Shashank Khaitan Puts Varun Dhawan's Action Film On Backburner; What Went Wrong?
Shashank Khaitan was gearing up to make an action adventure film with Varun Dhawan but the director has now put a hold on the project as he was not finding anything new to say with it.
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Pti
Shashank
Khaitan
was
gearing
up
to
make
an
action
adventure
film
with
Varun
Dhawan
but
the
director
has
now
put
a
hold
on
the
project
as
he
was
not
finding
anything
new
to
say
with
it.
Last
year,
Shashank
revealed
he
was
working
on
the
film
which
would
have
terrorism
as
its
backdrop.
Dhawan,
who
worked
with
the
filmmaker
on
Humpty
Sharma
Ki
Dulhania
and
Badrinath
Ki
Dulhania,
was
set
for
the
lead
part.
The
director
said
he
wrote
a
lot
on
it
and
felt
he
had
cracked
a
great
first
half
but
then
"somewhere
along
the
second
half
I
became
very
rehearsed.
As
a
writer
director,
you
can't
live
in
isolation.
Everyday
there's
so
much
material
coming
out
on
shows,
films
and
TV
on
this
(subject),
that
if
I
don't
have
anything
new
to
say,
I
shouldn't
say
it."
"That's
what
happened
with
that
film,
at
least
as
of
now,
that
I'm
not
finding
anything
new
to
say.
So
I've
kind
of
kept
it
on
the
backburner," Shashank
told
PTI.
The
director,
who
last
directed
Dharma
Productions'
Dhadak,
said
he
did
not
want
to
tell
a
story
just
because
it'll
be
a
cool
action
film.
"There
needs
to
be
a
story
to
tell.
But
right
now
I'm
not
finding
enough
purpose
in
the
story.
You
need
this
honesty
because
even
before
a
filmmaker,
I'm
a
consumer.
"I
see
movies,
digital
content
all
the
time
and
when
I'm
seeing
these
shows
being
made
and
if
I
don't
have
a
newer
perspective
then
what's
the
point
of
telling
a
story."
Before
the
untitled
film
was
announced,
Shashank
was
set
to
make
his
ambitious
warrior
film
Rannbhoomi,
featuring
Varun.
The
director
says
the
film
will
take
a
lot
of
time
due
to
the
research
and
VFX.
"It's
not
a
film
that
I
can
depend
on
others
to
do
it.
Every
person
who
comes
on
board
I
need
to
learn
from
them
and
say
this
is
what
I
want
to
do.
It's
something
which
unfortunately
I
can't
give
a
timeline
too.
"However
excited
we
are
about
it
and
the
script
which
we
--
Varun,
Karan
(Johar)
and
me
--
love
a
lot,
we
cannot
commit
to
it
immediately
till
we
have
more
clarify
on
when
are
we
going
to
execute
it.
Till
we
are
not
clear
on
budgets
and
VFX,
we
can't
give
a
timeline."
The
director,
meanwhile,
will
be
seen
as
a
judge
on
the
second
season
of
Colors
dance
reality
show
"Dance
Deewane",
scheduled
to
air
from
June
15.