India, Aug. 9 -- As Farhan Akhtar goes ahead with the Don franchise over a decade after the second instalment, he dropped an interesting story about how he cast Shah Rukh Khan as the titular character in the first part, which released in 2006. On Raj Shamani's podcast, Farhan recalled how he first committed to offering the film to Hrithik Roshan. (Also Read: Prabhas' Kalki 2898 AD beats Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan to become 4th highest-grossing film ever in India)

"Hrithik and I did Lakshya, and we had an incredible, wonderful time working together. So I reached out to Hrithik and said, 'I'm thinking I'm going to remake Don.' He said, 'Sounds amazing, dude!' I said, 'Let me write it and I'll bring it to you.' So he said, 'Cool.' When I was wr...