This could well be the casting coup of the year. Karan Johar’s two most favourite actors, his mentor, friend, guide and muse Shah Rukh Khan, and his blue-eyed boy, Ranbir Kapoor, are all set to be cast together in the filmmaker’s next directorial venture.
The two actors have a long history with Karan too. SRK is not just a very close friend of Karan’s, he has also starred in most of his directorial ventures, right from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai to My Name is Khan, until a temporary rift in their relationship.
Thereafter, Karan made his first film without Shah Rukh — Student of the Year — with three newcomers, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra. Karan then directed Ranbir in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil last year.
Bringing the two superstars together in one movie is a masterstroke that only Karan could pull off. Says a source close to Karan, “He decided he wanted to bring the two together, not only because it made casting sense — it did and how! — but also because he has an idea for a script, where SRK and RK fit in perfectly.”
