Shahrukh to play a Gujarati don

Farhan Akthar's next production venture which will be directed by Rahul Dholakia will see Shahrukh Khan playing a Gujrati Don.

The film will be produced by Farhan and his partner Ritesh Sidhwani under their home banner Excel Entertainment Pvt Ltd, and is currently under scripting stage.

Ritesh said SRK is doing the film, we are not sure when it will go on floors exactly but it will be next year. Shahrukh is excited about the film but we need to work out the schedule as he has prior commitments.

When w easked about Don 3 he said with a franchise like Don and the character its important to get excited by the script. Neither Shahrukh nor farhan or me wants to get into making a film because there is excitement about it. We also want to be happy with the script if that happens then i would love to do it.