Ranbir Kapoor reveals he worked with Alia when she was 12!

It is a known fact that Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor are coming together for Ayan Mukherjee’s Dragon which is touted to be a superhero film. But while talking to a leading daily Ranbir said that he would prefer calling it a magical romantic fairy tale. He also said that this is not the first time he is working with young star Alia but he worked with her when she was 12!

In an interaction with a leading daily, Ranbir said, "Actually, not many people know this but Alia and I had done a photo shoot together for Sanjay Leela Bhansali when I was 20 years old and she was about 12 or even younger; I don’t know exactly how old she was. Sanjay sir wanted to make his version of Balika Badhu with us so hamne ek full photo shoot kiya tha (we had done a complete photo shoot), so I am connected to her since then. She is a fine actor, very unassuming about her success and talent. Plus, she is very evolved, cool and chilled out, so I am looking forward to the film."

Talking about his film Dragon, Ranbir said, "Well, it’s not really a superhero film because the word ‘superhero’ comes with a preconceived notion about it. The film is, as Ayan puts it, ‘a magical romantic fairy tale set in contemporary times.’ It’s got a great cast too with Alia Bhatt and Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan) in the film. Other superb actors are also being cast in it. It’s a film that has been written in a trilogy format so there will be three parts, which Ayan will make over a period of eight years. It’s also very exciting, and risky at the same time because it’s something that has never been tried before."

Apart from Dragon, Ranbir is also working on Sanjay Dutt’s biopic with Rajkumar Hirani. And, Alia Bhatt has an interesting line up of films including Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boys and Meghna Gulzar’s Raazi among others.