However, it was recently that producer Ritesh Sidhwani took to twitter to talk about his next and wrote, "All those asking #Raees begins filming on 1st November with @iamsrk & @FarOutAkhtar." According to the recent tweet, it seems that Farhan Akhtar is back to play the role of a cop while Shah Rukh will play a bootlegger in the film. Though, rumours of many actresses including Sonam Kapoor playing the lead was doing the rounds, nothing has been officially announced.
Directed by Rahul Dholakia, the first schedule of Raees is said to kick start in Gujarat.