Karan Johar has decided against directing his new film. The K3G man's new film will feature his favorite actor Shahrukh Khan, too.

The film will be directed by Karan's associate director Nikhil Advani while Karan will write the screenplay. Nikhil was the associate director in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Mohabbatein and K3G. The film is expected to roll in September 2002. It's a two-hero, two-heroine subject, a thriller.