who plays bootlegger Raees Khan. In the film, his business is eventually thwarted by a police officer - Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Khan's ladylove is played by Pakistani actress Mahira Khan.

Presently, Sunny is filming a solo hip-hop sequence for Jasmine D'Souza's One Night Stand also featuring Tanuj Virwani. "She will begin shooting for Raees next month. It will be a two-day schedule," the source adds.


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SRK to step into a Sikh tourist's shoes for Imtiaz's next

Shah Rukh Khan has begun prep to play up a Sikh character in Imtiaz Ali's yet-to-be-titled comedy-drama.

The film is slated to roll after his two upcoming releases hit screens and he wraps up Gauri Shinde's romance-drama with Alia Bhatt, Ali Zafar and Kunal Kapoor in Goa.

Imtiaz, who is still finalizing the script, has set the film in London and Punjab. "SRK will be seen as a turbaned tourist in the UK. His innocent interactions with the Britishers and his adventurous return to India form the premise of the film," reveals a source close to the development.

After Ajay Devgn in Son of Sardaar, Saif Ali Khan in Love Aaj Kal, Akshay Kumar in Singh in King and the film's 2015-sequel and Ranbir Kapoor in Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year, this will be the first time the Baadshah will be seen in a turban. But unlike his earlier releases, Love Aaj Kal, Jab We Met, Rockstar, Highway and Tamasha, romance is reportedly not the premise of the film. "This is a comedy-drama," the source adds.

-mumbaimirror.com