Vicky Kaushal was reportedly gearing up to join Rohit Shetty’s esteemed cop universe as Ajay Devgn’s younger brother in Singham Again. Unfortunately due to a clash between the shooting schedules of Shetty’s film and Kaushal’s other project Chhava, he had to miss out on this opportunity.
A source close to the development said, "Vicky Kaushal was very keen to do a front-footed mass film for Rohit Shetty and had even decided on his look for Singham Again. However, the dates of shooting for Singham Again are clashing with the shooting dates of Chhava. He has a certain look from the period era in Chavva and that can't be replicated in a modern film like Singham Again. After making all attempts to set things up for Singham Again, he couldn't and informed his decision to Rohit Shetty. Being a thorough professional, Rohit too understood his plight."
The date issues reportedly came up because Shetty wanted to shoot with not one but multiple stars together. The source revealed, "Rohit wanted to shoot with Ajay, Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, and Vicky Kaushal together. While everyone has allotted their dates for October, Vicky was occupied with Chavva. It would have been difficult to take everyone's dates again for the shoot. Everyone is sad about missing out on this casting coup, but decided to move on for a probable collaboration in the future."
Kaushal has Sam Bahadur, directed by Meghna Gulzar lined up for release in December this year.