The trailer for Alia Bhatt’s first production venture Darlings released on 25 July. At the launch, the actor talked about a possible collaboration between her and her husband Ranbir Kapoor and said that she’d want to produce his directorial debut.
Alia Bhatt said, “We did discuss it. I actually told him that if you don’t make me produce it, I’ll be very upset!' I told him, ‘If you don’t want to take me as an actor, that’s totally fine'. He told me, ‘No no, I need you, you’re a tyrant,’ as a joke. So, as I said I'm a creative producer so I'll give my inputs at the writing stage and produce it.”
In an earlier interview with Filmibeat, Ranbir had said, “During the lockdown, I wrote a story, which I liked very much. But I don’t have that skill to go and share that story with people and make a film with them. But yes, direction is more on my wish list than production. Well, my wife is a producer and is a very good producer, so maybe she can produce my film.”
On the work front, Alia also plays the lead in Darlings and is also part of Karan Johar’s Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani with Ranveer Singh and Farhan Akhtar’s Jee Le Zaraa with Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif. She also made her Hollywood debut with Heart of Stone.
Ranbir Kapoor’s latest film Shamshera hit theatres on 22 July. Darlings, co-produced by Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment will release on Netflix on 5 August.
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