Karan Johar Announces His Next 'Takht' Will Star Ranveer Singh, Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Anil Kapoor, And Janhvi Kapoor

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• Updated:August 10, 2018 06:24 IST

• Authors: HT City Editorial Team
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Trust Karan Johar to cast some of the biggest stars from Bollywood to tell a compelling tale. After days of speculation, the cat’s finally out. Karan has announced his next directorial, Takht, and it boasts of the biggest casting coup of modern times. Making the announcement, he also shared a poster of the film.

Takht (meaning the throne and implies a seat of power), is a drama set in the Mughal times and will star Ranveer Singh, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Alia Bhatt in the lead. They will be ably supported by Anil Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, Bhumi Pednekar and hottest new star kid on the block, Janhvi Kapoor.

Taking to Twitter to make the big announcement, Karan wrote: “An incredible story embedded in history... An epic battle for the majestic Mughal throne... A story of a family, of ambition, of greed, of betrayal, of love & of succession... TAKHT is about WAR for LOVE....”

An incredible story embedded in history...
An epic battle for the majestic Mughal throne...
A story of a family, of ambition, of greed, of betrayal, of love & of succession...
TAKHT is about WAR for LOVE....@dharmamovies@apoorvamehta18pic.twitter.com/BQg6SvdFfb

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) August 9, 2018

What’s special is also that Karan has chosen to give a long-deserved respect to the writers. He mentions that Sumit Roy has written the screenplay and Hussain Haidry and Sumit Roy have jointly written the dialogues.

The Screenplay is by SUMIT ROY! Dialogues by HUSSAIN HAIDRY,SUMIT ROY! And thanks to @NotSoSnob for bringing these talents to us at @DharmaMovies ! An exciting journey ahead....WRITERS are the heartbeat and soul of a film! These gentlemen lead all the way.... pic.twitter.com/hyTucBmKaG

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) August 9, 2018

The film’s story itself seems to be magical going by Karan’s tweet. It is set in the Mughal era and will deal with myriad emotions -- love, betrayal, family, ambition, greed and succession. Takht is the war for love. By choosing Ranveer and Kareena as his lead cast, Karan has bowled his first googly as there will be palpable excitement with regard to this casting.

Ranveer is among the most successful stars of this generation, with a chunk of successes under his belt, many being historical. Kareena, meanwhile, is a star like none other. Her marriage and motherhood, has done little to dent her appeal. In fact, if anything, the success of her last film, Veere Di Wedding ends the notion that married women with children can’t succeed in Bollywood.

Alia Bhatt, of course, is the safest bet for Karan, for not only is she a Dharma staple, she remains one of most talented actors among the young lot. She too took to Twitter to share her excitement at the development stating how she was getting back to where it all began. In fact, it is her tweet that revealed that Karan would direct the film. Sharing the information, she wrote: “Back where I begun.. to my roots! So so so so excited to be a part of this historical magnum opus! TAKHT! Directed by the one and ONLY! @karanjohar @RanveerOfficial #KareenaKapoorKhan @vickykaushal09 @psbhumi #JanhviKapoor @AnilKapoor @DharmaMovies @apoorvamehta18.”

Back where I begun.. to my roots! So so so so excited to be a part of this historical magnum opus! TAKHT! Directed by the one and ONLY! @karanjohar@RanveerOfficial#KareenaKapoorKhan@vickykaushal09@psbhumi#JanhviKapoor@AnilKapoor@DharmaMovies@apoorvamehta18pic.twitter.com/MKZCo0yA5X

— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) August 9, 2018

With Bhumi and Janhvi in tow, Karan proves he is not a godfather for nothing. Janhvi was recently launched in his production, Dhadak.