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Fawad Khan will no longer be romancing Katrina Kaif on the silver screen. Sorry, Katrina.

The Ae Dil Hai Mushkil actor was expected to star in Karan Johar produced flick Raat Baaki. The film was to be the directorial debut of writer-lyricist Aditya Dhar.

With recent tension between the countries, Fawad Khan won't be working on this project. But there's another Khan taking his place.

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According to a source in DNA India, "While KJo’s next directorial will be with Ranbir Kapoor, he wants to produce a film with Salman and Katrina in the lead as he finds their chemistry sizzling. Earlier, the same film was to star Pakistan actor Fawad Khan along with Katrina, but with the ban on Pakistani actors during Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, that is not happening. Hence the filmmaker was keen to rope in Salman."

Looks like Salman Khan being in the film means there are changes that need to be made to the script as the source adds, "The script is being reworked for Dabangg Khan and to make the character more suitable to him. The pre-production work on the film has begun."

Fawad Khan, who is currently shooting for Maula Jatt 2, was supposed to be in a few other Bollywood productions. The Humsafar actor had also signed on for Salman Khan's next with director Nitin Kakkar. That's another film that's likely to see a cast shake-up!