Varun Dhawan races ahead, Sidharth Malhotras killer plans for Ittefaq aborted

15 Sep 2017

One of the clever lines inSidharthMalhotras new film A Gentleman goes, Yeh hai ittefaq or what the f? With his big plans for A Gentleman falling short of breath at the box office, Sidharth Malhotra who started his career alongsideVarunDhawanin Karan Johar s Student Of The Year is now definitely lagging behind his pal-rival. Sidharths last film BaarBaarDekho was abox officedud. He definitely needed A Gentleman to be a hit. A big hit. Far from it A Gentleman threatens to come a cropper at the box office. And with Varuns Judwaa 2 which opens next month, promising to be the ninth consecutive hit of his career, there is no love lost betweenVarunandSidharth. ApparentlySidharthhas been sending feelers toKaran Joharto cast him in another film, and that too in a straightforward romantic role like Student Of The Year.Says a source, Sidharth Malhotra had been doing too many quirky off-white almost-grey roles. Ek Villain, Brothers , and now A Gentleman are all on the darker side. Even his next film Ittefaq features Malhotraas a psychologically traumatized suspected killer on the run. Apparently, there were plans to turn the original plot around (its a remake of the 1969 Rajesh Khanna hit) to make SidMalhotrainto the killer of this whodunit. Not anymore. Says a source fromDharma, Sid wants to lighten the load. He wants KaranJoharto produce an all-out romantic film for him. The no-opening to low-opening collections of A Gentleman have come as a shock to Sid. He had put his blood sweat and tears into it. With arch-rival (they no longer pretend to be chaddhi buddies)VarunDhawanracing ahead with every release, it is time forMalhotrato put on the thinking cap.