Thought to be playing Ayushmann Khurrana’s love interest in Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, Rajkummar Rao has now backed out of the project to star as the lead in Karan Johar’s Dostana 2. It will be the sequel to his 2008 hit comedy Dostana, which starred John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan pretending to be gay to get close to Priyanka Chopra’s character.

 

Dostana 2 will show two gay men pretending to be straight and the makers are on the look out for a male co-star opposite the lead actor Rajkummar Rao. The film will be directed by Tarun Mansukhani and will start shooting next year.