Did You Know Aishwarya Rai Was The First Choice For Highway And Not Alia Bhatt?

Highway was Alia Bhatt's second film after Karan Johar's Student Of The Year.

Imtiaz Ali’s Highway was one of the most celebrated films of 2014. The film paved the way for a fresh story and was a turning point for Alia Bhatt’s career. While everyone was surprised by her performance after Karan Johar’s Student Of The Year, Imtiaz Ali revealed that Bhatt wasn’t his first choice for the film. During a recent interview, he admitted that he initially wanted to cast an older actor and thought Aishwarya Rai would be a good choice.

Alia Bhatt Wasn’t The First Choice For Highway

During a recent interview with Mid-Day, filmmaker Imtiaz Ali revealed that Aishwarya Rai was his first choice for Highway as he wanted to cast an older actor. In his words, “I always wanted to cast a slightly older actress, like a woman of at least 30. I didn’t want to cast a more mature woman who’s had experiences of the type that she was going to talk about in the film. Aishwarya Rai without any makeup would be a great choice.”

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However, his mind changed after he met Alia Bhatt at the screening of Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana. He stated that he found her emotional quotient to be very high and was drawn to her. Imtiaz Ali said that the film’s unit was not convinced about Bhatt’s potential.

But after he made Alia Bhatt read the script and tell the story in her own way, everyone was convinced that nobody else could pull off the role that way. Highway was the actor’s second film after Student Of The Year alongside Randeep Hooda. The film was a moderate hit at the box office with many positive reviews.

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First Published: December 04, 2024 11:41 AM