Salman Khan returns with Karan Johar’s Shuddhi?

Celebs and cinema world wait with bated breath as Karan Johar is yet to finalise the lead roles for his pet Bollywood project ‘Shuddhi’. Salman Khan comes back into the picture

Karan Johar, Salman Khan
Karan Johar, Salman Khan

Karan Johar’s ambitious and controversial Bollywood project ‘Shuddhi’ has been at the centre of all casting speculations. From celebs of cinema world like Hrithik Roshan to Ranveer Singh, gossipmongers have cast almost every big Bollywood name in the film.

Salman Khan will be doing ‘Shuddhi’ is what was announced a year ago. However, after walking out of the project a year back, industry buzz is that Salman Khan is back on board for ‘Shuddhi’. Salman had reportedly walked out of this Bollywood film as he was miffed with Karan Johar being a silent spectator when a nasty remark was made about a Khan family member. Reports suggest that celebrities Salman Khan and Karan Johar have now patched up and KJo may well be able to take the film ahead with his favourite Bollywood star.

Ronnie Screwvala will be producing this Bollywood film along with Karan Johar.

Timeline ‘Shuddhi’:
Celebs and cinema world flocked with Bollywood film’s ever-changing cast rumours
2013:
For starters, Karan Johar wanted his dream cast Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor Khan in this film. For obvious reasons, these two alleged Bollywood ex-lovers did not want to work together. Hrithik Roshan was the first one to leave the film, followed by Kareena Kapoor quitting the project, leaving the Bollywood filmmaker in dilemma.

Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor
Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor

2014:
Moving on, Karan Johar decided to cast B-Town’s hottest couple Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone. Speculations were rife that these two Bollywood celebrities gave importance to Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus ‘Bajirao Mastani’ over KJo’s ‘Shuddhi’. And once again Karan Johar was left without a cast for his dream Bollywood project.

2015:
Salman Khan was approached for the film, but after a fallout with Karan Johar, the actor decided to leave the film in lurch! Following all the hullabaloo, KJo made an announcement on Twitter about the final cast of ‘Shuddhi’. The filmmaker posted that Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt had been roped in for his pet Bollywood project, to be directed by Karan Malhotra. Since then Karan Johar has remained tight lipped about ‘Shuddhi’.

2016:
After running round in circles with so many celebs and cinema world, Salman Khan reportedly comes back into the picture, while the leading Bollywood lady for ‘Shuddhi’ is still being decided upon.

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