Alia Bhatt confessed about having a huge crush on Ranbir Kapoor on Koffee With Karan a couple of years back. She has been quite vocal about her liking and wishes to work with the actor always.
When she got to know about Ayan Mukherji’s Brahmastra trilogy starring Ranbir Kapoor, Alia says that she literally pleaded before her good-friend Ayan to cast her opposite Ranbir in the fantasy film.
“The idea for Brahmastra was conceived long back when Ayan (Mukerji, director) had just done Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. I wanted to work with him and I have always wanted to work with Ranbir as well. I pleaded to Ayan that please cast me with him. All these films happened may be because the timing was just perfect and the universe had come together to make it happen. But I have always gone with my instinct with all my films, even with Raazi or Udta Punjab,” Alia said in an interview with Firstpost.
Alia and Ranbir’s cordial bond grew stronger with time. They are also rumored to be dating for a year but none of them have made it official. Talking about working with her alleged boyfriend, Alia said, “With Ranbir, it is a completely different experience because I have always admired him. He is my favorite actor since he made his debut. He will always remain my favorite because he is so honest and effortless.”
“When I set to work with him, I was thinking that I will understand his process of acting, but there’s no process. He is like me, he acts in front of the camera, and suddenly off camera, he is seen eating chocolates or chatting, wanting to know what is the gossip for the day. He is very hard working, so effortless and that is the beauty,” she adds.
Alia says her experience working with Big B left her spellbound! “What an experience! We were always sitting and chatting in between the shots sharing stuff. He would show us his songs, trailers. Ranbir and I would often pin him down and ask innumerable questions about the happenings during his past films. His journey has been so amazing,” she says.
This brings her to her experience working with the trio — Ranveer, Varun and Ranbir. “It is very different with each one of them. Ranveer’s energy is on an another level. We shared a very special bond. It was very new. There was lot of admiration, lot of excitement for both of us. I genuinely love him. He is a gem of a person. I actually feel that Ranveer and I am very similar.”
“Varun is like my right arm. We have a strong connect. I understand what he means even before he says it. We instinctively act together. It is like an unsaid thing. We almost see the imaginary waves going through the two of us,” she says animatedly.
After a blockbuster 2019, Alia Bhatt prepares for another kickass year with her father, Mahesh Bhatt’s Sadak 2 and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Inshallah with Salman Khan. She will also make her Telugu debut with SS Rajamouli’s Telugu period war film RRR in 2020.
All the best Alia!