Karan Johar's long-in-the-making ambitious project, 'Shuddhi' has hit many a hurdle after it was announced in early 2013. Casting issues led to periodic speculations about the film being shelved, but when Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan came on board a few months ago, things were looking up. However, bad luck seems to have caught up with KJo again with reliable sources suggesting that Shuddhi has finally been dropped since there was no progress in the project.

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