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While the court has rejected Fardeen Khan’s plea to amend charges in his cocaine case, his legal options still seem far from over.While the actor himself returned to Mumbai from Uganda late last night and was unavailable for comment, his lawyer Ayaz Khan pointed out that it was too early to lose hope. “Whether we’ll move the High Court is a decision we’ll take after we get the court order. At the moment we have no definite idea when the trial will begin, but it could take a couple of months,” Ayaz said. Fardeen’s father refused to speak (“I am not going to answer these questions. I would appreciate if you would not ask me these questions because a whole lot of baloney comes out later,” said Feroz Khan), but the producers and directors of his forthcoming films don’t seem too perturbed. “I don’t see any problem. Everybody knows that he was caught with one gram of cocaine. The court has not specified this and that’s why he had appealed for the amendment. Eventually, it will all be sorted out. In his case, it is either six months imprisonment or a Rs 20,000 fine,” said director Ananth Mahedevan. Filmmaker Ramesh Taurani said that though he hadn’t discussed the development with the actor yet, he was clear that the film would always take second priority when it came to Fardeen’s personal well-being. “I am sure his lawyer and he will do what is required. The case affecting my film isn’t such a concern. The important thing is his own life and safety. My film is a small thing compared to that,” he said.