Shah Rukh Khan will be playing a bootlegger in Rahul Dholakia&rsquo;s film Raees that goes on the floors next September. The period crime drama has Farhan Akhtar essay a police inspector. <img alt="Shah Rukh Khan and Farhan Akhtar" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/dec/SRK-Frahan.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 300px;" /> Shah Rukh Khan and Farhan Akhtar Says Dholakia, &ldquo;The film is set in the 1980s and loosely based on real-life incidents.&rdquo; About whether Farhan&rsquo;s character is based on a real-life cop from Mumbai he says, &ldquo;I have taken elements from here and there to add to his character from a cop who has passed away.&rdquo; As the film is a period action crime drama, Dholakia has begun working on the look and styling. He informs, &ldquo;There are a lot of people in mind, but I still haven&rsquo;t confirmed anyone. There is still a lot of time to finalise the crew.&rdquo; Dholakia intends to shoot the entire film in Gujarat. He informs, &ldquo;I plan to shoot the film extensively in old Ahmedabad and some parts of Saurashtra as I have spent a lot of time there.&rdquo; When asked if Shah Rukh&rsquo;s character has grey shades, Dholakia jokingly said, &ldquo;50 shades.&rdquo; And why is the film titled Raees? Dholakia informs, &ldquo;Farhan is a large-hearted cop. In fact both the characters are dil ke Raees.&rdquo;u00a0

The period crime drama set in 1980s also features Farhan Akhtar as a police inspector

Shah Rukh Khan to play a bootlegger in Rahul Dholakia's 'Raees'

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