Karan Johar and Anurag Kashyap’s joint venture to be directed by Vinil Mathew

Dharma Productions chief Karan Johar and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap have been known to follow two different schools of filmmaking. That however hasn’t kept the two from teaming up for an upcoming film. With his latest directorial venture, Student of the Year receiving rave reviews, Karan Johar is all set to begin producing his next with Anurag Kashyap. While Anurag and Karan have chosen to remain tightlipped and have given out no information in regards to the film, news of Dharma Productions and Phantom Films working together has spilled out. “I have a lot of admiration for the production house since it has directors like Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag at the helm. I have had such exciting meetings with them, with all the directors discussing storylines, titles and other details of Vinil’s film,” stated Karan.

The project will be directed by Vinil Mathew who directed a television commercial for a coffee brand that featured Deepika Padukone and Karan Johar. “The film is a quintessential love story that will feature a young cast. We will announce the names in a few days,” said Karan, adding, “The way he (Vinil Mathew) handles relationships in his ads is something you can’t ignore. And that is what he is doing in our film too,” articulated Karan Johar.

Apart from that, nothing more has been divulged in regards to this film. there have been rumors of Siddharth Malhotra of Student of the Year fame being cast alongside Parineeti Chopra in this film. “The film is a quintessential love story that will feature a young cast. We will announce the names in a few days,” said Karan, adding, “The way he (Vinil Mathew) handles relationships in his ads is something you can’t ignore. And that is what he is doing in our film too.”