Ankita Lokhande Never Approached for Karan Johar's Student Of The Year 3: Actor's Team Clarifies

Reports surfaced claiming that Ankita Lokhande rejected a role in Karan Johar's Student Of The Year 3 web series, but her team has now denied the rumours, stating that she was never part of the project.

Hyderabad:Ankita Lokhande's team dismissed a claim regarding the actor rejecting Karan Johar's Student Of The Year 3. It was earlier reported that Ankita was invited to play a key role in Karan Johar's web series, but she denied the offer. Ankita Lokhande, who was last seen in Randeep Hooda's Swantantra Veer Sawarkar, made headlines for rejecting Karan's offer.

Earlier, a news portal stated that Ankita was approached for Karan Johar's Student Of The Year 3, but she declined the part. The franchise is being made into a web series, with the third installment recently confirmed. According to the source cited by the news portal, Ankita was offered a crucial role in the web series, but she declined, for unknown reasons. However, Ankita Lokhande's team has now disputed all such stories, claiming they were false news.

Karan announced in April that Reema Maya would direct the digital edition of the franchise. The statement was made during a film festival in Chandigarh. It was also rumoured that Karan Johar planned to cast Shanaya Kapoor and Ibrahim Ali Khan in SOTY 3, although there has been no official confirmation on the same. However, the series will mark the debut of Shanaya Kapoor, who is the daughter of former actor Sanjay Kapoor and Maheep Kapoor.

Talking about SOTY 3, Karan stated, "Reema Maya will direct the digital version of Student of the Year. But it will be her way, not mine, since if I enter Reema Maya's world, I will only add to the illusion." Karan Johar's 2012 high-school drama Student of the Year (SOTY) launched Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, and Sidharth Malhotra. Seven years later, Student of the Year 2 (2019) was released. The second film, directed by Puneet Malhotra, introduced Ananya Pandey and Tara Sutaria to the film industry, where they costarred with Tiger Shroff. Now, four years later, the high school movie franchise is coming up with its third edition.

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