Karan Johar’s protégé, Varun Dhawan, rumored to have signed Ekta Kapoor’s next!

Filmmaker Karan Johar and producer Ekta Kapoor have shared a long-standing friendship. The two have recently been in the news after plans for their next film together hit airwaves. Ekta Kapoor has now taken interest in Karan’s protégé Varun Dhawan who made his debut with the Dharma Productions chief’s fifth directorial venture, Student of the Year. Varun made his debut with two more promising newcomers, Siddharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt in the lead. The son of veteran filmmaker David Dhawan, Varun is now on his way to a long and fulfilling career, after a dream launch in Karan’s glamorous campus romance.

As per rumors, Varun Dhawan has been signed by Ekta Kapoor to star in a big-budget south Indian film remake. The producer has spent nearly Rs. 2 crore to purchase the rights to this Telugu film. according to a report in a reputed daily, “Except for Ekta and her core team, no one knows what film this is. Varun has been confirmed for this film, which is apparently Ekta’s most ambitious project till date. It’s going to be a classy romantic comedy. She wants it to be like a modern-day Himmatwala (1983), but the treatment will be plush: on the lines of The Wedding Crashers (2005). The film will go on the floors by mid-year.”

And that’s not all. Ekta Kapoor will also surprise the audiences with her choice of the leading lady and director. Also, director-producer Karan Johar seems to have no qualms when it comes to his mentees signing up with production houses away from home.