Karan Johar to start Love-Hate story with Emraan Hashmi

By: Faisal Saif

Film maker Karan Johar have started work on their next project which according to him is a Love-Hate story. He is planning to collaborate with Ekta Kapoor for this film. “Ekta and I had been deliberating for a while to work together, but we were sure we wanted to work on something different and edgy. This script was perfect. I’d call it a love-hate story. In fact, it is one of the most interesting scripts I’ve read in recent times. Both the protagonists are strong characters and have a great opportunity to perform.” Said Karan Johar.

Karan Johar this time plans to cast serial kisser Emraan Hashmi in the lead role. According to Karan, Emraan will play both Negative and the Positive character in the film which is untitled as of yet and will be directed by Akshay Roy. Karan Johar has entrusted the responsiblity for a suitable title to his partner Ekta Kapoor. Though the female lead is yet to be finalised, Karan reveals that it will be an established actor and not a fresh face.

This will be the first project where Emraan Hashmi will work along with Karan Johar. Presently, The actor is busy wrapping up Rajkumar Gupta’s ‘Ghanchakkar‘ which also has Vidya Balan paired opposite him.