The
much
awaited
Sooryavanshi
is
all
set
for
a
Diwali
release
this
year.
However,
rumours
of
Karan
Johar's
name
being
dropped
out
of
the
film's
credits
as
a
producer
started
doing
the
rounds
recently.
Trade
analyst
Taran
Adarsh
has
quashed
these
rumours.
Rumours
of
Karan
Johar's
name
being
dropped
from
Sooryavanshi,
owing
to
backlash
against
him
after
the
demise
of
Sushant
Singh
Rajput,
were
making
rounds
on
the
internet
on
Wednesday,
July
1,
2020.
It
was
also
said
that
Sooryavanshi
actor
Akshay
Kumar
and
director
Rohit
Shetty
had
returned
Karan's
investment.
These
rumours
have
been
put
to
rest
by
Taran
Adarsh,
who
took
to
his
Twitter
handle
to
write,
"IMPORTANT
...
News
doing
the
rounds
of
#KaranJohar
not
being
part
of
#Sooryavanshi
is
untrue,
clarifies
#RelianceEntertainment."
Following
the
death
of
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
on
June
14,
2020,
Karan
Johar
was
brutally
attacked
on
social
media.
Netizens
slammed
the
filmmaker
for
his
alleged
role
in
creating
'gangs'
in
the
Hindi
film
industry.
Sooryavanshi
is
a
part
of
the
Rohit
Shetty
cop
drama
franchise,
and
is
the
third
installment
to
it.
Apart
from
Akshay,
the
film
also
stars
Katrina
Kaif,
and
features
cameos
by
Ranveer
Singh
who
starred
in
Simmba,
and
Ajay
Devgn
who
starred
in
Singham.
The
film
was
earlier
scheduled
for
release
on
March
27.
However,
it
became
one
of
the
first
Bollywood
films
to
postpone
its
release
due
to
the
Novel
Coronavirus
outbreak
in
India.