Alia Was Varun’s First Choice

The first and according to insiders  the “only” choice for Karisma Kapoor’s role in David Dhawan’s remake  of his own Coolie No 1 was  Alia Bhatt.

In fact the entire  project  was re-formated to suit Varun Dhawan and  Alia, as  the millenial’s Govinda and  Karisma.

But then Alia is  completely immersed in her work  commitments  till the end  of  the year. More importantly , it was felt that  the Alia-Varun pair must be rendered exclusive  for the  ‘Dulhaniya’ series.

Says a  source, “Karan  Johar has produced two films Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya  and  Badrinath  Ki Dulhaniya in Varun-Alia Dulhaniya series  and  the  third  is planned. He would want  to keep it exclusive to the series.”