Casting director Mukesh Chhabra revealed that three actors rejected Rahman Dakait's role in 'Dhurandhar'. "An actor from South and two from Bollywood gave very weird logic. They said this is an ensemble cast and it's actually Ranveer's film," he said, adding, "Aditya [Dhar] is a cool guy and he said it's fine." The role was later played by Akshaye Khanna.