Renowned filmmaker Karan Johar's ambitious project Shuddhi` which was once talk of the town has now been dropped. Seems like, it had many hurdles to cross after it was announced in 2013. Right from the casting issues to periodic speculations was always something to think on, but after actor Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan came on board things were getting positive.

According to sources, "No work has been done on the film. It has gone through many casting changes and every time a new actor came on board, the script had to be reworked to suit their personality. Apart from that, KJo wasn't too confident about handing the directorial baton to Karan Malhotra since the latter's last film Brothers` didn't do well at the box office. The budget was also one of the reasons for the makers rethinking taking the film on floors."

So, KJo had to finally drop the project and the idea to make it big. Currently, Varun is busy with his brother Rohit Dhawan's 'Dishoom' to be followed by a gangster flick. While Alia, will begin shooting with Shah Rukh Khan for Gauri Shinde's next.