Karan Johar’s student, Varun Dhawan, isn’t dating Taapsee Pannu!

Varun Dhawan

Karan Johar’s protégé and veteran director David Dhawan’s son, Varun Dhawan, has been in the spotlight recently. The young actor has made a successful Bollywood debut with Karan Johar’s 2012 campus romance, Student of the Year, alongside Siddharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt. The actor is now journeying towards stardom, popularity and fame as he has begun working on his upcoming projects. Well, for a youngster who has quickly stepped up the ladder in B-town, a bunch of rumors pointing out his relationship status are bound to come up.

Varun has been linked up with several people before. Earlier a rumor of him dating a US-based girl had sprouted up. This however was proven untrue. Later, after the release of Karan Johar’s Student of the Year, Varun was rumored to be dating his co-star, Alia Bhatt. More recently, the youngster has been linked with southern actress Taapsee Pannu. The rumors sparked off after the handsome hunk was spotted with the actress in suburban Mumbai.

As we all know by now, these are mostly baseless rumors that spark off, making innocent friendships look like something more. Karan Johar’s debutant, Varun, seems unaffected by these dating rumors. In a previous interview, Alia Bhatt also spoke her mind about rumors as such saying, “I don’t really care about people discussing my personal life. I’m fond of Varun and Sid (Siddharth Malhotra) but no I’m not going out with either. And no, I have no boyfriend in Bandra. A boyfriend doesn’t really fit into my scheme of things right now. My boyfriend is Student of the Year.”

Siddharth Malhotra rumored to have signed film with Madhur Bhandarkar

Siddharth Malhotra has enjoyed a dream debut with his first big-screen appearance in Karan Johar’s fifth directorial venture, Student of the Year. The newcomer starred in the film alongside two more newcomers, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt, playing the role of an ambitious middle-class boy at a well-heeled school. Alia plays the campus sweetheart while Varun plays her boyfriend. After his debut film, Siddharth has signed yet another film produced by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. To be directed by Vinil Mathew, the film titled Hasee Toh Phasee will also star Parineeti Chopra and is a romantic comedy.

Lately, there have been rumors of Siddharth signing his third film, this time away from the Dharma Productions camp. Apparently, the 28-year-old actor has signed a film with filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar. Not much has been revealed in regards to the unnamed project and the filmmaker as well as Siddharth has denied its existence. “All this is just a rumor. It is not true. Madhur has not signed Siddharth for any film,” said the filmmaker’s spokesperson.

And these aren’t the only rumors surrounding Siddharth’s future projects. A source recently revealed that the actor has signed an upcoming action flick. "Yes, he (Siddharth) has almost finalized this action film. It takes him into an altogether different space when compared to the two films (Student of the Year and the upcoming Hasee Toh Phasee) that he has been a part of,” said the source.