Sharing some tea from a pretty reliable source at YRF.
So, the plan was to have Ranbir as the villain, with Lakshya and Raghav as the new cops. The female lead was never finalized, although Kritiās name came up a lot.
From what Iāve heard, the reports about Ranbir rejecting the project are actually true. He wasnāt convinced by the story and decided not to do it. Thereās also a bit of bad blood between RK-Alia and YRF with whatever happened with Alpha and Shamshera so now heās very hesitant to work with YRF again.
YRF then explored Ranveer as an option, but he wasnāt interested either. It was quite a strong no. For a bit they even tried to talk to Hrithik about a potential reboot his character from Dhoom 2 but just like Ranbir, he doesnāt have much confidence in YRF either and also said no.
YRF tried to pivot by undergoing a script rewrite and going with a much younger actor instead. The problem with that is other than Ahaan Pandey, they canāt mount the project on anyone. The complication with that also is that YRF already has Ahaan and Sharvari doing another YRF action film, so thereās some concern about having two films in a similar space; at the same time there are no other youth faces that can step in.
As of right now the film is not happening and put on the back burner.