Don 3 dilemma: If not Ranveer Singh, then who?

Farhan Akhtar and his casting team must fancy employing gyarah mulkon ki police right now, to get Ranveer Singh on the Don 3 set. Akhtar has already knocked on the doors of the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE), seeking action against Singh for allegedly walking out of the film before shooting was to begin.
As the filmmaker cried about losses, FWICE leapt into action like a junglee billi and slapped a non-cooperation directive on Singh. The boycott has no legal relevance, but it could coerce the federation’s workers across various filmmaking departments from being associated with any Ranveer Singh project till the issue is solved.
Which brings us to a root problem. If Shah Rukh Khan, the Last Don of Bollywood, is not an option any more and if Ranveer Singh is in no mood to play the mob boss despite FWICE diktats, who could Akhtar possibly cast as the next Don?
Let’s take stock of the tremendous legacy any new actor who signs up to play Don would be burdened with. We’ll come to Amitabh Bachchan, Real McCoy of Dons, later. Let’s first talk Shah Rukh Khan, since his Don films connect more easily with Gen Z.
Shah Rukh Khan played Don with inimitable charisma over two films in 2006 and 2011 – a cheeky rake and criminal mastermind rolled into one; a silky, smirking monster. He swaggered through the role with the signature superstar vibe only SRK brings to his characters. It was an act that blended the witty with the stylish and the sinister. Ranveer Singh’s walking out of the project after SRK’s exit, throws open the situation all over again. Trolled initially by fans who felt no one could, and should, replace Shah Rukh Khan, Ranveer had slowly started to ease into the Bollywood fan psyche as the next Don.