After his wonderfully skilled performance as a gay dean in Karan Johar’s Student Of The Year Rishi Kapoor is all set to play Dawood. The super-versatile Rishi Kapoor stepping into Dawood’s white shoes is indeed a cinematic coup. It apparently took director Nikhil Advani who has earlier worked with Rishi Kapoor in <em>Patiala House</em> a good six months to convince the temperamental Kapoor. Rishi initially said no. Arshad Warsi was being considered for Dawood’s role. But Advani had his heart set on Rishi Kapoor. And he finally got him.