Has filmmaker Karan Johar has fallen out with old pal, Aditya Chopra? Or is it just a business related new arrangement?

The director who always sold his films to the Yash Raj banner for distribution has decided to go outside and look for another distributor outside.

Reports say that Karan's next two films, `Wake Up Sid' with Ranbir Kapoor and Konkona Sen Sharma and Rensil D'Silva's untitled next will be distributed by UTV at a cost of Rs 60 crore.

The rumours of the Karan thinking of doing business minus the Chopras have been doing the rounds for quite a while now.

In spite of a low-key release and mixed reviews, SRK-starrer ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ has been declared as one of 2008’s biggest box-office success.

Known as the Movie Masala Awards, which bases its honors entirely on the votes of the Aaj Tak viewers, have also announced Aditya Chopra as the best directorial return of the year, and Anushka Sharma as the best newcomer of 2008.

After a series of flops from Yash Raj Films, ace film maker Aditya Chopra is confident over his upcoming directorial venture “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi”, which will hit theatres on December 12, 2008.

It is learnt that promotional activities of the movie have been affected a lot by the Mumbai attacks but there is a strong change in the attitude of the introvert filmmaker.

After a gap of eight years, Aditya Chopra is all set to make a come back to the director’s seat with Rab ne Bana Di Jodi starring Shahrukh Khan and 19-year-old Bangalore model Anushka Sharma in the lead role. 

The film is being produced under the banner of Yash Raj Films. Adi has always considered King Khan as his lucky mascot.

After a series of flop films including Tashan, Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic, Laaga Chunari… and Ta Ra Rum Pum, Aditya Chopra is expecting RNBDJ to be the biggest blockbuster of this year (2008). 

Rani Mukerji and Aditya Chopra were not talking to each other from sometime. But now they have made up. According to sources, Rani Mukerji had a serious fight with her rumoured beau Aditya Chopra.

The relationship between them had not been going smoothly from sometime. Some believe that Rani is upset for not getting many films under YRF banner. She has just one film with on Shahid Kapur and that too by a debutant director.