Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; October 13, 2016)

After teaming up for a short film, White Mountain, when they were studying at Barry John’s Acting Studio, childhood pals, Arjun Kapoor and Varun Dhawan, are set to reunite, this time for the small screen. The duo is the first guests to shoot for the new season of Karan Johar’s chat show.

A source close to the actors revealed to Mirror, “They were approached for different episodes but they themselves suggested they appear together to give their fans a peek into the friendship they share outside of their social media banter. Karan loved the idea. They will shoot this weekend. The show’s team is hoping that the dosts will reveal a lot of lesser known fun facts about each other.”

Mirror had earlier reported (September 27) that the show’s first episode will feature Dear Zindagi costars, Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt, but the team is still sorting out their dates. The show will air only by the first week of November since KJo is tied up with promotions for his Diwali release, the Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Anushka Sharma and Fawad Khan-starrer, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. The filmmaker has however taken time off from his hectic schedule to shoot a bank of episodes which Arjun and Varun will kick off.
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Chhaya Unnikrishnan (DNA; October 13, 2016)

In the last season of Koffee With Karan, Ranveer Singh had appeared with his BFF Arjun Kapoor. The duo was also promoting their film Gunday then. This time, sources say the Befikre actor will be going on the show with Varun Dhawan, who will be appearing on the show for the third time. The first time he went along with his Student Of The Year co-stars Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra, the second time it was with Alia for Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya.

Says a source, “Varun and Ranveer have not done a film together so far. So, this will be the first time they will be sharing screen space. In June this year the two had bonded on Twitter when Varun impersonated the Pakistani singer Taher Shah on a comedy show. He had dressed up the way Taher had in the music video, Angel. Ranveer who had earlier mimicked the Pakistani singer’s Eye To Eye, tweeted to Varun saying, “Hahahaha! Brrrrruuuh @Varun_dvn #taher #savage.” Varun had also playfully responded to Ranveer. The two together should be fun on the show. They will be shooting for it soon.” Considering both are live-wire and cheeky, wonder who will walk away with the hamper. Koffee With Karan, we hear, will begin on November 6. There have been reports of Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt being the first celebrity guests.