(2006) The film "Luck" was originally going to be produced by Karan Johar after "Kaal". Karan had even tried to get the rights to the title "Race" from Ramesh Taurani. Sanjay Dutt,John Abraham, Kareena Kapoor and Ritesh Deshmukh were signed. Later Soham Shah and Karan Johar had a misunderstanding and Soham decided to leave Dharma Productions. In 2007, Soham met producer Dhillin Mehta and decided to make the film with him. Sanjay Dutt was brought back into the film. John Abraham was replaced by Imran Khan, Kareena Kapoor was replaced by Shruti Hassan and Ritesh Deshmukh was replaced by Ravi Kishen.