Alia Bhatt celebrates 10 years of ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’

As their film “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania” clocked 10 years since its release in Hindi cinema, actress Alia Bhatt said that she cannot believe it. “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania” released in 2014 was a romantic comedy directed by Shashank Khaitan. It also stars Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Shukla. Khaitan took to Instagram, where he shared a picture with Varun and Alia. He captioned: “10 years… Wow… Only gratitude… Thank you universe…”

Alia re-shared the post on her Instagram story and wrote: “Can’t believe it.” Alia then shared moments from the film and captioned it: “#10yearsofHumptySharmaKiDulhania.” Varun took to his Instagram stories, where he shared the poster of the film and reshared the post by the director and added a heart to it.

“Humpty Ki Dulhania” is the first instalment of the Dulhania franchise. The sequel is titled “Badrinath Ki Dulhania”, which traces the story of an aspiring independent air hostess from a small town who refuses to conform to the patriarchal expectations of her fiance. Talking about their upcoming slate of work, Alia will next be seen in “Jigra”, which also stars Vedang Raina. It is touted as a drama about a sister’s love for her brother and how she would go to any length to protect him.

She then has “Alpha”, directed by Shiv Rawail. Also starring Sharvari, the film from the Spy Universe film was officially titled on July 5.

Varun is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film “Baby John” directed by Kalees. He then has “Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari” with Janhvi Kapoor. Meanwhile, Alia has commenced shooting for the spy universe film “Alpha” after undergoing a rigorous four-month training regimen to portray a super-agent. A picture of the actress is doing the rounds on social media, where Alia is seen making her way to the sets.

Alia is dressed in a white shirt and blue pants, accompanied by an entourage holding an umbrella with her name printed on it. A source told IANS: Alia has started shooting for “Alpha” on July 5. The film presents herself in a never-before-seen avatar. She has trained for about four months to prepare herself to play a super-agent.”

The source further revealed that the actress has several high-octane action sequences in the film. “She has five to six major action sequences in the film, and she needs to be at her fittest. She has pushed her body to a breaking point because she has to look ruthless on screen,” the source said. The Spy Universe film was officially titled on July 5 and also stars actress Sharvari, who is known for her recent successes with “Munjya” and “Maharaj.”   Directed by Shiv Rawail, who is known for the streaming series “The Railway Men,” “Alpha” is also produced by YRF. Created by producer Aditya Chopra, the YRF spy universe includes blockbusters like “Ek Tha Tiger,” “Tiger Zinda Hai,” “War,” “Pathaan,” and “Tiger 3.” The films lined up for the spy universe include “War 2” with Hrithik Roshan and NTR Jr in the lead, “Pathaan 2,” and “Tiger vs Pathaan.”

Indo-Asian News Service