Lately, Bollywood has given out the message that it pays to be bad, especially when it comes to the Dhoom movies.
Starting from John Abraham in the first Dhoom to both Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Dhoom 2, success has come to the actors playing negative roles.
Ever since best actor awards went to Hrithik and Ash for Dhoom 2, other A-listers have been eyeing the role of the bad-guy in Dhoom 3.
Rumour has it that Yash Raj Films have approached the biggest A-lister of Bollywood - Shah Rukh Khan - to play the villain in their upcoming third segment of the Dhoom series.
Yash Raj Films has had a difficult time these last few months, what with the recession and the producers' strike and a string of flops. As a result, they have approached their one-stop solution to failure - making a movie with SRK.
Analysts claim that Yash Raj Films approach Shah Rukh each time they face a lull in their year, and SRK never fails to deliver a hit for them. The last few examples of this have been Chak De! India and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.
Economics aside, there are some concerns over whether SRK will agree to do this role since his relationships with the Bachchans is still a little jittery. While it seems things are on the mend between him and Aishwarya Rai, are they good enough for Abhishek (who is a staple in Dhoom films) to be a friendly co-star with Shah Rukh?
The good news is that a source revealed that SRK loved the basic description of his character when Aditya Chopra spoke to him, so if all goes well, we'll see Shah Rukh in a slightly different, and very challenging role!
