Not Priyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt to Play Amrita Pritam in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Biopic on Sahir Ludhianvi?

For some time, the Sahir Ludhianvi biopic has been making news for all the casting news and rumours. The movie is being produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, fresh off the super success of the historical drama Padmaavat. Now as the per latest casting rumours, Alia Bhatt is being considered by the director to play writer Amrita Pritam in the movie. Amrita Pritam was considered as the romantic interest for the poet Sahir Ludhianvi, therefore Alia's role is quite important in the movie.

While there is no official confirmation on this, Bhansali has earlier evinced interest in working with Bhatt before. In an interview to Deccan Chronicle, SLB had this to say about Alia Bhatt, "I find Alia’s growth as an actress to be truly fascinating. She exudes a certain poise and confidence that is rare for actors her age. She is now at a stage where her career decisions will determine whether she joins the hall of all-time greats. It would be most interesting to work with Alia." Earlier, Priyanka Chopra was in the running for the role, before she opted to romance Salman Khan in Ali Abbas Zafar's Bharat.

As for who would be playing Sahir Ludhianvi in the movies, Irrfan Khan, Fawad Khan, Shah Rukh Khan were all considered for the now. Abhishek Bachchan is being as the strongest contender for the role.

Alia Bhatt is currently promoting Raazi, her upcoming movie that is directed by Meghna Gulzar. The movie has her play an Indian spy married to a Pakistani military officer, played by Vicky Kaushal. She will also begin shooting for the multi-starrer, Kalank, that will have Alia share screen with Madhuri Dixit, Sanjay Dutt, Varun Dhawan, Sonakshi Sinha and Aditya Roy Kapur.

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