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Don 3 fallout: Ranveer Singh offers ₹10 crores to Farhan Akhtar after walking out of the film?

The dispute between Ranveer Singh and Farhan Akhtar over Don 3 seems to have concluded with Ranveer proposing to return his signing fee.

Published on: Apr 22, 2026, 12:24:30 IST
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It seems that the war between actor Ranveer Singh and actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar has finally come to an end. The duo has been feuding over Ranveer's sudden walkout from Don 3, the third installment in the franchise which Farhan was going to direct.

Farhan Akhtar, Ranveer Singh
Farhan Akhtar, Ranveer Singh

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According to a Free Press Journal report, Ranveer has offered to return his signing amount of 10 crores to Farhan's production house Excel Entertainment. And to compensate for the pre-production amount spent by them, he has also offered a stake in his next film, tentatively titled Pralay, with the exact percentage yet to be revealed.

The history

It all started when Ranveer Singh, after Dhurandhar's release in December 2025, suddenly walked out of Don 3. Farhan didn't accept the decision easily, and according to multiple reports, escalated the issue by involving the Producers Guild of India. In a meeting of the Guild members, also attended by Farhan and Ritesh Sidhwani, his business partner, it was alleged that about 40 crores had already been spent by Excel on pre production of Don 3, and the script was approved by Ranveer at every stage. He, on the other hand, alleged that Farhan had put Don 3 on the backburner, owing to Ranveer's career slump then. The Guild advised them to resolve the issue amicably than go the legal way.

We reached out to Farhan Akhtar and Ranveer's team at the time of this article going live, but our efforts weren't met with a response.

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    Rishabh Suri

    Rishabh Suri is an Assistant Editor, film critic, and professional overthinker of plot points. He writes for HT City, keeping pace with an industry where news cycles expire long before the popcorn gets cold. He completed his graduation in English Honours from Kirori Mal College, followed by a Master’s degree in English Literature-effectively training his brain to over-analyse classic texts before applying those exact same skills to 3-hour Bollywood blockbusters. He got into the profession when he had barely graduated from college and has been at HT ever since. At HT, Rishabh reviews films with a simple rule: skip the dense academic jargon and get straight to the point. Beyond reviews, as Assistant Editor, he helps navigate the broader circus of showbiz, tracking everything from OTT shifts to sudden box office panics. In a beat driven by loud PR machinery and carefully scripted answers, Rishabh prefers cutting through the noise to focus on how stories get made and why trends shift. When he isn’t writing against a deadline, he is usually sitting in a dark theater, compulsively memorising dialogues. For Rishabh, analysing movies isn't just a day job- it’s a habit he couldn't turn off even if he tried.Read More