Alia Bhatt was among several celebrities to attend the third edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival held in Saudi Arabia recently. While several photos and videos went to the internet, Alia and Hollywood actor Andrew Garfield exchanging smiles and handshakes at the closing ceremony caught everyone’s eyes.
Alia wore a grey strapless gown with purple floral embroidery, while Andrew Garfield looked dapper in a black suit. Sharing their photos, an X user wrote, "Alia Bhatt and Andrew Garfield shaking hands omgg (Oh my God).” Reacting to it, another person wrote on X (formerly Twitter), "Multiverse of madness just got real." A second said, "Alia Bhatt and Andrew Garfield moment (crying emojis)." A third wrote, "Alia to daughter Raha (when she is old enough to know): I met Spider-Man." Another said, “OMGGGGG."
A fan also wrote, “Aww, the way they were smiling, manifesting them in a Hollywood movie.” One more said, “A Hollywood movie, please.” A fan also wrote, “She looks good with everyone like I need this to happen NOW.”
During a conversation on the sidelines of the festival, Alia shared an anecdote about meeting actor-husband Ranbir Kapoor for the first time when she was nine. She revealed that she worked as a child artist on a Sanjay Leela Bhansali project, where Ranbir was an assistant director. Alia had said, “Actually the one time my mother was okay for me to be a child actor was when I was nine because of Sanjay Leela Bhansali cause he was making a movie. And I walked into his office and who was assisting Sanjay Leela Bhansali (SLB) at that time? Ranbir.”
She added, “Obviously that time he was not an actor so I didn't even know, I wasn't even looking at him, I was looking at SLB. I was like, ‘This is the director, I am looking at him... There's a photo of us from that audition that I did for that movie that we were gonna do at that time which I still have with me.