KJo
Wanted
To
Make
Shuddhi
With
Hrithik
Roshan
And
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan
Initially
Karan
Johar
had
planned
to
make
Shuddhi
with
Hrithik
Roshan
and
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan.
But...
Hrithik
opted
out
of
the
project.
The
makers
soon
approached
Salman
Khan
but
he
too
ended
up
leaving
the
film.
The
Role
Soon
Went
To
Varun-
Alia
Next,
Karan
find
hope
in
Varun
Dhawan
and
Alia
Bhatt
in
2015.
Unfortunately
things
didn't
work
out
and
the
movie
was
put
on
a
backburner.
Karan
Johar
Was
Attached
To
Shuddhi
A
source
told
Mid-day
that
Karan
was
attached
to
Shuddhi
and
felt
it
would
bowl
the
audience
over.
While
Karan
Malhotra
was
initially
supposed
to
direct
the
film
but
the
responsibility
is
now
in
the
hands
of
Shashank
Khaitan.
Did
Shashank
Just
Drop
A
Hint
That
Rannbhoomi
Is
A
Reimagined
Version
Of
Shuddhi?
In
an
Instagram
post,
the
director
wrote,
"#Rannbhoomi...A
story
I
started
working
on
in
December
2015...thank
you
for
giving
this
dream
wings
@karanjohar...Excited
to
collaborate
with
my
friend
and
my
star
@varundvn...@apoorva1972
@dharmamovies
From
Shuddhi
To
Rannbhoomi
A
source
told
the
tabloid
that
Shashank
has
reworked
the
script
to
suit
a
younger
actor
like
Varun
and
the
budget
has
also
been
resized.
What's
In
A
Name?
Because
Shuddhi
took
so
many
years
to
happen
with
no
avail,
KJo
changed
the
name
of
the
title
from
Shuddhi
to
Rannbhoomi
as
he
felt
it
was
a
bad
omen.
Meanwhile
Varun
Dhawan
Is
Excited
To
Play
A
Warrior
The
actor
was
quoted
as
saying
to
a
leading
daily,
"Shashank
is
not
only
a
close
friend,
he's
also
a
film-maker
whom
I
have
tremendous
respect
for.
Our
association
has
always
been
successful
and
magical,
and
we
decided
to
take
our
alliance
further
and
create
a
mammoth
spectacle.
Dharma
is
home
for
the
both
of
us,
and
what
better
team
than
this
to
collaborate
on
a
Diwali
celebration?
Rannbhoomi
is
an
ambitious
film
with
a
beating
heart."
On
The
Other
Hand,
A
source
close
to
Dharma
Productions
told
Bollywoodlife
that
Shhuddhi
was
Karan
Malhotra's
brainchild,
while
Rannbhoomi
is
Shashank
Khaitan's
original
story!
He
was
quoted
as
saying,
"The
reports
that
Rannbhoomi
is
similar
to
Shhuddhi
are
absolutely
false.
Rannbhoomi
is
a
fresh
script
that
Shashank
Khaitan
has
written.
He
had
written
the
whole
story
keeping
Varun
in
mind
and
it
has
no
elements
of
Shhuddhi."