(credit NailClippper , bw forum.. from Masand's article):
Finding Fanny helmer Homi Adajania will more than likely direct Deepika Padukone again in his The Fault In Our Stars official remake for Fox. Homi reportedly conducted a look test with Deepika and Varun Dhawan last Sunday, and has set a March start date for filming.
He's also bailing out his Cocktail and Fanny producer Dinesh Vijan by agreeing to co-direct the reincarnation film that Dino had intended to make with Saif Ali Khan and Parineeti Chopra. According to sources, Dino's credibility took a bit of a beating when Saif left the film and called off their producing partnership. Homi has apparently stepped in so Dino can make the film after all. The project will now go on the floors in October next year, with Kai Po Che star Sushant Singh Rajput and Alia Bhatt stepping in as leads.
The only hitch now is Karan Johar's Shuddhi, also a reincarnation story, and one that's likely to go into production around the same time. However, Shuddhi, a bigger project both in terms of budget and scale, is expected to have a longer production schedule. Certainly with the very busy and ummm... erratic Salman Khan attached, the makers would be wise not to get into any race towards completion. Besides, Dino and Homi's film is a reincarnation love story, while Shuddhi is an action movie, so it's not like both films will be carbon copies of each other even if they do arrive in cinemas around the same time.