As soon as producer Ritesh Sidhwani of late announced the shooting date of his next venture ‘Raees’, his lead actor and superstar Shah Rukh Khan put forth his leave application. Why? Because the film has been slated to go on floors from Nov 1 this year while SRK’s birthday is next day, on Nov 2. So the actor requested his producer to be kind enough to grant him holiday on his special day. Tweeted the King Khan in his usual tongue-in-cheek style, "Ritesh you will give me a day off on my Birthday na and not be a tough producer please."

‘Raees’, will be directed by Rahul Dholakia and co-produced by Farhan Akhtar under Excel Entertainments. It is for the first time that Akhtar, who did ‘Don’ series with SRK, will be sharing the screen with the star as a second lead in this film.