Sonali Joshi Pitale (MID-DAY; August 17, 2015)

If sources are to be believed, Shah Rukh Khan had invited Karan Johar along with his Shaandaar cast for dinner at Mannat last week, but he had to call it off at the last minute. Reason? He apparently could not manage to squeeze time out of his hectic shoot schedule.

A source says, “Karan was supposed to go over to SRK’s place with Shaandaar director Vikas Bahl and lead pair, Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, after the film’s first trailer was unveiled. It was not any celebration as such, but a quiet gathering. However, he had to cancel the plans at the very last minute due to his tight schedule.” It is said that the actor is currently wrapping up his Christmas release, Dilwale, and Fan as well.

While the star was not available for comment, a source close to the actor denies the buzz saying, “Shah Rukh keeps calling his friends over for dinner whenever he is in town, so this was nothing special or exclusive. However, he is extremely busy these days and shooting nonstop. He has no time to host any party and so, these rumours are not true. If he had really invited someone, he would have definitely adjusted his schedule.”