Karan Johar announced about Rannbhoomi on social media (Image courtesy: karanjohar)
Highlights
- The final cast will be announced soon
- Varun's Badrinath Ki Dulhania was also directed by Shashank Khaitan
- Rannbhoomi is scheduled for a Diwali 2020 release
Actor Varun Dhawan has collaborated for the third time with his
Badrinath Ki Dulhania director Shashank Khaitan for a new film, titled
Rannbhoomi. The announcement was first made by filmmaker Karan Johar on Monday morning and Varun Dhawan and Shashank Khaitan followed it up with their social media posts. Karan Johar's Dharma Productions is producing
Rannbhoomi, after Varun and Shashank's
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania and
Badrinath Ki Dulhania. "Rannbhoomi. @shashankkhaitan and @varundvn take a giant leap in their third offering together!! DIWALI 2020 release! This is a solid spectacle with a beating heart!" wrote Karan Johar, adding a picture with Varun and Shashank. The final cast will be announced soon.
Rannbhoomi is scheduled for a Diwali 2020 release.
"
Rannbhoomi is Shashank's colossal and ambitious imagination to attempt a hat-trick with Varun and Dharma. Shashank and Varun make an epic blend of creative and commercial extravaganza and that is exactly what Dharma Productions' vision for the coming few projects is. Very excited to bring them together again for this Diwali 2020 epic tale," Karan Johar said in a statement.
Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017) was a sequel to
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania. Both the films were directed by Shashank Khaitan and starred Varun opposite Alia Bhatt.
Read what Varun Dhawan and Shashank Khaitan posted.
Shashank Khaitan revealed that he started working on
Rannbhoomi's story in 2015.
Varun Dhawan was launched in Bollywood by Karan Johar with 2012's
Student Of The Year. The film also starred Alia and Sidharth Malhotra and marked the trio's Bollywood debut.
Karan Johar is currently attending the Berlin Film Festival.
Shashank Khaitan is making Dhadak, another Dharma Productions film, with Janhvi Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter. Janhvi is Sridevi and Boney Kapoor's elder daughter and
Dhadak is her debut Bollywood film.
Dhadak is a remake of Marathi blockbuster
Sairat.
Varun Dhawan has two major releases lined-up for this year - YRF's
Sui Dhaaga and Shoojit Sircar's
October. In
Sui Dhaaga, he stars opposite Anushka Sharma.
October casts him opposite Banita Sandhu, who is making her Bollywood debut.