Alia Bhatt talks about working with Shahid Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor

 Alia Bhatt talks about working with Shahid Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor next

Having worked with most of the A-listers from her generation of actors including Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan, Arjun Kapoor… Alia Bhatt has now moved on to the next generation of actors. In her next two releases to be directed by Vikas Bahl and Ayan Mukerji, Alia is paired with Shahid Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor, respectively.

Though she is tight-lipped about the project with Sushant Singh Rajput to be directed by Homi Adjania, Alia Bhatt happily admits to being part of Ayan Mukerji’s next film starring his best friend Ranbir Kapoor who has featured in both the directors’ films (Wake Up, Sid and Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani) so far.

Says Alia Bhatt, “I had three releases in 2014 and I’m shooting for one film ‘Shandaar’. Besides this, the only project I am officially part of is the film directed by Ayan Mukerji with Ranbir Kapoor in the lead.”

Alia is looking forward to working with Ranbir Kapoor who had wonderful things to say about her after Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Highway’.

Hopefully she will be working with the Khan generation of superstars soon. “I hope so,” Alia Bhatt laughs. “I want to work with all of them. It is very important to be seen with different co-stars. I’ve so far worked with actors my own age. So there was a natural comfort level with them. But it’s not like Shahid is any different from Varun Dhawan, Arjun Kapoor or Sidharth Malhotra.”

Alia is all praise for Shahid Kapoor with whom she shot in Leeds for ‘Shandaar’, “He is a very chilled-out guy. He has been around for so many years. He’s a thorough professional. I really enjoyed working with him.”

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Shaandaar' shoot wrapped up, Shahid Kapoor heads home!

 Shaandaar' shoot wrapped up, Shahid Kapoor heads home!


The very versatile Shahid Kapoor, who managed to shut his critics up with 'Haider', is all set to be back in action with 'Shaandaar'. The movie starring Alia Bhatt, is helmed by 'Queen' fame director Vikas Bahl.

The 33-year-old actor took to micro-blogging site Twitter, announcing the wrap up of 'Shaandaar' shoot. He posted: “And we have wrapped this gigantic shaandaar schedule ... home sweet home here I come ... not to all 5 mill of u guys gratitude and love”.

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And we have wrapped this gigantic shaandaar schedule ... home sweet home here I come ... not to all 5 mill of u guys gratitude and love

Going by his tweet, seems like he is already feeling homesick, and wants to head home straight away. The movie also stars his father veteran actor Pankaj Kapur besides his half sister Sanah.



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Shahid Kapoor starrer 'Haider' box office collections at Rs 19.45 cr

 Shahid Kapoor starrer 'Haider' box office collections at Rs 19.45 cr; row boost fails


Shahid Kapoor starrer 'Haider' box office collections are refusing to climb over the self-imposed Rs 7-cr barrier on a daily basis. While the William Shakespeare scripted 'Hamlet' has refused to die through the centuries in the imagination of the people who love to tell and re-tell stories, going to the theatre to watch 'Haider' is at the moment not on the top-of-the-mind recall list of most movie-going people.

What is clear, is that ambition was never the top intent when the film was made as is clear from the fact that it was made on a relatively modest budget of Rs 37 cr and on top of it, it openned on a very small number of screens, just 1,250 – if you compare it to Hrithik Roshan's 'Bang Bang', then the same figures are Rs 140 cr and over 4,500 screens respectively.
Here are the daily India box office collections of 'Haider':

Day 1: Rs 6.14 cr
Day 2: Rs 6.93 cr
Day 3: Rs 6.38 cr

'Haider 'has also received a setback in terms of its worldwide box office collections as the film has not been screened in Pakistan due to a ban imposed on it for its Kashmir-centric plot.
Right now, while its India collections total Rs 19.45 cr, if you add worldwide take, then the figure climbs to Rs 21.45 cr.

This has been disappointing as the film even had a controversy going as there was a backlash which blamed the movie-makers for being anti-Muslim while others tagged it as anti-Hindu or India. But aside from the social media, that did not get much play in the mainstream media.
So, as far as 'Haider' is concerned, controversy does not always translate into collections.

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