Alia Bhatt remembers her first scene with Shahrukh Khan in Dear Zindagi
Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt attended the eighth day of the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia today, December 7, fully charged. During the event, the actress opened up on various topics including her husband and actor Ranbir Kapoor. Apart from this, he also talked about his first shot with Shahrukh Khan on the sets of Dear Zindagi and shared his experience of working with King Khan.
Dear Zindagi stars Alia Bhatt and Shahrukh Khan in lead roles. In the Red Sea International Film Festival’s popular segment ‘In Conversation’, Alia shared her experience of the first day of shooting with Shah Rukh on the sets of Gauri Shinde’s film Dear Zindagi.
He said, “Shah Rukh really likes rehearsing. So a day before we sat and we talked about the scene many times and I remember Suhana was there. She was taking notes, she was kind of very diligent. Abram was there, really small and running around. We talked about the scene and I was still going in and out and trying to be completely calm and normal but it was anything but.”
Recalling the first day of shooting, Alia said, “When we went to the set (Dear Zindagi), and we were doing the first shot together, I think I was stunned. My mind completely went blank because I couldn’t believe it. And then Gauri (Shinde) had to come and whisper (our director), she whispered in my ear and said, ‘You have to forget Shahrukh Khan,’ and I was fine. Actually, my character had to give him attitude and I was thinking Was wondering how to do it.”
Praising the King Khan of Bollywood, the National Award winning actress further said, “I always say that he is a very generous person. There’s so much love between them and working with him so early in my career, I had the ability to watch him and had the honor of watching him and literally watching him dictate my behavior, how much he respects everybody, How much attention he pays to everyone. He’s fooling around with people, he’s light, he’s upbeat, he’s into it and he’s very giving. He doesn’t have to give that much but he has and that’s why he is who he is.”
