Filmmaker Karan Johar announced in 2014 that his Dharma Productions was collaborating with Rohit for the remake of Subhash Ghai's 1989 superhit "Ram Lakhan" that featured Jackie Shroff and Anil Kapoor in the lead roles.
"We were suppose to do 'Ram Lakhan' but we were not getting Ram. And I did not want to compromise on the part of Ram. So it's better to do a solo hero film at present as youngsters want to do solo hero films," Rohit told PTI.
Names of actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor and Varun Dhawan had cropped up for the film.
"We approached a few actors for Lakhan but they wanted to make the film solo," Rohit said.
The director, however, makes it clear the project is not shelved. "We have kept it (the film's story) with us. It's my FD (fixed deposit)!" he quipped.