He likes staying under the radar when it comes to public attention, which he receives a tad too much of anyway! …Which is why you will never ever hear Ranbir Kapoor speak about playing peacemaker like he recently did.

Buzz goes that he has signed Yash Raj Films’ next which will be directed by Karan Malhotra. Now Karan Malhotra has a bit of interesting history. He had directed two films for Dharma Productions, Agneepath and Brothers. He was very close to Dharma head honcho, Karan Johar as well. However, due to reasons that are not exactly clear, both Johar and Malhotra had a huge fracas. Post their fallout, Karan Malhotra was no longer part of Dharma Productions. At this point, he was allegedly approached by YRF’s Aditya Chopra. YRF has reportedly even signed a three-film deal with Karan.

What’s more, Ranbir Kapoor is supposedly on board for one of their projects, directed by Karan Malhotra and produced by YRF.

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Naturally, this got a tad too much to handle for Karan Johar. Johar was allegedly not just upset with Karan Malhotra, but felt betrayed by Adi Chopra, who has been a mentor to him in the past. He was hurt and angry by Adi’s wooing of Malhotra, who he believes did not play fair with him.

Things reached a stage where Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra even got into a heated argument over the Karan Malhotra issue. Now this is a sad scenario as both share a history that goes back a long way. In fact, the two are cousins and Johar had entered films because of his friendship with Adi. He had claimed to have learnt a lot about movie-making from the Chopra scion.

Speaking about his bond with Adi, Karan had recently shared, “Aditya Chopra and I have a really amazing bond when it comes to our opinions. We message and call each other when we love a film, when we don't, then the silence is meant to be understood. We have this like unfailing protocol that exists between us…He is never going to lie to me and I am not going to lie to him because he will catch me in that moment and I don't think Adi is capable of lying. We have that code of silence. Aditya Chopra is the only person I don't lie to.”

Well aware of how painful the acrimony was between Karan and Adi, Ranbir took matters in hand. He apparently had a serious talk with Karan Johar, who he is extremely close to, and managed to calm him down. He managed to broker peace between the two and now all is evidently well. Rani had even attended the birthday party of Karan’s twins at his residence recently, with Adira in tow.

…And you thought Ranbir Kapoor was only busy getting linked with B-town’s most beautiful?!