Buzz was that newbie Siddharth Malhotra had strengthened his place in the Karan Johar camp after recently signing his second project with the filmmaker

However, rumours are that Sid has decided to work outside the KJo camp too and has been snapped up by Madhur Bhandarkar.

Madhur's spokesperson says, `All this is just a rumour. It is not true. Madhur has not signed Siddharth for any film.`

The actor too denied the rumours.