When Hindustan Times reached out to producer Bhushan Kumar to know about the reports, he said, “No'' and added, ''This piece of news is false totally.”

Earlier, a report in Filmfare stated, “Fawad has been cast with Vaani Kapoor in a film that’s about to go into production soon.” It also stated that the shoot of the untitled project will start in London soon, and the pre-production is currently underway and other details have been kept under wraps.

Fawad was last seen in the 2016 film ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ with Anushka Sharma and Ranbir Kapoor.

In an interview with Pinkvilla, Fawad said he is in touch with Ranbir Kapoor and his family, and they talk on calls or chats. The 'Humsafar' actor said that he has enjoyed a very good relationship with the Kapoor family and there is still a lot of love and respect with Karan Johar and Shakun Batra. ''So, there are friendships. There are some Indian producer friends with whom I chat sometimes, and we plan to meet somewhere, so one and off we talk. We keep in touch and we’re still very cordial and still very friendly and there’s no love lost,'' he added.

On the work from, Fawad Khan will be seen in the highly anticipated series, ‘Barzakh’, that is all set to premiere on July 19 on Zee5.