Alia Bhatt was Varun Dhawan's first choice for Coolie No 1

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Alia Bhatt was Varun Dhawan's first choice for Coolie No 1

Bollywood Hungama News Network

Mon Apr 1 11:08:53 IST

The first and according to insiders the "only choice for Karisma Kapoor's role in David Dhawan's remake of his own Coolie No 1 was Alia Bhatt. In fact the entire project was re-formatted to suit Varun Dhawan and Alia, as the millennial Govinda and Karisma.

But then Alia is completely immersed in her work commitments till the end of the year. More importantly, it was felt that the Alia-Varun pair must be rendered exclusive for the Dulhaniya' series.

Says a source, "Karan Johar has produced two films Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya and Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya in Varun-Alia Dulhaniya series and the third is planned. He would want to keep it exclusive to the series.

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jb508

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Posted: 6 years ago

I thought Varun wanted to establish himself outside of Varia?

Maybe October and Sui Dhaaga box office scared him.

Edited by jb508 - 6 years ago

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Chikni_Khargosh

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Posted: 6 years ago

Ab konsi dulhaniya bnaegi aloo🤢

Seriously sick and tired of this.

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hedwig_fawkes

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Posted: 6 years ago

? Kalank would not violate this exclusivity constraint?

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Alyx

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Posted: 6 years ago

🤣

Sara is very similar to Karishma so I think this is a better casting.😆

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pallavi25

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Posted: 6 years ago

Originally posted by: hedwig_fawkes
? Kalank would not violate this exclusivity constraint?

Kalank is Zafar ki Dulhaniya 😛

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LapinLaCocotte

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Posted: 6 years ago

Makes sense. Aloo would do top tier projects with strong roles. Dancing around trees and carrying tiffin boxes is more suitable for Sara and the likes 😛

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Posted: 6 years ago

Originally posted by: pallavi25

Kalank is Zafar ki Dulhaniya 😛

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Posted: 6 years ago

Originally posted by: jb508
I thought Varun wanted to establish himself outside of Varia?

Maybe October and Sui Dhaaga box office scared him.

That's the vibe a lot of people are getting. I'm not sure I believe this. Wanting Alia and Shraddha for Judwaa2 was more believable at the time. But seeing as how that movie became a big hit without Varia there's no need for Alia here.