Bharati Dubey (MID-DAY; March 5, 2014)

The year 2014 will see actor Farhan Akhtar juggling his dates. Sources say that dates for at least one of the three films he’s working on this year will get reshuffled.


While one is a Zoya Akhtar film, Dil Dhadakne Do, starring Priyanka Chopra and Ranveer Singh and is scheduled to start shooting in June, another is a Vidhu Vinod Chopra film, directed by Bejoy Nambiar. This film will start rolling in September, and then there’s Rahul Dholakia’s film, titled Raees, that is scheduled to go on the floors Industry sources say that it is going to be extremely difficult for the actor to shoot for three films that go on the floors at the same time. A source says, “The actor has requested one of his costars to push forward the shoot for one of his films.” Industry sources add that Raees may now get pushed ahead although producer Ritesh Sidhwani maintains that the film will go on the floors in October as per schedule. It remains to be seen if Farhan can accommodate dates for all three films.