Entertainment Desk. The Race franchise is one of the most popular action-thriller series, directed by Abbas Mustan. Now there is a buzz about the fourth series of this franchise. Recently, there was news that film producer Ramesh Taurani has decided to replace Salman Khan with Saif Ali Khan from Race 4. The excitement of the fans has doubled with Saif's entry in Race 4. Let us tell you that where Salman's Race 3 was a flop, Saif's Race 1 and Race 2 proved to be super hits at the box office. Meanwhile, a big news is coming out about Race 4. It is being told that the film has got its lead hero and that is Sidharth Malhotra.

About the biggest action thriller Race franchise

The Race franchise started in 2008. The film starred Saif Ali Khan along with Bipasha Basu, Akshay Khanna, Katrina Kaif, Anil Kapoor, Sameera Reddy in lead roles. Director Abbas Mustan made the film on a budget of 46 crores. This suspense thriller movie had collected 103.45 crores at the box office. Then came Race 2 in 2013. It starred Saif Ali Khan along with John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Jacqueline Fernandez, Anil Kapoor and Ameesha Patel in lead roles. This film was also directed by Abbas Mustan. Made on a budget of 94 crores, this film did a strong business of 173.36 crores.

Salman Khan's Race 3 was a FLOP

Everything changed in Race 3 which came in 2018. Saif Ali Khan was out of the film and Salman Khan entered. The film was directed by Remo D'Souza instead of Abbas Mustan. The film starred Salman along with Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Jacqueline Fernandez, Daisy Shah, Saqib Saleem and Freddy Daruwala in lead roles. Made on a budget of 180 crores, the film did a business of 303 crores but the film was put in the flop category.

Now the discussion of Race 4

After the flop of Race 3, the makers thought of making its next franchise with Saif Ali Khan. Recently it was announced that Saif Ali Khan has made a bang in Race 4. Now the news is that Siddharth Malhotra has also joined it. It is being told that Siddharth will play the lead role in the film. According to the news, the shooting of the film may start in November this year. At the same time, the movie will be released in theaters in 2025. The rest of the star cast of the film is yet to be finalized.

Saif Ali Khan-Siddharth Malhotra's work

Talking about Saif Ali Khan's work, he has not been able to give any hit movies for a long time. Let us tell you that Saif is making his South industry debut with the Telugu film Devara. Junior NTR and Jahnavi Kapoor are in lead roles in this film by director Koratala Shiva. Saif is also a part of director Priyadarshan's upcoming thriller film, in which Bobby Deol is playing the role of a villain. Talking about Siddharth Malhotra, none of his films have been hits after Shershaah. His last film Yoddha also flopped at the box office.