India, April 7 -- Recently there were reports of Deepika Padukone being roped in for Siddharth Anand's Shah Rukh Khan, Suhana Khan and Abhishek Bachchan-starrer King. However, the director's cryptic post on X (formerly Twitter) is now making people believe that the rumours might not be true after all. (Also Read: Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh reunite on screen for first time since daughter Dua's birth; fans can't keep calm. Watch)

On Monday, Siddharth took to his X (formerly Twitter) account and simply posted, "False." While he did not provide any more context, fans took it to mean that either Deepika was not in King or that she wasn't playing the role it was speculated she was playing. One fan commented, "Does it mean, #DeepikaPadukon...