Ram Gopal Varma Wants Shah Rukh Khan To Play Dawood Ibrahim

After successfully delivering political disasters, favouring the defeated party YSRCP. controversial director, Ram Gopal Varma has changed his voice. He said that he won't do Political films from hereon. Ram Gopal Varma recently revealed that he had initially approached Shah Rukh Khan for the role of underworld don Dawood Ibrahaim (called Mallik in the film), which was ultimate played by Ajay Devgn in his 2002 gangster-drama Company.

The director also said that he initially wanted Abhishek Bachchan to play Chhota Rajan’s character, which was played by Vivek Oberoi and had Kamal Hassan in mind for the role of Mumbai Police Commissioner which was ultimately essayed by Mohanlal.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel RGV spoke about several key scenes in Company, and discussed the casting process. Asked if Ajay Devgn was always the first choice for the role of Malik,

Ramu said, “At one point of time, I wanted Shah Rukh. I met Shah Rukh, he was excited. I wanted Shah Rukh for Dawood. But I felt that he’s very hyper; his energy, the way he is… That’s what people like. I thought, to make him very subtle – not moving at all and very silent — I thought it would look very odd on screen. Which is the reason I didn’t pursue. I just had one meeting with him, but I didn’t pursue him because I just felt that his body language is wrong for the part.”