But Ranbir’s latest release Tamasha has done well enough for its director Imtiaz Ali to cast him yet again. This time, his heroine will be Alia Bhatt.
"Ranbir with Katrina and Deepika has become a predictable pair. He never cared who his heroine was. In Rockstar, Imtiaz cast a new face Nargis Fakhri with Ranbir. Imtiaz’s next will feature Ranbir with Alia for the first time," says a source.
Incidentally, Ranbir’s best friend Ayan Mukerjee has cast Alia and him in his super-hero film. The future of that project is uncertain at the moment.
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