It is a well-known fact that Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who was supposed to play the main lead in Karan Johar's upcoming production venture Shhuddhi walked out of the project and recommended Varun Dhawan's name for the role.

However, what many might not know is that Salman probably walked out of the film because of Johar's association with the AIB Roast event, in which the participants reportedly poked fun at Salman Khan's sister Arpita Khan. Another reason being given for Salman walking out of the film is that he was not ready to allot bulk dates of 180 days for the shooting of the film as he felt that he could complete three films in the time.

Shhuddhi will now star Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt opposite each other.