Speculations
were
rife
that
Karan
Johar
is
all
set
to
don
the
director's
hat
once
again
to
helm
a
light-hearted
romantic-comedy
titled
Prem
Kahani.
Not
only
this,
the
reports
suggested
that
the
movie
is
touted
to
star
Ranveer
Singh
and
Alia
Bhatt
in
the
lead
roles.
However,
those
who
had
been
pleased
to
hear
this
news
may
now
be
disappointed
as
Karan
has
gone
on
to
rubbish
the
rumours
regarding
the
same.
The
director-producer
confirmed
the
news
of
these
speculations
to
be
false
to
Spotboye.
Furthermore,
a
source
close
to
Karan
Johar
also
revealed
that
the
producer
is
currently
only
focused
on
completing
his
production
venture
Brahmastra
starring
Ranbir
Kapoor
and
Alia
Bhatt
has
been
delayed
for
quite
some
time
now.
The
source
further
revealed
to
the
publication
that
Karan
is
not
looking
at
directing
any
other
project
anytime
soon.
Karan
is
now
solely
focusing
on
trying
to
minimize
the
production
budget
for
Brahmastra.
The
source
went
on
to
say
that
the
rumours
may
have
started
after
Karan
Johar
had
mentioned
somewhere
that
he
loved
the
1974
movie
Prem
Kahani
starring
Mumtaz
and
Rajesh
Khanna
in
the
lead
role.
The
Kuch
Kuch
Hota
Hai
director
is
a
huge
fan
of
yesteryear
filmmaker
Raj
Khosla
who
had
directed
the
film,
for
the
unversed.
The
source
confirmed
that
Karan
is
certainly
not
contemplating
directing
a
movie
with
the
same
title.
It
added
that
the
director-producer
will
in
all
probability
direct
his
ambitious
project
Takht
that
has
taken
a
back
seat
for
quite
some
time
now.
The
period
drama
that
is
set
against
the
backdrop
of
the
Mughal
era
stars
Anil
Kapoor,
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan,
Alia
Bhatt,
Ranveer
Singh,
Vicky
Kaushal,
Bhumi
Pednekar
and
Janhvi
Kapoor
in
the
lead
roles.
There
have
been
speculations
that
to
curb
the
overwhelming
production
budget
of
the
movie,
Karan
Johar
is
also
thinking
of
ways
to
convert
the
movie
into
a
web
series.
Meanwhile,
on
the
work
front,
Karan
also
has
the
much-awaited
movie
Sooryavanshi
on
his
pipeline
that
will
star
Akshay
Kumar
and
Katrina
Kaif
in
the
lead
roles.
Apart
from
that,
he
will
also
be
bankrolling
the
pan-India
movie
Liger
starring
Ananya
Panday
and
Vijay
Deverakonda.
He
will
also
be
producing
the
movie
Shershaah
starring
Sidharth
Malhotra
and
Kiara
Advani
in
the
lead
roles.