Karan Johar Drops Bombshell, Says Varun Dhawan And Sidharth Malhotra Were Against Alia Bhatt Being Cast In ‘SOTY’

‘Koffee With Karan 8’: Karan Johar revealed that Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra were initially against Alia Bhatt being cast in ‘Student Of The Year’.

Nitika Sharma
Written By: Nitika Sharma
Updated: November 23, 2023 | 10:30 IST
Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra
Karan Johar revealed that Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra were initially against Alia Bhatt being cast in ‘SOTY'.

Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra, who made their Bollywood debut with Karan Johar’s directorial ‘Student Of The Year’, graced ‘Koffee With Karan 8’ couch in the latest episode of the popular talk show. The duo tried their best to not say anything controversial but host Karan Johar ended up dropping a bombshell. On the episode, the ‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’ director revealed that Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt might share a good bond now, but the two actors were initially against Alia being cast in ‘Student of the Year’.

As Karan Johar made this revelation, Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra looked visibly uncomfortable.

“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,” Karan Johar said.

“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,” he added. Varun Dhawan then said, “Ya even I knew.”

Reacting amusingly, Karan Johar added with a laugh, “Stop pretending! What rubbish are you talking Varun? You kept sending me images of other girls, you didn’t want me to cast her.” To which Varun replied, “No no… I didn’t know her!”

Sidharth then said, “But see, that was what was wonderful that she was the underdog within the underdogs here already and then she emerged.”

For the unversed, following ‘Student of the Year’, Alia Bhatt’s career had a meteoric rise as she featured in some of the most critically acclaimed and successful films.

‘Student of the Year’ was the debut film of Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. The movie had released in theatres in 2012.

In the latest ‘Koffee With Karan 8’ episode, Alia Bhatt also shared a message for her 'SOTY' co-stars Varun and Sidharth.

Alia Bhatt stated some lesser known facts about Varun and Sidharth. She revealed how Varun can be unintentionally funny, and Sidharth can sing well.

“I’m very thankful to Sid because he’s given me my first love of my life which was Edward,” Alia Bhatt said.

Sharing three “unknown facts” about Sidharth Malhotra, Alia revealed that he is a really good singer and shared, “Sid is a 10 but he could be a 20 if he just sings more often and more openly.”

She also shared that Sidharth Malhotra is very health conscious and thus, does not like to party but mentioned that he is great at getting a party started. “People run away from him at parties,” she said.

She added that even when he does party, Sidharth is the first to fall asleep. “He would be the first person to fall asleep at his own birthday party,” she said and Karan Johar added, “That’s because he got drunk.”

Alia Bhatt concluded by saying, “They really make me feel very comfortable and very safe and I only have love for them. I love you both.”

Alia also opened up about the time when the trio made their first appearance on ‘Koffee with Karan’ and she called the experience as “unforgettable debut because of my unforgettable mistake.”

For the unversed, when the trio had graced the couch together, Alia Bhatt misnamed the President of India and she was heavily trolled for that.

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