After Majid Majidi's Beyond The Clouds (2017) and Shashank Khaitan's Dhadak (2018), Ishaan Khatter appeared to be in no hurry to sign his next. Buzz is that Shahid Kapoor's brother has now given his nod to Vishal Bhardwaj's web series, Midnight's Children, based on Salman Rushdie's novel. He was also said to have been approached for Mira Nair's A Suitable Boy for the BBC. But he chose Rushdie over Vikram Seth for his next outing.

There are also rumours that, Ishaan Khatter has been approached for Kedarnath (2018) director Abhishek Kapoor's next film based on the Pulwama attack. Ishaan Khatter, who is close to brother-actor Shahid Kapoor, said in an earlier interview that he discusses his professional choices with him.