While guests Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan tried their best not to let anything controversial slip on filmmaker Karan Johar’s ‘Koffee with Karan’ last week, the host dropped a bombshell. KJo revealed that while they now share a good bond, initially, Sid and Varun did not want Alia Bhatt to star with them in their debut movie ‘Student of the Year.’
He said, “I still remember with Alia, the first time that she walked in, how both of you sent me messages saying you can’t cast her. One of you said she is too young. I am saying it started like this but when we shot with her, three months post that for a photo shoot, I remember she stood quiet and didn’t look at either of you. Either she was conscious or shy because you all already knew me. She didn’t know me at all. We did the photo shoot, and right after that, I mean, I knew at the first shot.”
Karan also mentioned that Varun would show him pictures of other actors he could cast instead of Alia. Thankfully, he did not listen to Varun and stuck with his decision. While ‘SOTY’ did not receive much acclaim and is considered one of Karan's least impressive works, it did launch Alia, Varun and Sidharth to stardom.
For the episode, Alia shared a message for her co-stars. She shared some lesser-known facts about them, including how Varun can be intentionally funny, and Sidharth has a great singing voice.