Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Arjun Kapoor — Alia Bhatt has worked with all the A-Listers her age in the roster. She’s begun work on Vikas Bahl’s Shandaar opposite Shahid Kapoor and now admits to being a part of Ayan Mukerji’s next with Ranbir Kapoor. Ask her about her Homi Adajania project with Sushant Singh Rajput, though, and Alia Bhatt’s tightlipped. All she says is, “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 in the lead.”

 

With her moving a generation upward, casting-wise, are the Khans next on her radar? “I hope so,” Alia 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, Arjun or Sidharth.” Alia is all praise for Shahid 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.”