Ranveer Singh's return as Simmba in Singham Again to put an end to fans' wait

Ranveer Singh’s sizzling chemistry with Alia Bhatt along with his epic portrayal of Rocky Randhawa made Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023) a blockbuster. This was much-needed for the live-wire of Bollywood, whose last major hit was Gully Boy (2019). Currently Ranveer is gearing up for Rohit Shetty’s Singham Again while simultaneously juggling his daddy duties. Well, fans can’t wait for his return to the cop universe as Simmba, hoping it would end his dry spell. We are talking about his shelved films, which gave fans high expectations when they were first announced. Here’s a list of Ranveer’s projects which never saw the light of day, but we still hope will be revived some day:

Baiju Bawra

Sanjay Leela Bhansali has been Ranveer’s good luck charm for the last many years. Every time he directed the actor and his star wife Deepika Padukone, we witnessed a blockbuster hit. So when rumours surfaced about SLB directing Ranveer and Alia in his musical saga Baiju Bawra, fans were obviously excited. Well, Sanjay did announce an exciting new project with Alia— Love & War, also starring Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal— but sadly Ranveer wasn’t a part of it which led to reports of Baiju Bawra being shelved

Shaktimaan

Soon after rumours of Baiju Bawra being postponed made headlines, it was reported that Ranveer was roped in for Shaktimaan, which would be a reboot of Mukesh Khanna’s beloved TV series. Details of the exciting project also made news, from a whopping budget of ₹300-350 crore to Minnal Murali actor Tovino Thomas playing the villain. Mukesh had soon expressed his displeasure with Ranveer’s casting. Some time later Ranveer even visited Mukesh’s office. However, Mukesh clarified that Ranveer had not officially been cast for the Shaktimaan movie, contrary to rumours

Rakshas

Earlier this year in April, it was confirmed that Hanu-Man director Prasanth Varma was planning a project with Ranveer, which was tentatively titled Rakshas. The actor even flew down to Hyderabad the same month to announce the film with a photo shoot. But in May, Ranveer and the makers decided to part ways amicably due to creative differences, thus shelving the project. Denying a rift, the actor and the director stated that they hope to join forces for another film soon. Well, we are waiting eagerly for their next announcement

Anniyan Remake

Back in 2021, Kollywood director Shankar Shanmugham announced a Hindi remake of his 2005 Tamil film Anniyan with Ranveer in the lead, backed by producer Jayantilal Gada. He shared, “In this moment, no one will be happier than me, bringing back the larger than life cinematic experience with @ranveersingh in the official adaptation of cult blockbuster Anniyan.” But there have been no updates about the project ever since Aascar Ravichandran, producer of the Tamil film, filed a complaint against the director claiming that the remake was being made without his permission

Takht

In 2020, a year before Karan Johar announced Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, he had released a teaser clip announcing his ambitious project Takht. Fans were excited because the filmmaker had pulled a casting coup with Ranveer, Alia, Vicky, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Janhvi Kapoor, Bhumi Pednekar and Anil Kapoor in the epic ensemble cast. But the project was ‘momentarily’ put aside due to the pandemic. Well, it’s been a long time and there is still no update about it. But this is one project fans continue to have high expectations from

Just like fans, we too have high hopes for Singham Again. As movie-buffs remember, Ranveer had managed to shake the box office when he first entered the cop universe as Simmba aka Inspector Sangram Bhalerao in 2018. We are sure the actor's collaboration with Rohit as well as Singham Ajay Devgn will prove to be magical yet again. This time the cop duo will be joined by Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Tiger Shroff, Akshay Kumar and Arjun Kapoor. The film will clash with Kartik Aaryan’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 on Diwali this year.