Alia Bhatt, Shaheen Bhatt hangout with friends because 'Why should boys have all the fun?'

Alia Bhatt with friends

Alia Bhatt and sister Shaheen caught up with their gang of buddies, including Akansha Ranjan Kapoor, Anushka Ranjan, Meghna Goyal and Usaamah Siddique at a Worli restaurant.

As they were meeting after months, they ate a lot and laughed even more. The pals refer to themselves as "happy souls". Bhatt completed eight years in the Hindi film industry last year. She made her debut with Karan Johar's 'Student of The Year' in 2012 and managed to strike an impression with her performance in her second film, the Imtiaz Ali directorial, 'Highway'.

She has one of the most promising line-up of films among her contemporaries. The first one is Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Gangubai Kathiawadi', this was supposed to arrive on September 11 but has been postponed and will now release on July 30 this year.

Also in the line-up is SS Rajamouli's 'RRR', which is slated to release on October 13, 2021, and Karan Johar's 'Takht', which was supposed to arrive on December 24, 2021, but is currently put on hold. This period drama also has Anil Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ranveer Singh, Bhumi Pednekar, Vicky Kaushal, and Janhvi Kapoor.

The shoot of 'Gangubai Kathiawadi' was going full steam ahead in March until SLB contracted the virus, bringing work to an abrupt halt. The subsequent weeks saw leading lady Alia Bhatt testing positive, followed by the junta curfew in the state. Now, as the lockdown restrictions are being gradually eased, the maverick filmmaker is ready to spin his magic on a dance number.

"Alia was filming a song when the shoot ground to a halt earlier this year. Sanjay sir wants to pick it up from where he left off. So, the background dancers will begin their rehearsal next week, with Alia and the director recommencing the shoot post June 15," reveals a source. Bhansali wants 15 background dancers for the track that will be shot at Film City, Goregaon in compliance with safety norms. He has made it clear that only vaccinated artistes will be allowed on his set. The source adds, "Of the 900 dancers in the dancers' association, about 300 have been inoculated so far. The remaining artistes will get their jab in the course of next week before they start shooting for other projects." After the song is behind them, the actor-director duo can call it a wrap on their cherished project that also features Ajay Devgn.

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