Alia Bhatt recalls her first meeting with Ranbir Kapoor at the age of 9

Alia Bhatt is making waves on the international stage with her acclaimed performances in Indian cinema. The actress, who made her Hollywood debut this year, recently attended the Red Sea International Film Festival. In an engaging conversation, Alia discussed her professional ventures and gave an insight into her personal life. She also shared a happy anecdote about the first time she met her husband Ranbir Kapoor, when she was nine years old.

Alia Bhatt was a special guest at the 3rd edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia while participating in the prestigious ‘In-Conversation’ sidebar section. During this conversation, Alia shared an interesting story about her first meeting with Ranbir Kapoor, and revealed that they met each other when she was nine years old.

Alia took a trip down memory lane by remembering the time when she first met Ranbir Kapoor at Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s office. She said, “In fact, once when I was nine years old, my mother was ready for me to become a child artiste because of Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who was making a film. And I went into his office and who was assisting Sanjay Leela Bhansali at that time? Ranbir.”

Adding a humorous touch, Alia said, “Obviously he was not an actor at that time so I didn’t even know, I wasn’t even looking at him, I was looking at SLB. I said, ‘This is the director, I am looking at him.’

In a delightful revelation, Alia further said, “There is a picture of us from that audition that I did for the film that we were supposed to do at that time which I still have.”