Vijay Krishna
Acharya, the director of “
Dhoom 3
,” is gearing up for a new project, “Thug.” Earlier,
Hrithik Roshan
and
Deepika Padukone
were approached to do the lead roles.
Amitabh Bachchan
was also on the list to play a significant role in the movie. As they all opted out from the film, citing date issues, Vijay Krishna managed to bring in
Aamir Khan
in the place of Hrithik. Earlier, Aamir played in Dhoom 3, where Hrithik led the previous version of Dhoom series. Yash Raj Films produce the film on a large scale. Aamir joins the banner for the third time after super hit films, “
Fanaa
” with
Kajol Devgan
and Dhoom 3 with
Katrina Kaif
. As Hrithik spared the dates to “
Kaabil
,” he could not allocate it to Thug. Deepika has also committed doing a film with
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
and hence could not allot her dates. Similarly, the
Big B
, who has committed doing a few films in a row, was unable to sign this project. However, Aamir hadn’t yet signed the dotted lines and we have to wait till he inks!