Varun
Dhawan
&
Aditya
Roy
Kapur
To
Play
Siblings?
A
DNA
report
stated
that
Shiddat
is
a
family
drama
and
has
Varun
Dhawan
and
Aditya
Roy
Kapur
playing
brothers.
The
daily
quoted
a
source
as
saying,
"Varun
and
Aditya
will
be
playing
brothers
in
the
film,
while
Sridevi
and
Sanjay
Dutt
will
play
their
parents.
The
two
brothers
will
have
a
strained
relationship
throughout
the
film."
The
Film
Is
Set
In
Indo-Pak
Partition
Era
Reportedly,
Shiddat
is
set
in
the
Indo-Pak
partition
era.
The
source
further
added,
"Designer
Manish
Malhotra
has
already
started
planning
designs
for
the
cast
from
that
era.
The
'40s
will
be
recreated
and
a
huge
set
will
be
built
in
the
city
to
shoot
the
film."
How
The
Idea
For
Shiddat
Germinated
Earlier,
a
source
close
to
the
development
had
revealed
to
Mumbai
Mirror
that
the
idea
of
this
movie
which
is
touted
to
be
a
partition
drama
germinated
from
Karan's
dad,
the
late
Yash
Johar.
It
remained
an
unfulfilled
dream
till
Karan
handed
over
the
baton
to
his
protégé
Abhishek
Verman.
A
Love
Triangle?
The
grapevine
is
abuzz
with
news
that
the
film
will
be
a
love
triangle.
"While
Varun
and
Aditya
play
brothers,
Alia
is
the
bone
of
contention
between
them.
So
it's
a
love
triangle
as
well."
When
Manish
Malhotra
Let
The
Cat
Out
Of
The
Bag
It
was
ace
fashion
designer
Manish
Malhotra
who
let
out
the
news.
He
was
quoted
as
saying
to
Pinkvilla,
"I
am
working
on
a
period
film
starring
Varun
and
Alia,
Sanjay
Dutt,
Sridevi,
Aditya
Roy
Kapur,
so
that's
a
big
cast."
He
Is
Excited
For
This
Period
Film
Malhotra
had
quipped,
"I
am
very
excited
to
be
starting
this
new
period
film
for
my
favourite
Alia,
it
is
a
period
film
of
a
period
I
feel
close
to,
It
is
during
partition
between
1945
to
1947."
On
The
Other
Hand,
Varun
Keeps
Mum
Recently
when
Varun
was
quizzed
about
the
film,
he
refused
to
spill
the
beans.