From student of the year To liverAlia Bhatt’s career trajectory aptly documents her rise to become one of the best actresses of her generation. But did you know that the National Film Award-winning celebrity was not the first choice for this film, which was considered to be her acting breakthrough? Instead, the director wanted to cast Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Scroll down to know which movie we are talking about…
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was the first choice to act in this film of Alia Bhatt. Find out why it didn’t work:
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was the first choice highwayWhich marked Alia Bhatt’s second year of studies. It was revealed of the highway Director Imtiaz Ali. in an interview with middayAcclaimed filmmaker – who was awarded the Best Director Award GQ Men of the Year 2024 For amar singh bright – Revealed that he initially wanted to cast Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Veera Tripathi highway,
“I always wanted to cast a slightly older actress, like a woman at least 30 years old. I didn’t want to cast a more mature woman who had the kind of experiences she was going to talk about in the movie. Aishwarya Rai without any makeup would be a great option.” Imtiaz Ali revealed. However, Ali changed his mind after the meeting Alia Bhatt, “Her emotional intensity was very high, and I was drawn to talking to her.”
Imtiaz Ali further confessed that of the highway The crew was not confident that Alia Bhatt would shoulder the film. In response, Ali asked Alia to read the script and narrate the story in her own way. After this everyone believed that “No one else can do this except Alia.” The rest, as they say, is history! It is noteworthy that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Imtiaz Ali have not worked together in any film yet.
