Rajkumar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor horror comedy "Stree" has recived got praised from the audience as well as critics. The movie emerged as a box office winner last year, with producer Dinesh Vijan announcing that he would be coming out with a sequel as a part of his ambitious horror-comedy franchise. There were reports that Varun Dhawan would be headlining the film, which originally featured Rajkummar Rao. When asked if he would be a part of "Stree 2", the actor told denied that he is part of the sequel.

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Varun Dhawan said, "No, it's false." He was speaking at a special event of "Kalank" at Ishq 104.8 FM. Inside sources also revealed that while there have been a lot of rumours surrounding the casting for Stree 2, a sequel will definitely be on the cards and Rajkummar Rao will headline the film.

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On the work front, Varun's upcoming multi-starrer "Kalank" opens in cinemas on April 17. When asked if he feels the superhero film will hamper the box office prospects of "Kalank", Varun said the audience is kind enough to go and watch both the films in theatres. It stars Madhuri Dixit, Sonakshi Sinha, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sanjay Dutt.It is a period drama set in 1945 in the pre-independence British era.